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EC slams France on consolidation
The European Commission (EC) has added its voice to warnings over the nationalistic flavour of the French Government's aerospace industry restructuring in the wake of the Thomson-CSF decision. "The European Commission does not commend the decision, as national restructuring is not a long-term solution," says Paul Weissenberg, chef ...
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German committees clear EF2000
The German parliamentary defence and budget committees have added their approvals to the Bonn Government's recent go-ahead for the DM23 billion ($13 billion) procurement of 180 Eurofighter EF2000s. The procurement was approved despite opposition from Social Democrat (SPD) and Green Party parliamentarians. The budget committee passed the programme ...
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Sukhoi's S-37 fighter is optimised for agility
The first pictures of the Sukhoi S-37 Berkut combat aircraft reveal a twin-engined aircraft of similar size to the Su-27 Flanker, but with an aerodynamic design optimised for agility at extremely high angles of attack. Russian press reports say that the twin-engined aircraft is 22.6m long, with a ...
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UK MoD considers re-engineing Harrier
The UK Ministry of Defence is considering a re-engineing programme for the Royal Navy's British Aerospace Sea Harrier F/A2s and Royal Air Force's Harrier GR7s, which would improve performance, and may extend the aircraft's service life. The MoD confirms that a re-engineing project is being studied, although it ...
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Plug-in fuel tank for Apache undergoes testing
Boeing and the US Army are testing a crash-survivable, ballistic-tolerant auxiliary fuel tank for Boeing's AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter. The interal tank, developed by Robertson Aviation, replaces the helicopter's 30mm-ammunition magazine, but frees up all four pylons for long-range missions. Extended-range missions now require an 870litre external ...
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Windows added to cockpit choices
US company Avidyne claims to be the first to certificate an avionics system which uses Microsoft's Windows NT software. The firm has begun shipping its 130mm multi-function displays after hardware supplier Electronic Designs received approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration. Avidyne had earlier gained Level-D "advisory-only" certification ...
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Hushkit demonstrator for One-Eleven stays on target
Quiet Technologies is preparing to deliver its BAC One-Eleven-500 engine hushkit demonstrator this month to European Aviation in time for a test programme starting in December. Around 100 aircraft which could benefit from hushkits remain in operation, says UK-based European Aviation, which also hopes that a future adaptation ...
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JSF prognostics system may replace maintenance checks
Lockheed Martin is to test predictive-maintenance technology planned for its Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) under a $6.5 million prognostics and health-management (PHM) demonstration contract. The company will demonstrate a proof-of-concept prototype of the PHM subsystem planned for its production JSF, while Boeing is negotiating a similar contract to ...
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Thai DGPS ordered
Thailand has ordered an Airport Systems International Model 8000 differential global-positioning system (DGPS) ground station for installation at Mae Hong Son Airport in 1998. Source: Flight International
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Fairchild orders CAE simulator for 328JET
Fairchild Dornier has ordered a full-flight simulator for its 328Jet, marking another in a series of regional-aircraft orders for CAE Electronics. The 328Jet simulator is to be ready for customer training in February 1999, a year after the planned First flight of the prototype. American Airlines, ...
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American Airlines visuals order boosts market leadership
American Airlines has selected Evans & Sutherland (E&S) to supply visual systems for five full-flight simulators recently ordered from CAE Electronics. The deal follows the announcement at the end of September that E&S had won a United Airlines contract for six systems. The two large orders boost E&S' ...
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Harmony rules for Europe and USA
US and European standards for commercial air transport flightcrew simulator training are to be standardised under an accord to be signed in London on 5 December . This will unify training standards, reduce airline-training costs and regulatory bureaucracy, and give simulator manufacturers minimum criteria to work to in ...
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FlightSafety builds business-jet simulator fleet
FlightSafety International (FSI) is responding to a buoyant business-jet market by building and installing additional full-flight simulators under agreements with aircraft manufacturers to provide customer training. A Gulfstream IV-SP/EP simulator has been scheduled for "fast-track" delivery within a year. The Level D machine will join three GIV simulators ...
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Hughes wins Russian groundstation deal
Hughes Space and Communications has received a contract from Russia to build, launch and provide the ground-station equipment for the Bonum 1 satellite. The Bonum 1 will be operated by Media Most, a major private Russian media group which is developing satellite-television services. The craft will be an ...
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Mir will come down to Earth in 1999
The Russian Space Agency (RSA) plans to begin bringing down its long-serving Mir 1 space station in 1999, provided that the new International Space Station is operating on schedule by then, with a resident crew. Yuri Koptev, RSA director-general, says that it would be possible to operate both ...
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Athena delays Prospector again
NASA has again been forced to delay the launch of its Discovery programme's Lunar Prospector, because of the need for additional checks to the Lockheed Martin Athena 2 booster. The flight, now to take place on 5 January, 1998, had already been rescheduled from September and was due ...
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Space stakes
Loral Space and Communications and Mexico's Telefonica Autrey have won a 75% stake in Satelites Mexicanos, operator of the Morelos 2 and Solidaridad 1 and 2 communications satellites. Space Systems Loral has purchased Orion Network Systems, operator of the Orion 1 satellite which offers primarily business services. Source: ...
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Timeout in Asia
The AE31X programme is beginning to face its first real challenges, six months after China, Europe and Singapore inked a framework agreement to co-develop a new 100-seater family of jet airliners. Negotiators at the tripartite talks are wrestling with a series of critical issues which must be resolved shortly for ...
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Spanair flies to USA
Spanner inaugurates its first scheduled North American passenger service with nonstop flights between Washington Dulles International and Madrid Barajas Airport on 20 November. Operating Boeing 767-300ERs, Spanair will offer four flights a week. Source: Flight International
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Clark maintenance
Boeing has signed an agreement to study developing a military-aircraft maintenance base at Clark Airport in the Philippines to support a possible air force purchase of F-18C/D fighters. A joint 90-day study will be conducted with the Clark Special Economic Zone authorities, tasked with re-developing the former US Air Force ...