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USN considers future UCAV-
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US NAVY has launched the Joint Semi-Autonomous Air Weapon System (JSAAWS) project to consider uninhabited-combat-air-vehicle (UCAV) concepts, including an "air-arsenal ship" and a potential replacement for the McDonnell Douglas F-18E/F Super Hornet. The heavily armed UCAV and next-generation pilotless strike aircraft could ...
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Changing the differences
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW In common with all Soviet overhaul sites, Factory N402 at Moscow's Bykovo Airport had specific work allocated to it. Until the early 1990s, it was the overhaul centre for most of the world's ageing Ilyushin Il-18 turboprops. The Factory was also the only centre in the ...
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Galaxy is closer to new home
GALAXY AEROSPACE has narrowed its choice of a US location for its completion and service centre to two sites - Dallas,Texas, and Jacksonville, Florida. A decision is expected "soon", says Galaxy president Brian Barents. The company also reveals that it is looking into the fractional-ownership market for its aircraft. ...
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Third Global Express returns to flying
BOMBARDIER'S third Global Express long-range business jet has re-entered the flight-test programme less than two months after an inadvertent wheels-up landing. The aircraft was returned to flight status earlier than expected, and the company says that the incident has had no impact on the schedule, which calls for certification in ...
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Bombardier extends RVSM rules to Learjet 60
BOMBARDIER's LEARJET 60 has been approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration for operation on North Atlantic routes with reduced vertical-separation minima (RVSM) - the first mid-sized business jet to comply with the regulations introduced in March. A $13,500 service bulletin, enabling compliance with the RVSM altimetry requirements, was to ...
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Paris air show helps to swell Sino Swearingen orderbook
Sino Swearingen Aircraft distributors placed 16 orders for the SJ30-2 light business jet at the Paris air show. Ten aircraft were ordered by Sino Swearingen Deutschland, which is jointly owned by Rheinland Air Services and Piper Deutschland. The remaining six aircraft were ordered by IBCOL General Aviation of ...
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Venezuelan FBO
Texaco International Aviation and fixed-base operator (FBO) Atlantic Aviation have opened the first general-aviation fuelling unit at Arturo Michelena Airport in Carabobo, Venzuela. The partnership will initially provide fuel and general ground support for corporate and commercial aircraft, with other FBO services expected to be offered by the end of ...
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Bombardier complains
Bombardier is pressing the Canadian Government to file a formal complaint with the World Trade Organisation, alleging that the Brazilian Government is subsidising sales of the Embraer EMB-145 regional jet. Source: Flight International
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Alenia/GEC-Marconi merger nears
Julian Moxon/Paris Italy's Alenia Difensa and the UK's GEC-Marconi are preparing to present details of a joint merger study to their respective Governments. A decision on whether to approve the deal is expected from London and Rome by the end of the month. Prospects for a ...
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European academics warn over dangers in Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger
A group of UK and German aerospace academics have written to the European Commission (EC)with a stark warning over the dangers of the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas (MDC)merger, a decision on which is now due by the end July. The open letter is written by Professor Philip Lawrence, director of ...
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Sweden plans series of Gripen upgrades
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH The Swedish defence ministry is planning upgrade programmes for the Saab JAS39 Gripen, which go beyond the third batch of aircraft ordered recently. The country's Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) formally placed the order on 26 June, which include improvements to the third batch and ...
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Mitsubishi receives certification for Japan's first indigenous helicopter
Andrew Mollett/TOKYO Mitsubushi Heavy Industries (MHI) MH2000 twin-engine medium utility helicopter, Japan's first indigenously developed helicopter, has received type certification from the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau. The certification covers the standard ten-seater version of the aircraft. MHI says that it intends to get type certification for ...
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Progress will go to aid Mir crew
Tim Furniss/LONDON The Progress M35 unmanned cargo craft is scheduled to be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan around 10 July in the first phase of an operation to restore conditions to near-normal aboard the Russian Mir space station. The launch follows the collision on 25 June ...
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JAA/China harmony
Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) and China's civil-aviation authority have signed a memorandum of understanding pledging gradual harmonisation of airworthiness standards. The JAA says that the first area to be covered will be "-regulations and procedures covered in Joint Aviation Requirement No 21, on the certification of aircraft and related ...
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737-800 is favourite in new THY short-haul competition
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Boeing is expected to emerge as the victor in the campaign to supply THY Turkish Airlines with a new fleet of short-haul aircraft, while the decision on medium-capacity aircraft has not been revealed. THY is believed to have selected the next-generation 737-800 over the ...
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Tupolev signs agreement to merge with Aviastar and Aviacro production plants
Alexander Velovich/Moscow Russia's Tupolev design bureau has signed an agreement to merge with its main production plants to create a third large integrated aerospace concern in the country. The agreement is to bring Tupolev together with the Aviastar operation which manufactures the Tu-204 and Antonov An-124 ...
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ANZ, Ansett and SIA create a new force in Asia-Pacific
Air New Zealand (ANZ), Ansett and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have agreed to form what could be the largest international airline alliance in the Asia-PaciÌc region. The move comes as ANZmoves closer to the Lufthansa/ United Airlines-led Star alliance, raising prospects of links to a wider global partnership. Unveiling the agreement ...
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Cannon expands on superalloys
CANNON-MUSKEGON is investing almost $5 million to expand its capability to develop and produce superalloys. Its CMSX single-crystal alloys are used in Allison and Rolls-Royce aero-engines. The Muskegon, Michigan-based company says that a new vacuum induction furnace will increase vacuum-melt capabilities, while a new $1.5 million finishing line ...
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Lucas flexible for S-92
Lucas Aerospace is to supply all of the flexible drive-couplings for Sikorsky's S-92 Helibus 19-seat helicopter. A shipset includes two high-speed input-drive couplings, five tail-rotor-drive couplings and one flexible tail-rotor driveshaft. Source: Flight International
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First 737-800s are near to completion
The first three Boeing 737-800s are approaching completion at Renton, Washington. The first example (nearest) is due to join four -700s already in the flight-test programme in July before eventually being delivered to type launch customer Hapag-Lloyd of Germany. A further three -600s will join the programme, beginning early in ...