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Raytheon supports DEA
Raytheon Aerospace is to maintain and support the US Drug Enforcement Agency's fleet of fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, based at FortWorth, Texas, under a contract potentially worth almost $85 million over five years. Source: Flight International
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Winglets progress
Seattle, Washington-based Aviation Partners has so far sold 55 blended-winglet performance-enhancement kits for the Gulfstream II and plans to retrofit the remainder of the GII fleet over the next two years. The $457,000 modification increases range by 7%. Source: Flight International
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Crash recorders found
The crashed Garuda Airbus A300's flight recorders have been found buried at the Sumatra accident site, airline officials have reported. Evidence indicates that the 26 September accident was not caused by technical problems but to the crew's failure to initiate a turn ordered by air-traffic control to intercept the instrument-landing ...
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Avpro rescue pod
Hunting Engineering and Avpro have completed a feasibility study on a manned EXINT pod for the UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, which can be carried on a hardpoint under the wing of a British Aerospace Harrier GR7 for rapid rescue missions, or for insertion of special forces. ...
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Additional AMRAAM
The Pentagon plans to sell South Korea an additional $180 million worth of advanced weaponry, including 159 AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) made by Hughes Aircraft and Raytheon, and one MK 41 Vertical Launch System for installation on a new frigate under construction. Source: ...
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USMC tests ADAD
The US Marine Corps has ordered a Air Defence Alerting Device (ADAD) from Pilkington Optronics, which anticipates further orders following testing and evaluation. ADAD is a passive wide-area ground-based sensor which identifies, tracks and prioritises targets from their infrared signatures. Source: Flight International
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Lockheed Martin outlines air-mobility
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Lockheed Martin believes that next-generation military-transport aircraft will use commercial engine and cockpit technology, but will require unique features precluding the adaptation of civil-freighter designs. The next military transport will have to be produced for around the same $100 million price tag as ...
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USA begins F-2 work
Lockheed Martin has begun manufacture of parts for production Mitsubishi F-2 support fighters. The first aft fuselage will be delivered in late 1998. The first production F-2 for the Japan Air Self-Defence Force will be rolled out in early 2000. Source: Flight International
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Hamburg Airlines to fold after partner talks fail
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Hamburg Airlines managing director Udo Klien confirms that the carrier will fold at the end of the year, after the failure of partnership talks with regional carrier Augsburg Airways. Augsburg is now planning instead to extend its Hamburg operations within its existing Team Lufthansa ...
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Pilots warned of software glitch
Flight manuals for the Airbus A320 family are being amended to alert pilots to a "software anomaly" which can cause the aircraft to adopt "an unintended flight path". The US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive (AD), to take effect on 3 November, is sufficiently urgent for the FAA to have ...
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Saab ready to close regional-aircraft lines as orders dry up
Julian Moxon/PARIS Saab Aircraft will shut down production of its 340 and 2000 turboprops in 1998 and leave the regional-airliner market altogether, unless new orders can be secured by the end of 1997. In a statement, Saab warns that the decision could come as soon as ...
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Universal approval
The US Federal Aviation Administration has given parts-manufacturer approval for Universal Avionics' UniLink two-way air-to-ground data link, which has a new graphics format. The system also received a supplementary type approval on the company's Challenger 601. Source: Flight International
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MMS Flight Dynamics
Matra Marconi Space (MMS) has won a $16.7 million contract to develop and install Intelsat's new worldwide command system, centred at its Washington DC base. The system is due to be deployed by November 1998. Source: Flight International
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Atlas guides Aviacor
Atlas Project Management of Moscow has been contracted by Aviacor to help produce and market the Antonov An-140 regional aircraft, which was flown for the first time in September. The project team will be based in Samara, where a production line is being prepared. Source: Flight ...
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Chrome free coats
US company Sermatech has introduced a new coating for metal parts which is an alternative to chrome plating, increasingly seen as being environmentally unsound. Sermetel Process 2000 is a viable replacement and contains no hazardous or toxic materials, claims Sermatech. Source: Flight International
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Singapore gets needle
Singapore has purchased a variant of the Russian Igla (Needle) shoulder-launched surface-to-air missile for its armed forces. Details of the deal have not been released, but there have been suggestions that Singapore is interested in licence manufacture of the weapon. Source: Flight International
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Global architect
The US Air Force has awarded TRW a $6 million contract to conduct architectural-structure studies for potential communications pay- loads for the Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical Global Hawk unmanned air-vehicle. Source: Flight International
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Aegean AMRAAM
The US Department of Defense intends to sell Turkey 138 Hughes AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs), worth$62 million, for its Lockheed Martin F-16s. Greece, meanwhile, plans to supplement its stock of 150 AMRAAMs with the purchase of 90 more missiles. Source: Flight International
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Apache Logistics
The US Army and Team Apache Systems, a joint venture involving Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Corpus Christi Army Depot, are negotiating a contract under which the team will provide support for the army's Boeing AH-64A/Ds. Source: Flight International
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Airport fees warning
Charges at Europe's airports have again come under fire from British Midland Chairman Sir Michael Bishop. The "unjustifiably high" charges from monopoly airport providers are damaging the long-term health of the region's airline industry, he told delegates at an Airports Council International conference in Venice, adding that airport fees and ...