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B-2 to carry JSOW
The US Air Force is to proceed with integration of the Texas Instruments Joint Stand Off Weapon on the Northrop Grumman B-2. Source: Flight International
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Sharper talon
Lockheed Martin has received a US Air Force contract, potentially worth $22 million, to upgrade the communication and navigation systems of 24 MC-130H Combat Talon II special-forces transports to increase interoperability with other US forces. Source: Flight International
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Talking Lauda
Lauda Air has ordered Honeywell's Airline Maintenance and Operations Support System (AMOSS), designed for air-to-ground communications between aircraft and an airline's flight operations and maintenance departments. Source: Flight International
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An-38 delivery
The first production Antonov An-38 regional turboprop is to be delivered to lead customer Vostok Aviation of Khabarovsk in June for operational proving trials. The airline is expected to take a further seven An-38s by the year 2000. The AlliedSignal Engines TPE331-powered aircraft recently received Russian certification. ...
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CFM on Il-76
CFM International's president Gerad Leviac says that the company is working with Ilyushin to re-engine the Il-76 with the CFM56 engine. Leviac says that the plan to re-engine the Il-86 with the CFM56 has foundered on the inability to arrange funding. Source: Flight International
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Quiet Tu-154
Tupolev is offering an upgrade and modernisation programme for its Tu-154. Rybinsk Motors, which makes the D-30KU engine powering the Tu-154M, has developed a modification which it claims reduces fuel consumption by 4-5%. The company is also developing a low-emission combustor, and a Stage 3 hushkit for the engine. Although ...
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New Trent 700 failure
The fifth inflight shutdown - the third within in a two-week period - of a Rolls-Royce Trent 700 occurred to a Dragonair A330-300 en route from Malaysia to Hong Kong on 23 May. The aircraft was diverted to Subic Bay in the Philippines. "From first reports, we have no reason ...
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Huygens milestone
Aerospatiale has delivered the Huygens spacecraft to the European Space Agency for launch with the NASA Cassini Saturn orbiter aboard a Titan 4B booster from Cape Canaveral on 6 October. The Huygens craft is due to land on Saturn's moon, Titan, in 2004. Source: Flight International
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Dive from conflict
The crew's response to the threat of a mid-air collision caused a Nigerian ADC Airlines Boeing 727-200 to dive the aircraft into a lagoon during its descent to Lagos Airport on 7 November 1996, say investigators. Flight-data and cockpit-voice recorders, read by the US National Transportation Safety Board, show that ...
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Indian Air Force chief to evaluate MiG-AT
Indian Air Force chief ACM Satish Kumar is to visit Moscow this month to evaluate the MiG MAPO MiG-AT trainer. The air force has a longstanding requirement for 80 jet trainers, but a decision has been thwarted by lack of funds. The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet and the British Aerospace Hawk ...
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Avitas
Aviation consultancy Avitas, of Washington DC, has named Capt Richard Duxbury as vice-president for flight-operations safety. He will head a group helping airlines set up safety-related projects and audits. He was formerly chief safety captain at Northwest Airlines, in Minneapolis, Minnesota Source: Flight International
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BAe AMT
David Norgart has become sales manager at Virginia-based British Aerospace Asset Management - Turboprops (AMT), of Chantilly, Virginia, which has worldwide responsibility for selling secondhand BAe turboprops. He comes from turboprop remarketing company San Antonio Jet Centre, which he set up in 1993, after 11 years with Fairchild. ...
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Should licence rules be adapted?
Sir - From studying the European Joint Aviation Requirements (JAR) 66 Notice of Proposed Amendment, I would like to put forward a comment. For maintenance engineers who already hold technical qualifications and experience equal to, or greater than, the knowledge required by the Joint Aviation Authorities for the ...
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The pros and cons of retiring at 65
Sir - The US Federal Aviation Administration has tried to increase the retirement age for US airline captains from 60 to 65, but its efforts were rejected by the self-interest of the US Airline Pilots Association (ALPA), which cannot be truly representative of experienced US pilots' views, as a high ...
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C-130J delivery delay forces RAF to keep C-130Ks flying
The Royal Air Force is being forced to keep operating at least five Lockheed Martin C-130Ks Hercules originally due to be retired from service during 1997 because of a delay of at least 12 months in the delivery of the first of 25 replacement C-130Js. Five aircraft initially ...
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Japan plans Hawkeye upgrade
The Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) is planning a $400 million avionics upgrade for its fleet of Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye airborne early-warning (AEW) aircraft, to improve interoperability with the US military. The US Defense Department has notified Congress of the proposed Japanese upgrade project. The modification work ...
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Samsung moves to save KTX-II project
Samsung Aerospace is offering to increase its stake in South Korea's proposed KTX-II programme, in an effort to prop up waning political support for the advanced-trainer/light-strike aircraft in the face of impending defence cuts. The move follows a recent Korean Development Institute (KDI) study of the financial feasibility ...
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USAF plans low-cost mini-missile tests
The US Air Force has decided to proceed with the advanced-concept technology demonstration (ACTD) phase of the low-cost autonomous attack system (LOCAAS) programme being developed by the Wright Laboratory's Armament Directorate at Eglin AFB, Florida. The award of the ACTD contract by the USAF is expected in January ...
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MTU joins NH90 promotion effort for GE T700/T6E
MTU, the Daimler-Benz aero-engine subsidiary, has joined the team promoting the General Electric T700/T6E engine for the NH Industries NH90 helicopter. To date, the engine has been developed by GE together with Italian partners Alfa Romeo and FiatAvio, which developed the -T6A variant for Italian versions of the ...