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Yakhont for China
China and Russia are discussing including the NPO Mashinostroenia Yakhont supersonic anti-ship missile as part of the weapons fit for the Chinese navy's Sovremenny-class destroyers now on order, say Russian press reports. The Sovremenny class is already fitted with the Raduga 3M-80 supersonic anti-ship missile, but the Yakhont offers up ...
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Japanese launch
Japan successfully launched its fifth H2 booster from Tanegashima on 28 November, carrying the national Engineering Test Satellite 7 and the NASA/Japanese Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite. Source: Flight International
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UK noise curb attempt
The UK Government has launched another attempt to reduce the noise limits at London's Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports to below international standards. The new proposals would lower the current limits of 97dBA (day) and 89dBA (night) to 94dBA and 87dBA, although "Stage 2" aircraft approved for gradual phasing out ...
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Delta ousting
Leo Mullin, Delta's new president and chief executive, has made his first major management change at the nation's third-largest airline. Thomas Roeck, Delta's chief financial officer, has retired "to pursue other professional interests". A search has been launched to recruit his replacement from outside Delta. Source: Flight International
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FAA contract
Lockheed Martin can expect to earn $1 billion as the US Federal Aviation Administration's National Airspace System Implementation Support Contractor (NISC II). The contract, one of the agency's largest support programmes, includes an initial four-year contract worth $350 million and three two-year options. Source: Flight International
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Aerospatiale cash call
Aerospatiale urgently needs new investors to shore up its limited cash reserves, according to a French Parliamentary report on the state of the defence industry. The report says that the group needs an extra Fr10 billion ($1.7 billion) for reserves, which started the year at only Fr4.8 billion. It concludes ...
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Boeing/CSA team
Boeing and CSA Czech Airlines have formed a joint-venture company in Prague to acquire a stake in Aero Vodochody. Owned 90% by Boeing and 10% by CSA, the venture will invest CKr950 million ($30 million) to acquire 34-40% of Aero. Boeing is co-operating with Aero on development of its L-159 ...
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Sabena optimistic
Sabena president Paul Reutlinger believes that the airline's 1997 financial results will be better than the predicted BFr1.5 billion ($43 million) loss after a strong traffic performance during the first ten months of the year. Passenger numbers have grown by one-third and load factors on the core European network are ...
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Kitty Hawk refinances
Fresh from its merger with the Kallita air-freight grouping, UScargo carrier Kitty Hawk has completed its refinancing, netting $39.5 million from a share offering and another $340 million through a bond issue. The cash will be used to fund the merger, which the carrier says makes it the world's seventh-largest ...
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DoD demonstration
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has selected nine advanced-concept technology-demonstration projects for the current fiscal year. The US Congress earmarked $81 million for them in fiscal year 1998. The choices include: Joint Continuous Strike Environment, with joint and combined weapons on time-critical targets; Precision Target Identification, with laser radar ...
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Expensive missile
The US Department of Defense says that research and development of the anti-ballistic National Missile Defense programme will cost at least $6.6 billion.The estimate was contained in the latest Selected Acquisition Report, which tracks the cost of major Pentagon weapons programmes. The overall cost of the weapons projects held steady ...
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The right image
Hughes Aircraft is under contract to provide the mid-wavelength staring infra-red imaging system for Kaman Aerospace Super Seasprite helicopters sold to the Royal Australian Navy. The value of the contract was not disclosed. Hughes will provide 11 of the systems, designated the AAQ-27. Deliveries are to begin in 1999 and ...
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Mil craash
A Mil Mi-8MTV, operated by Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations, crashed near Sochi, on the Black Sea coast, on 21 November during a search-and-rescue mission. Five of the nine passengers were killed. The helicopter wreckage was recovered four days later. An investigation into the cause is under way. ...
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Commander redirects
Financially ailing light-aircraft manufacturer Commander Aircraft has raised $3.6 million from majority shareholder KuwAm, to expand its aviation-services division, which brokers and refurbishes single-engined and twin-piston turboprop and jet-powered general-aviation aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Additional PC-12
Alpha Flying has added a third Pilatus PC-12 single-turboprop to its PlaneSense fractional-ownership programme, launched in the north-east USA in late 1995. According to the company, the third aircraft is almost fully subscribed and a fourth has been ordered. Source: Flight International
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Jet increases support
Raytheon Aircraft has expanded Jet Aviation's service-centre authorisation to include support of the Beech King Air and Beechjet at Geneva and the King Air at Zurich, in Switzerland, and the King Air, Baron and Bonanza at Düsseldorf, Germany. Source: Flight International
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Ariane roll
The European Space Agency says that the cause of the "roll torque" experienced by the Ariane 502 launcher on 30 October, resulting in it reaching a lower-than-planned orbit, was an unexpected reaction to the separation of the solid-rocket boosters. The attempt to recover the boosters in the sea, as planned, ...
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Eurockot study
Motorola is considering using 20 Russian Rokot launches to help maintain an operational 66-satellite Iridium worldwide mobile communications system. The Rokot is marketed by Daimler-Benz Aerospace and Russia's Khrunichev under the name Eurockot. Source: Flight International
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On the ball
NASA has selected Ball Aerospace, of Colorado, to build the first spacecraft in its rapid-delivery satellite programme, in which eight companies were awarded initial contracts to prepare for work on "catalogue" craft (Flight International, 22-28 October). The Quick Scatterometer, QuickScat ,will be launched by a Titan 2 from Vandenberg AFB, ...
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Airports survey - Major airports traffic, first half of 1997
Rank 97 Airport Passengers 97 Pax % change Domestic 97 Dom % change International 97 Intl % change Freight 97 Freight % change Movements 97 Move % change 1 Atlanta 39.58 ...