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ILS earns Intelsat deal
ILS International Launch Services has confirmed its receipt of a contract to launch the Intelsat 901 satellite on a Russian Proton booster, with an option for five further launches. The 901 will be the first Intelsat satellite to be launched by Russia. Two commercial ILS launches of the ...
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Global Surveyor mission delayed
Tim Furniss/LONDON NASA has revealed a year's delay - to March 1999 - of the mapping mission to be undertaken by the $250 million Mars Global Surveyor (MGS). The announcement came almost simultaneously with the news that the Agency's successful four-month Mars Pathfinder-Sojourner mission had ended. ...
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Spacewalks restore power to the Mir
Russia's Mir 1 space station is operating at 85% electrical power after two spacewalks carried out on 3 and 6 November were used to install a new solar panel. Cosmonauts Anatoli Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradev removed an old solar panel on the station's Kvant 1 module and replaced ...
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NASA carries out tests on laser-propelled craft
The US Air Force Research Laboratory's Propulsion Directorate, Edwards AFB, California, has conducted two test flights of a prototype of the Lightcraft laser-propelled spacecraft, in a laboratory at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The first test reached a distance of 4.2m, and the second achieved 121m ...
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Swissair and Lufthansa pick new A340 models
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Airbus Industrie is set to secure more key launch orders from European airlines for its new A340-500/600 following decisions by Swissair and Lufthansa to select the new models to replace their 747 "Classics". Firm orders are expected to be signed with Airbus ...
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Embraer's RJs
Embraer has redesignated its regional-jet family, with the 50-seat EMB-145 now called the RJ145, while the 37-seat version will be known as the RJ135. Apparently Embraer made the change so that the two models will show up on computer reservation systems as jet-powered aircraft. Source: Flight ...
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People's choice
For the first time, the Israeli public will participate in the selection process of El Al's new medium-capacity aircraft. El Al intends to acquire five aircraft, and will shortly decide between the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-700. The public will be asked to contact the El Al Internet site with ...
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Airbus assistance
Airbus Industrie is to provide Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines with technical operating assistance as part the airline's deal for 17 A320s. The support includes the assignment of technical representatives to locations designated by the airline and training for pilots, ground personnel and cabin crew. Source: Flight ...
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Gas pass
Engineers have successfully tested the Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche helicopter's ability to be operated over a battlefield contaminated by chemical and biological agents. Work included testing the next-generation US Army attack helicopters' new pressure-swing absorber-gas separating unit. The critical item exceeded performance requirements, says Sikorsky. Source: ...
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Re-engined KC/RCS
The US Air Force has awarded Boeing a $64.8 million contract to re-engine a further eight RC/KC-135s with CFM International CFM56 turbofans. Two of the four KC-135 refuelling tankers included in the contract are Republic of Singapore Air Force aircraft which will be converted under a foreign-military-sales deal. The remaining ...
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Naval standard
Hamilton Standard has received a $44.5 million contract for eight-blade composite propellers to replace out-of-production four-blade metal units on US Navy Grumman C-2A Greyhounds and Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeyes. Deliveries begin in 2000. Source: Flight International
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Bye-bye Bird Dog
The Austrian air force has auctioned off its last six Cessna L-19E (OE-1E Bird Dog) forward air-control aircraft to private buyers in Vienna. The aircraft, which have been in service for nearly 40 years, were phased out of operational use at the end of September. There are no plans to ...
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Teledyne Controls
Allegheny Teledyne, parent of piston-engine manufacturer Teledyne Continental Motors, has acquired a controlling interest in Aerotronics Controls, a start-up company making electronic engine-control systems. Source: Flight International
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Avicore takeover
UK defence/aerospace grouping Avicore has completed a deal to acquire Enertec, the data-acquisition and recording arm of France's Schlumberger group. Enertec, based in Paris, has annual sales of around Fr190 million ($33 million) and employs 180 people. The deal follows Avicore's earlier buy-out of W Vinten, a UK specialist in ...
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Bridgestone buys
Japanese tyre manufacturer Bridgestone has acquired the operations of its US aircraft-tyre distributor Thompson Aerospace from Rene Charvillat. The unit had 1996 sales of about $20 million. Source: Flight International
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Cytec Fiberite nase
Cytec Industries is to base its new Cytec Fiberite advanced composites operation at Tempe, Arizona. The unit was created after chemical giant Cytec completed its $344 million acquisition of Fiberite in September. Source: Flight International
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Reynolds sells
Reynolds Metals has agreed to sell its McCook plant, which produces aluminium plate for the aerospace industry, to Chicago-based private investment firm Michigan Avenue Partners. The plant employs 650 people. Source: Flight International
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In the pipeline
UK gas pipeline company Transco has awarded a five-year contract to two UK helicopter operators to perform visual checks on its 18,000km (11,000 miles) of major pipelines. Aeromega Helicopters of Stapleford, Essex, and Norfolk, Norwich-based Sterling Helicopters will fly up to five Bell 206 JetRangers daily throughout the year to ...
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Dowty rings GE
Dowty Aerospace's Turbine Engines Components division has won its biggest-ever deal - a $100 million, three-year contract from General Electric to supply engine rings, starting in 1999. Source: Flight International