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InVision
Frank Baldwin has been appointed director of operations, Europe, Middle East and Africa, for InVision Technologies, manufacturer of automated security screening machines. Previously managing director of Eagle Crest Project Management, he has spent the last few years working closely with airlines and airport operators in developing security screening for complex ...
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Aerotech
Robert (Bob) Madden, former managing director of McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (UK), has joined information-technology marketing-support company AeroTech Marketing in the UK. Based in Oregon, in the USA, Madden will represent both AeroTech Marketing and AeroTech Business Services. Source: Flight International
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Air Malta
Eric Gerada has been appointed by Air Malta as group head, northern European development, taking over from Philip Pullicino, who has returned to Malta to become Air Malta's group head, commercial. Gerada will focus on developing Ireland and Scandinavia as well as the UKmarket. Source: Flight ...
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Falcon Jet
Vice-chairman Frank Wisekal has retired after 17 years with Dassault Falcon Jet. Before 1980, he spent 22 years with Grumman Aerospace, Grumman American Aviation and Gulfstream American. He will continue his involvement in business aviation as a consultant in Florida. Source: Flight International
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Hughes links with ITRI
Hughes-Avicom has formed an alliance with Taiwan's ITRI research institute and Aerovision Avionics, also of Taiwan, to develop and market in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems. ITRI surprised the industry in 1996 with its new Taiwan Air Vision IFE demonstrator. Source: Flight International
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Satellite plans
India is planning to develop two advanced remote-sensing satellites, called the CartoSat 1 and the ResourceSat 1, costing a total of $120 million, to be launched on the national Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. The country is also planning an astronomical space observatory carrying ultra-violet, infra-red, X-ray and gamma-ray instruments. ...
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Innotech goes west
Montreal-based Innotech Aviation has teamed with Airpro Interior Products of Abbotsford, British Columbia, to offer business-aircraft refurbishment in western Canada. Innotech's Vancouver maintenance base has been authorised to service Dassault Falcon 10/100, 20/200 and 50 business jets. Source: Flight International
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Japanese engine tested
Flightstar Sportplanes is flight-testing its IISL two-seat ultralight, powered by the new 45kW (60hp) four-stroke, two-cylinder HKS-700E engine, which was developed by Japan's HKS and marketed by Ellington, Connecticut-based HPower. Features include a vibration-reducing flywheel. Source: Flight International
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K-MAX TBO extension
Kaman Aerospace hopes to increase time between overhauls (TBOs) on the transmission and rotors of the K-MAX external-lift helicopter, following intensive analytical overhauls. Present 1,800h TBOs are planned to be increased to 2,500h by the end of the year. Source: Flight International
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ABC lightship go ahead
American Blimp has received provisional US certification for its Lightship A-150, which has entered service on an aerial-advertising contract with Sanyo, and expects full certification during August. The airship, which has a 4,200m3 (150,000ft3) envelope, is also marketed for airborne surveillance, as the Spector 42. Source: ...
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Kaman explores sale
Kaman is exploring the sale of its defence-related software-support and scientific-research subsidiary, Kaman Sciences, which has revenues of $150 million. Consolidation of the US defence industry means size will be critical in the market sector served by the division. Source: Flight International
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Calspan sells
Calspan SRL has sold its Military Products group to Tracor Aerospace after agreeing to merge with Veda International and focus on its research, development, test and evaluation support business. The group, which specialises in displays, had 1996 sales of some $16 million. Calspan/Veda, meanwhile, will have annual sales exceeding $250 ...
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Italian industry static
Italy's aerospace industry remained virtually unchanged in 1996, with sales of L7,500 billion ($4 billion) according to figures from the country's Aerospace Industries Association (AIA. The workforce was also largely unchanged at 33,500 although this may fall in 1997. The AIA also warned that Italy is spending too little on ...
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Savi identification
The US Department of Defense has awarded Savi Technology, a Raytheon unit, a $111 million contract to supply the US military with radio-frequency-identification systems used for logistics tracking, locating and monitoring. Source: Flight International
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Kaminiski successor
The US White House has nominated Jacques Gansler to become the Pentagon's acquisition chief. Gansler, who has held senior positions with major US defence firms, would replace Paul Kaminski, who stepped down from the job earlier this year. Gansler is an expert on defence-conversion issues. Source: ...
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New F-15 radar flies
Flight testing has begun of the upgraded Hughes APG-63(V)1 radar for US Air Force Boeing F-15C/Ds. The upgrade improves reliability and enhances air-to-ground modes. Low-rate initial production of upgrade kits could begin in August. Source: Flight International
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Korean searcher
South Korea has signed a $50 million contract to purchase three Israel Aircraft Industries Searcher unmanned air-vehicle (UAV) systems. Deliveries will begin early 1998. The Searcher UAV to be supplied to South Korea is fitted with an electro-optical reconnaissance payload. Source: Flight International
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Swissair looks east
Swissair's new chief executive, Jeffrey Katz, says that the carrier is looking for more alliance partners in Asia and is considering several possibilities. Swissair already has an alliance with Singapore Airlines, including a small equity swap, but that carrier is now linked with Ansett Australia and Air New Zealand, which ...
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Ireland leases ATPs
Ireland Airways has re-activated plans to expand its domestic network, and expects to take delivery of the first of two British Aerospace ATPs on lease from Aero International (Regional) in late October. The airline plans to introduce them on a new Dublin-Sligo service in January 1998, with additional domestic routes ...