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Kaman sells Sciences
Kaman Corporation has agreed to sell Kaman Sciences, its defence-related sciences unit, to ITT Industries for $135 million in cash, with the deal expected to be finalised by the end of the year. Helicopter group Kaman put the sciences subsidiary up for sale in July. Based in Colorado Springs, Kaman ...
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China Eastern listed
China Eastern Airlines has completed a domestic share listing on China's Shanghai exchange, raising 661.5 million yuan ($80 million). The carrier sold 270 million A-shares on the bourse and issued a further 30 million to staff, representing 6.16% of its stock. Earlier in the year, the carrier sold 32% of ...
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KC's APU order
KC Aviation, the Dallas-based corporate-aircraft completion centre, has ordered ten PATS Gulfstream II auxiliary power-units (APUs) for installation in aircraft during 1998. The new kit replaces the original, and now out-of-production, GTCP 36-6 with a unit based on the AlliedSignal GTCP-36-100 engine. Source: Flight International
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Galaxy testing
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) has begun ground-testing the Galaxy Business Jet at the company's Tel Aviv site, and plans to begin engine runs early in December. Galaxy Aerospace, the IAI/Pritzker joint venture, says: "The first flight before the end of the year remains an ambitious target but an achievable one." ...
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White Plains delivery
White Plains, New York-based Wayfarer Aviation has become the largest US provider of Bombardier Canadair Challenger business-jet charters, with the addition of a fifth aircraft - a 601-3R - to its managed fleet. A Challenger 604 will be added in December. Source: Flight International
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Cessna success
Arabian Support and Services has become the second Saudi Arabian customer for the Citation X, following the signing of a contract at the show. To date, the two Saudi aircraft are the only orders for the high-speed Citation X in the region, although marketing vice-president, Philip Michels, expects to sell ...
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Jordanian overhaul
Messier-Bugatti is to undertake the general overhaul of landing gear on six Airbus A310-300s and three A320s operated by Royal Jordanian Airlines. Work starts this month and the contract continues until 2004. Source: Flight International
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NEAP Opportunity
SpaceDev, the private Colorado-based space development company, has offered the international space community opportunities to fly seven experiments aboard its Near Earth Asteroid Prospector (NEAP) at a cost of about $10-15 million each. The NEAPis to be launched in 1999/2000 to land on an asteroid, staking a claim to property ...
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Probe test
Two miniature 2kg science probes designed to penetrate the Martian surface after flying piggyback on the Mars Surveyor 98 Lander mission, in December 1999, have been tested successfully. Test articles of the probes - containing a drill and batteries, which will fly the second New Millennium programme mission to test ...
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Avcorp Robotics deal
Canada's Avcorp Industries has signed a deal with Dassault's CRTI Robotique to develop and market the French automation unit's anthropometric assembly robots. In April 1998, Avcorp will install a robotic cell to automate the assembly of the fin and horizontal stabiliser of the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet(CRJ) Series 700, allowing ...
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ATS RAN controller
British Aerospace has started flight-testing a new helmet-mounted sight on a Hawk 200. The sight and optical tracker, respectively produced by UK companies Pilkington and Kentron, successfully performed several target lock-ons, says BAe. Source: Flight International
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Bold engine data
Boeing is to extend its Boeing On-Line Data (BOLD) system to engine maintenance. Digitised versions of the engine makers' shop manuals, illustrated parts catalogues and service bulletins for selected engine types will soon be accessible to airlines. Source: Flight International
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Nordic sale
Gunnar Ohlsson, who is setting up the new European charter airline Air Scandic, says he is no longer directly involved in the Scandinavian charter carrier Nordic East/Nordic European Airlines. The company, which Ohlsson set up in 1991, was sold earlier this year to a Swedish/Greek consortium. Source: Flight ...
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Saudis look abroad for airline finance
Alan Peaford Saudi Arabia is on the verge of privatising Saudi Arabian Airlines, the national airline, and allowing a number of small private operators to form airlines for the Kingdom's domestic market. There has been concern for some time that Saudia has been making greater losses ...
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Airbus gets $1.5billion Sabena fleet order
Karen Walker Airbus Industrie has won an order estimated to be worth $1.5 billion from Belgian flag-carrier Sabena for a fleet of 34 new A320 family aircraft. Sabena's decision comes after a fierce competition between Airbus, offering A319s, A320s and A321s, and Boeing, offering new-generation 737s. ...
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Threatened Saab's 28 aircraft boost
Karen Walker In a bittersweet moment, Saab Aircraft has won new orders for 28 aircraft in the same week that it has almost certainly made its last major appearance at an international air show. In two separate deals, probably worth a total of around $300 million, ...
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Daley flies flag for US exhibitors
Exhibitors manning the US stands have been given a supporting slap on the back by US Secretary of Commerce William Daley. Daley was on his first trip to Dubai to meet HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defence Minister and US ...
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Mistrals heading for S. America
Matra BAe Dynamics has announced the sale of Mistral surface-to-air missiles to an unnamed South American country in a deal worth "hundreds of millions of French Francs." Company spokesman Frederic Aragon says four South American countries have already selected the lightweight SAM. Some 15,000 missiles have ...
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Luxury at the end of a hard day
Linda Benbow A touch of luxury - that's what's needed at the end of a hard day - or at the end of a few hard days, even. And in this department, Dubai won't disappoint. All of the five-star hotels and golf clubs feature cordon bleu ...
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Replin has Dubai fully covered
UK-based fabric company Replin has the Dubai air show covered. Replin, which makes fabric for seats, bulkheads and risers, is the only firm of its type at the show and the marketing men are aiming to capitalise on the situation. "It was such a surprise not to see ...