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Sabre drawn
US Airways has signed a letter of intent to outsource its IT operations to Sabre. The deal could affect some 900 US Airways' employees. Source: Airline Business
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Swiss double
Swissair's parent SAirGroup has signed separate alliance deals with TAP Air Portugal and AOM of France. The deal with TAP includes codesharing with Swissair, but both accords will extend to other companies in the SAirGroup. Source: Airline Business
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BA harmony
British Airways has reached agreement with its main cabin crew union following a damaging strike this summer. Source: Airline Business
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Asiana out
Northwest will abandon its linkup with Asiana from 30 October and will coordinate its Asia-Pacific alliance strategy with partner KLM. The Dutch carrier is currently holding talks with Northwest's Japanese partner JAS. Source: Airline Business
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Minuteman derivatives
The US Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Launch Test Programme Office has awarded Orbital Sciences (OSC) a $206 million contract to develop and launch derivatives of the Minuteman inter-continental ballistic missile for suborbital and orbital missions. OSC will combine residual M55 Minuteman 2 first stages with Minuteman 1 ...
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CN-235 marketing
British Aerospace Australian and IPTN have agreed on the former marketing IPTN's CN-235 maritime-patrol aircraft in Asia-Pacific. BAeA will provide advanced systems development for proposed configurations. Source: Flight International
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High-flying decoy
Lockheed Martin Sanders has completed windtunnel testing of its fibre-optic towed decoy with special high-altitude fins, required for deployment from the Lockheed Martin U-2. Source: Flight International
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Trimble for WCMD
Trimble is to supply global-positioning-system (GPS) receivers for the US Air Force wind-corrected munition dispenser (WCMD). Lockheed Martin will integrate the GPS unit into the WCMD inertial-guidance tailkit it is developing to improve the accuracy of air force submunition-dispensing weapons. Source: Flight International
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CAE/Agusta upgrade
CAE Electronics and Agusta have received a C$5 million ($3.6 million) contract to upgrade an Italian army Agusta Bell AB-205 helicopter flight-simulator, originally supplied by CAE. Source: Flight International
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FOPEN lifts cover
Lockheed Martin has won a four-year, $37 million US Army contract to build and demonstrate a foliage-penetration (FOPEN) synthetic-aperture radar which can detect and image ground targets concealed by foliage and/or camouflage. Source: Flight International
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Raytheon spares
Raytheon E-Systems has received a $12 million order for spares for 18 Lockheed Martin AP-3C maritime-patrol aircraft it is upgrading for the Royal Australian Air Force under a $300 million contract awarded in 1995. Source: Flight International
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TriStar fixes urged
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has urged the US Federal Aviation Administration to develop inspection criteria and impose wear limits on the slat-drive system of the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. The recommendation follows an accident to a Trans World Airlines L-1011 in August 1996 which scraped its fuselage on ...
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Sloane ranger
Sloane Helicopters has submitted a tender to the UK Ministry of Defence to supply an Agusta 109 Power helicopter for the UK's VIP flight. Sloane, UK distributor for the Italian company, is one of several contract bidders. The Power, and other contenders, will be on display at Helitech '97 at ...
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Air of resignation
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) was thrown into chaos on 26 September following the resignation of transport minister John Sharp, whose responsibilities included CASA and air-traffic-management authority Airservices Australia. Sharp's departure followed accusations of falsifying expense claims, and malpractice in appointing board members to Airservices and CASA. It also ...
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Hokkaido order
Hokkaido Air System has ordered two Saab 340BPlus turboprops for delivery in 1998. The Japanese airline will use the aircraft on services from Asahikawa and Hakodate and Sapporo. Source: Flight International
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Weight increase puts off SJ30-2 certification plans
SINO-SWEARINGEN Aircraft is delaying certification of the SJ30-2 business jet by nine months because of recent changes to the aircraft's specification. Approval by the US Federal Aviation Administration has been deferred until at least the third quarter of 1999 following a gross-weight increase which has led to a ...
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Corporate market beckons for 328JET
Fairchild Dornier expects an annual market for as many as 16 of the corporate version of its 32-seat 328JET regional aircraft. The company launched the executive aircraft project at the NBAA show (Flight International, 24-30 September). No orders are yet in hand, but the first Pratt ...
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Direct television
CAL is to deliver aeronautical direct satellite-television systems for business aircraft, from mid-1998. The system will support eight television channels, using a tail-mounted antenna designed for co-location with Ottawa, Canada-based CAL's satellite-communications antenna. Source: Flight International
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Adding EVS
Flight Visions has introduced the Night Hawk head-up display for corporate aircraft, with 30degree field-of-view, for use with enhanced-vision systems (EVS). The Sugar Grove, Illinois-based company is working with EVS sensor developers FLIRSystems, Kollsman and Lear Astronics. Source: Flight International
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High altitude choice
Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites has selected the Williams-Rolls FJ44-2 to power its twin-turbofan Model 281 High Altitude Platform, a piloted long-endurance aircraft designed to carry 900kg-class payloads to altitudes above 60,000ft (18,000m). A first flight is planned for mid-1998. Source: Flight International