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Airborne-laser project passes major USAF review
A crucial programme-requirements review on the US Air Force's airborne laser anti-ballistic-missile weapon has been successfully completed, clearing the way for preliminary design and engineering work to begin. As part of the review, the contractors reached agreement with the USAF on the requirements to which the Air Borne ...
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Germany studies EF2000 as missile interceptor
The German air force is looking at the option of using its Eurofighter EF2000 fighter aircraft as part of a theatre missile-defence system. The air force has begun to consider whether the EF2000 could be deployed as part of an extended air-defence umbrella tasked with the boost-phase intercept ...
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Italy cuts F-104 upgrade numbers
The Italian air force has slashed the number of Lockheed F-104 Starfighters which it intends to put through what is effectively a continuing service-life-extension programme. The air force originally planned to implement an upgrade on 106 of its ageing F-104s, to cover the delays in the entry into ...
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Bidders line up for F-18E/F sensor work
THREE BIDDERS have declared their intentions to compete in a fly-off to equip the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18 strike aircraft with an upgraded night navigation and targeting sensor. A team composed of the USA's Northrop Grumman and Israel's Rafael is expected to compete against Lockheed Martin and Hughes ...
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Chile cleared to receive data on F-16 and F-18
CHILE IS TO receive technical information on the Lockheed Martin F-16 and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18, but the US Government remains undecided on whether it is willing to sell the aircraft to Chile. The move marks a shift of policy: the Carter Administration banned the sale of advanced ...
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Malaysia draws helicopter bids
Four competing US and European helicopter manufacturers have submitted proposals to the Malaysian finance ministry, in response to a recent request for pricing on new naval aircraft. The Royal Malaysian Navy has a initial requirement for six shipboard helicopters to replace its elderly Westland Wasps. Two of the ...
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Approval for SLAM-ER
The US Department of Defense has approved low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) Standard Land Attack Missile- Expanded Response (SLAM ER) after the successful initial flight test on 18 March. It allows for production of 60 SLAM ERs using fiscal year 1997 funds. Overall, about 700 deployed ...
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-as Southern Air plans to treble 747-200F fleet
Southern Air Transport (SAT) plans to add another six Boeing 747 freighters to its fleet over the next three years, but has not yet established from where the aircraft will be sourced. The US freight carrier, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, operates a fleet of 15 Lockheed ...
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Transaero will lease intrim 767s and 737s
Russia's privately owned Transaero plans to add three Boeing 767-200ERs and six 737-400s to its fleet during 1997, in an effort to boost capacity until deliveries of next-generation Boeing 737s commence in 1999. The first of the leased aircraft, a 767 and three 737s, are due to join ...
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East African Alliance merger moves ahead
Criticism has begun to emerge over the proposed merger of the national flag carriers of Tanzania and Uganda into Alliance, the joint-venture carrier led by South African Airways (SAA). Alliance is pressing ahead with plans for fleet and network expansion, however. Ministers from Tanzania and Uganda agreed "in ...
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AMJ sells BAe 146s
British Aerospace Asset Management-Jets (AMJ) has sold four more BAe 146s, as its campaign to cut the group's liabilities on its regional-jet fleet begins to gather momentum. Three BAe 146-200s on lease to Air Atlantic have been sold to the Canadian carrier for $21 million. It has also ...
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China Airlines hopes for overseas partner
Taiwanese national carrier China Airlines (CAL) has confirmed that it is hoping to attract an overseas strategic partner, with the planned sale of up to 16% of the airline's stock by its main shareholder, the China Aviation Development Foundation (CADF). The quasi-Government controlled CADF wants to reduce its ...
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JAL renews attack on costs
Japan Airlines (JAL) is stepping up efforts to cut costs and restructure the company, including the shedding of 2,000 jobs, as the group once again faces a return to losses. The airline's newly unveiled medium-range plan for the five years through to March 2002 also calls for a ...
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Russia approves guarantees for Moscow Aviation Tu-204s
The Russian Government has authorised guarantees of $150 million for the manufacture of 20 Tupolev Tu-204s with Perm/Aviadvigatel PS-90A engines for Moscow Aviation International Leasing (MAIL). MAIL is an associate company of the consultancy headed by chess world master and entrepreneur Gary Kasparov. The consultancy's chief executive Peter ...
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Capital injection
Lebanese cargo carrier Trans Mediterranean Airline has raised its capital to $39 million after the sale of shares by an investment group led by Farid Raphael, chairman of Banque Libano-Francaise. Source: Flight International
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More stoppages may hit TAT and Air Liberté
STAFF AT British Airways' French subsidiaries TAT and Air Liberté are threatening further strike action following stoppages over pay and working conditions on 9/10 April. The action follows strikes at Air France over the merger of its domestic operations with the Air France Europe/Air Inter subsidiary. Unions claim ...
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Lifting the loads
Given its rapid growth, observers would be forgiven for thinking that Atlas Air is alone in providing wet-lease freighter capacity and that the business is a "new fashion". In fact, this type of enterprise, (described variously as supplemental, contract, wet-lease and chartering), has existed since the Berlin Airlift ...
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GAMA disputes proposed ETOPS limit
THE US general-aviation industry has warned the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) that a proposal to impose a 120min extended-range-twin-engine-operation (ETOPS) limit on corporate aircraft would cost business-jet manufacturers over $200 million while not actually increasing safety margins. Criticism of the proposal, which could take effect in a ...
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Gulfstream takes GV on whistle-stop world tour
Gulfstream Aerospace is taking its GV business jet on a "whistle-stop" world tour to introduce the ultra-long-range aircraft to potential international customers, and has claimed in the process a series of non-stop distance records for a corporate jet. The first leg of the tour, which takes in Europe ...
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Two bidders battle to take over fading Avions Mudry
The recovery of ailing French aerobatic aircraft manufacturer Avions Mudry hangs in the balance, with two rival bidders apparently prepared to take over the company's debts and re-launch production. The two candidates are Avions Robin, now owned by Jean-Paul Pelissier, and Dyn'Aero, owned by the son of Robin ...