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CFMI gears up for bumper year
CFM International (CFMI) is stepping up production of CFM56 engines in response to record orders placed during 1996 for 1,280 powerplants valued at $5.5 billion. CFMI president Gerard Laviec says that the company had planned for only "about 700 orders" for the year. As a result of the ...
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Italy's EF2000 DA7 prototype flies
The Italian Eurofighter EF2000 prototype (DA7) has become the latest to join the flight-test programme, being flown for the first time on 27 January. The first radar-equipped EF2000 (DA5) will also be flown shortly, although weather conditions at the Daimler-Benz Aerospace airfield at Manching, in southern Germany, have repeatedly delayed ...
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Turkey signs up for further 30 Cougars
The Turkish Government has signed a contract for the purchase of 30 Eurocopter Cougar Mk1s, coupled with an agreement on local production. The contract, worth Fr2.5 billion ($434 million), covers ten AS532-ULs for the Turkish army, complementing the 20 ordered at the end of 1993, plus 20 AS532-ALs ...
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US DoD drives to enhance JDAM accuracy
The US Department of Defense(DoD) has re-instated an effort to enhance the performance of the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), despite test results showing that the weapon exceeds the required accuracy by one-third. The original JDAM product-improvement programme (PIP) to increase accuracy down to 3m ...
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South Korea's support wanes for KTX-2 project
Support within the South Korean Government for development of the Samsung KTX-2advanced-trainer/light-combat aircraft is fast waning in the face of growing uncertainty over its viability, and widening domestic political and financial scandals. The launch of full-scale development of the tandem-seat jet-powered aircraft has been repeatedly delayed, and it ...
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Italy nears decision on MPA study phase
The Italian defence ministry is on the verge of deciding whether to award its maritime-patrol-aircraft (MPA)study contract directly to a consortium led by Italy's Alenia, or undergo a lengthy competitive process. If the consortium is chosen without a competition, Italy could team up with Germany on a joint ...
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Israel selects Elta
The Israeli defence forces will equip front-line units with the Elta EL/M-2129 movement-detection radar which is capable of identifying low-flying helicopters. According to Elta, the system is capable of detecting low-flying helicopters from a range of 11 km (6nm). Up to 60 targets can be tracked simultaneously. Source: ...
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Storm Shadow signed
The UK Ministry of Defence has signed a ú700 million ($1.13 billion) contract with Matra BAe Dynamics for the development and production of the Storm Shadow stand- off missile for the Royal Air Force. The missile, which is a derivative of the Matra Apache, is scheduled to enter service in ...
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Australia offers cash incentive to hang on to military aircrew
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has re-instated and boosted its pilot-retention bonus, to try to stem annual wastage of trained military pilots. Defence-industry, science and personnel minister Bronwyn Bishop says that the figure of 33 pilots who left the three services in 1991, when the previous scheme was ...
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USAF will decide on B-52H re-engineing 'within weeks'
A final decision over whether to re-engine the US Air Force Boeing B-52H fleet could come within weeks, when the USAF reports to a Congressional committee on a proposal which it has received from Boeing and Rolls-Royce/Allison Engine. The committee hearing, scheduled for 15 March, will give the ...
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Doubts surround Georgian Su-25 order
Reports that Georgia has ordered up to 50 Sukhoi Su-25T Frogfoot attack aircraft are being greeted with scepticism by senior Sukhoi officials, who question the country's ability to finance the aircraft which are priced at $16-17 million each. Newspaper reports quote Mikhail Tskhadaya, deputy director of the Tbilisi ...
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Ethiopian nears decision on new fleet
Ethiopian Airlines is studying proposals from Boeing and Airbus Industrie for its fleet-renewal programme, and is expected to be ready to place an order for narrow- and widebodied aircraft before the end of the year. "Most of the background work has been finalised. My expectation is that we ...
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Universal dual-system satnav nears approval
Universal Avionics is on track to win certification of the first satellite-navigation (satnav) receiver capable of using both the US global-positioning system (GPS)and Russian Glonass navigation constellations. The company, best known for its UNS-1 range of flight-management systems, is using a combined GPS/Glonass receiver-processor board provided by US ...
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Indian Airlines seeks compensation for V2500 performance
Indian Airlines is seeking compensation from International Aero Engines (IAE)for the higher-than-expected fuel consumption of the V2500 engines which power its Airbus A320s. IAE, a joint venture including Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce, declines to comment on the extent of the shortfall, although it is thought to be ...
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Rescued Kiwi takes expansion slowly
Kiwi International Airlines, which re-introduced scheduled passenger services to four US cities at the end of January, plans a gradual expansion of its fleet and destinations over the next three months. Kiwi was forced to suspend all scheduled services in October 1996 after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...
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KLM to upgrade 747-200/300s
KLM is to carry out a $53 million upgrade of its Boeing 747-200/300s and keep the aircraft in service well into the next century. KLM is the first airline to commit to an extensive cockpit upgrade of so-called 747 'Classics'. The package includes a major cockpit upgrade, aimed ...
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Crew blamed
The 19 February wheels-up landing of a Continental Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 at Houston International Airport, Texas, was caused by the flightdeck crew's failure to ensure that the landing gear was down, says the US National Transportation Safety Board. Source: Flight International
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Virgin-Sabena deal
Sabena and Virgin Express have signed another agreement on joint operation under which Sabena's service from Brussels to Barcelona was taken over by Virgin Express on 14 February. The agreement is similar to the one concluded in October 1996, under which Virgin took over Sabena's Brussels-London Heathrow services, and enabled ...
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JAS commuter
Japan Air System (JAS) plans to establish a new commuter airline with Saab 340s on the northern island of Hokkaido in partnership with the local Government. The new carrier will have a capitalisation of ´490 million ($4 million). Source: Flight International
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Omega Air to launch 707 re-engineing with JT8Ds
Omega Air has signed an agreement with Pratt & Whitney about the re-engineing of its Boeing 707-320 fleet with P&W JT8D-200 engines. The Omega leasing company is the major partner in the US-based consortium "7Q7", which plans to certificate the JT8D-powered version in 1998. Omega, based in Dublin, ...