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New orders take Arianespace backlog to over 40 launches
Arianespace, the European commercial satellite-launcher organisation, has been awarded contracts to fly Eutelsat's W3 communications satellite and the Intelsat K-TV, as well as entering talks with Korean Telecom. The Eutelsat W3, which is being built by Aerospatiale, will be launched in 1999, while the Matra Marconi Space Intelsat ...
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ESA to fly new Cluster mission
The European Space Agency (ESA) has agreed to send up a new Cluster science mission in 2000, replacing the four original satellites which were lost when the Ariane 5 was destroyed on its maiden flight in 1996. The new satellites, which will be launched in pairs aboard two ...
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India will develop five new Insat satellites
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is to develop a third series of Insat communications satellites, with a fleet of five craft due to be launched between 1999 and 2005. The Insat 3s will be the second series to be built by Indian industry. Two indigenously developed Insat ...
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BFGoodrich plans a low-cost GATCAS...
BFGOODRICH PLANS to launch a low-cost traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS) for general-aviation aircraft at the Experimental Aircraft Association's Sun 'n' Fun fly-in, which is taking place in Florida until 12 April. The Skywatch system is aimed at high-end piston singles and twins and is expected to cost ...
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FAA demands an inspection of...
Following in-flight separation of a large section of a Delta Air Lines Boeing 767 wing-flap, more than 200 of the type worldwide have to undergo emergency inspection. The event occurred on a 27 March approach to Dallas/Forth Worth (DFW) Airport, Texas, and the pilots reported no problems countering the resulting ...
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Boeing chases Paris launch for 777-200/300X
Boeing has presented 777-200X/300X proposals to four major US and Asian airlines in an effort to launch the planned long-range twin derivatives in time for the Paris air show in June. At the same time Rolls-Royce (R-R) has become the second powerplant manufacturer to sign an agreement to offer a ...
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Arianespace faces board power struggle
Europe's Arianespace commercial-launcher venture is embroiled in a board-room power struggle over the appointment of a successor for long-standing chairman Charles Bigot, with French space agency CNES attempting to push through its own candidate against the firm's wishes. The company is reported to have been infuriated by CNES ...
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Delta selects Trent to power Boeing 777s
Rolls-Royce has secured its first US airline customer for the Trent 800, with the selection by Delta Air Lines of the Trent 892 to power its ten optioned Boeing 777-200s. The US carrier has placed a $500 million contract with General Electric to power the Boeing 767 component of the ...
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Lockheed 'can claw back' Raptor cost
Lockheed Martin is confident that it can contain the price of the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor air-superiority fighter, despite warnings from the US Department of Defense (DoD) that the US Air Force faces additional costs running into billions of dollars. F-22 programme manager Tom Burbage says cost-cutting initiatives ...
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Fokker Aviation selects R-R Tay 620 for re-engined F28
Fokker Aviation has selected the Rolls-Royce Tay 620 engine for its proposed F28RE re-engineing programme, and is now entering final negotiations with the engine manufacturer. The engine, which has been chosen over the BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 and General Electric CF34-8C, already powers the F28's successors, the Fokker 70 ...
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KTX-II funding frozen as delays continue
Lockheed Martin has told South Korea that it intends to halt funding for the KTX-II advanced jet-trainer/ light-combat aircraft at the end of June, in the face of continuing Korean Government indecision on launching full-scale development of the programme. The US manufacturer is understood to have decided finally ...
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UK Labour party commits to numbers for EF2000
The UK Labour Party's shadow secretary of state for defence, David Clark, has written to German defence minister Volker Rühe committing the UK to procuring at least 232 Eurofighter EF2000 combat aircraft, and urging that Germany push ahead as quickly as possible with the programme. Clark, who is ...
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FAA will charge user fees for overflights
ALL AIRCRAFT operators flying in US airspace after 19 May must pay a user fee for aviation services, regardless of whether they take off or land in the USA. The fees, to be assessed against commercial and general-aviation aircraft, were authorised by the US Congress in 1996. The ...
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Most regionals meet FAA safety...
Almost all US regional airlines have met the US Federal Aviation Administration's 20 March deadline for tougher safety rules, with only six out of the 39 affected carriers failing to do so. The new regulations require regional operators to meet the same standards as those operating large jet-powered ...
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Vietnam Airlines revises growth plans
State-run Vietnam Airlines is revising plans to expand its passenger fleet in the wake of slower-than-expected traffic growth. In 1996, Vietnam Airlines carried 2.5 million passengers, an 18% increase over 1995. Senior airline officials, however, had been projecting growth of between 25% and 28%. As the result of ...
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MAS reveals plans to raise $1.3 billion
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has unveiled bold plans to triple its share base and raise nearly M$3.3 billion ($1.3 billion) to help underwrite a widebody fleet re-equipment programme and the company's move to Kuala Lumpur's new international airport at Sepang. The funding will be split between a M$1.8 billion ...
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SIA/Tata plans suffer setback...
THE PROPOSED JOINT domestic-carrier venture between Singapore Airlines (SIA) and the TATA Group has been dealt another major blow by the Indian Government's endorsement of a new aviation policy barring foreign-airline investment. The cabinet's decision to throw its support behind civil-aviation minister C M Ibrahim's controversial new policy ...
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Auditors warn on TWA losses
TRANS WORLD Airlines (TWA)has been dogged by further poor financial news, with a warning from the group's auditors over the carrier's future in the light of mounting losses and falling cash reserves. The warning from KPMG Peat Marwick accompanies TWA's official filing of its annual results with the ...
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Last of a breed
THE ROLL-OUT OF THE Lockheed Martin F-22 marks the end of an era. It is the last of the "cold-war" fighters; probably the last brand-new combat airframe with a brand-new engine to be flown this century; probably the last to embody "all the technology we could afford" instead of the ...
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Arsenal upgrades Molniya R-60 missile
Ukrainian guided-weapons specialist Arsenal has unveiled an upgraded seeker for the Russian Molniya R-60 (AA-8 Aphid) infra-red (IR) short-range air-to-air missile, giving it the capability to engage frontal targets. Previous variants of the R-60 did not have an all-aspect engagement capability - the early models were restricted to ...