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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 ...
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UKMoD shown Israeli BMD simulator
UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) officials have visited Israel's Arrow ballistic-missile defence (BMD) simulation testbed as part of the UK's continuing studies into a possible system. The Tadiran-built Israeli Test Bed (ITB) was visited by senior Royal Air Force officers to discuss its use in BMD simulations. ...
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Hornet heads for Malaysia...
McDonnell Douglas has begun deliveries of the first of eight F-18D Hornets to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF). The aircraft will be used in the strike and interdiction role by the RMAF, which received the first aircraft in March. Source: Flight International
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Allied near to completing F-22...
AlliedSignal is in "the final throes" of high-altitude testing of the auxiliary-power generating system (APGS) for the Lockheed Martin F-22, in a bid to clear the full envelope before the fighter has its first flight, planned for the end of May. Revealing details of the integrated APGS on ...
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Turkish F-4s arrive in Israel...
The first of 54 Turkish air force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms being upgraded by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) were flown to Tel Aviv in March. The upgrade includes the installation of a new Elta radar. They first few aircraft will be modified by IAI in Israel, with the rest going ...
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Australia impounds Papua New Guinea-bound Mi-24s
Australia has intervened in a pending dispute between a UK military consultancy and the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Government over ownership of an arms shipment, including four Russian military helicopters, now on Australian soil. Australian prime minister John Howard says that the diversion of the Antonov An-124, which ...
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Pentagon approves...
LOW-RATE INITIAL production (LRIP) of the McDonnell Douglas F-18E/F was approved on 26 March after William Cohen, the new US defence chief, dropped objections to proceeding with production before completion of the Quadrennial Defence Review. Pentagon acquisition chief Paul Kaminski authorised the US Navy to begin LRIP of ...
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Ukraine will power Chinese K-8...
China has concluded a deal with Ukraine to purchase powerplants for its Nan Chang K-8 jet trainers, replacing US-built AlliedSignal TFE731 engines. Ukraine's Ivchenko Progress ZMKB design bureau and the Motor-Sich production plant have sealed a contract for delivery of 30 AI-25TL engines for the K-8J jet trainer. ...
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UK Royal Navy begins search for EH101 Merlin anti-ship missile
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has begun a procurement programme for a next-generation air-launched anti-ship missile to equip its EH Industries EH101 Merlin maritime helicopter. "We are in the early stages of looking at an anti-ship missile [for the Merlin] with several studies under way," confirms the ...
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MiG prototype almost lost in test flight
A prototype MIG MAPO MiG-AT advanced jet trainer was almost lost during flight trials when the aircraft, piloted by the company's chief test pilot, Roman Taskayev, went into a violent spin. The incident occurred in August 1996 when Taskayev was flying the aircraft in an ascending spiral at ...
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Textron SFW order...
Textron Systems has been awarded a $142 million US Air Force contract to build 542 additional Sensor Fuzed Weapons (SFW). The smart munitions will be of enhanced configuration, incorporating an integrated altimeter. Deliveries will start in 1998. Source: Flight International
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DoT refuses pleas to delay American-BA consideration
THE US Department of Transportation (DoT) has begun to consider the American Airways-British Airways (American-BA) alliance, brushing aside requests by rival carriers to put the inquiry on hold pending the signing of a UK-US open skies bilateral agreement. Delta Air Lines and Trans World Airlines had both pressed ...