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India unveils AEW demonstrator
India's technology demonstrator programme for airborne-early-warning (AEW) systems had its public debut at the Aero India '96 show earlier this month. The rotordome, built originally with German help, is mounted on the top of a British Aerospace 748, modified to carry the primary radar, along with avionics and identification-friend-or-foe. ...
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Oryx claim rejected
A Paris commercial court has rejected a claim against Eurocopter by a Portuguese businessman, who was claiming substantial commission relating to an estimated $2 billion sale of helicopter kits to South Africa during the period of the UN arms embargo against the country. The businessman claimed that Aerospatiale ( the ...
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GE and Airbus hold intense A340 engine negotiations
Julian Moxon/Paris General Electric and Airbus Industrie are in "intense" negotiations on a new, exclusive, very-high-bypass-ratio, power plant for the stretched, re-engined, A340-500/600. Airbus vice-president for strategic planning, Adam Brown, says that the US manufacturer is offering an "extremely exciting" power plant solution for the A340 involving ...
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Boeing targets Delta for stretched 767
Paul Lewis and Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing is close to launching the stretched 767-400ERX on the back of an anticipated order from Delta Airlines for a complete fleet of passenger aircraft. Interest in the 767 derivative has been revived after years of inactivity, during which time ...
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Teledyne Ryan plans first engine runs of Global Hawk reconnaissance UAV
The Global Hawk Tier II Plus high-altitude reconnaissance platform was expected to have its first engine runs in the week beginning 16 December, as part of final preparations for completion in January and roll-out in early February 1997. The Global Hawk, with its 35.4m wingspan, was originally scheduled ...
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MD-95 begins to take shape
McDonnell Douglas has re-affirmed its commitment to the MD-95 regional twinjet as the nose section for the first aircraft was delivered to its Long Beach assembly site on 12 December. Despite having received no new business since it was launched more than a year ago with an order ...
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Airbus studies A3XX production
Julian Moxon/Toulouse Airbus Industrie's Large Aircraft division is considering up to six potential sites in Europe for production of the 500- to 800-seat A3XX transport. "We're looking at either inland or coastal locations," says the division's senior vice-president, Jurgen Thomas. A major study launched in ...
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Harris' WINGS adds weather to flight-planning system
HARRIS HAS introduced a general-aviation flight-planning system, which allows routes to be overlaid on real-time weather graphics. The company's Weather Information and Navigational Graphics System (WINGS) consists of Windows-compatible software for Pentium-class personal computers (PCs). The system provides dial-up access to Melbourne, Florida-based Harris Information Systems' flight- and ...
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Derco Aerospace becomes virtual-propeller warehouse for the Pentagon
DERCO AEROSPACE is to provide "just-in-time" delivery of propeller parts to the US services. As the major subcontractor to Hamilton Standard on a "virtual prime-vendor" (VPV) contract awarded by the US Department of Defense under its Lean Logistics initiative the company will introduce commercial practices to military procurement. ...
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New UK helicopter school opts for Frasca
Frasca International is to supply cockpit-procedures trainers (CPTs) for the UK Defence Helicopter Flying School, which is being set up to take over all military helicopter training in the UK. The US manufacturer, based in Urbana, Illinois, will supply three CPTs - two for use in single-engine training ...
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US schools fear GPS shortfall
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA The US flight-training industry fears that a problem may be emerging because students trained on older aircraft, which have no satellite-navigation equipment, are unfamiliar with the global-positioning system (GPS). The US National Air Transportation Association (NATA), representing flight schools, has appealed for information ...
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IVEX bases new visual on Infinite Reality image-generator
IVEX, of Georgia, is developing a commercial flight-simulator visual system based on Silicon Graphics' (SGI) latest Infinite Reality image-generator. The new Aero-Reality visual is intended for use on Level D flight simulators and is to be available for delivery within six to nine months. The company is using ...
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Techniflite mobile flight simulator awaits FAA approval
TechniFlite has completed its first mobile flight-simulator and awaits US Federal Aviation Administration certification of the truck-mounted device before taking it on the road to provide training for regional airlines. The initial Mobile Training Facility (MTF) represents the Raytheon Beech 1900D. TechniFlite says that regional airlines have signed ...
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ILS boosts Atlas 2AR
ILS International Launch Services says that its planned Atlas 2AR booster, equipped with a Russian/Pratt & Whitney RD-180 engine, will be able to place 4,000kg into geostationary transfer orbit, an increase over its originally advertised 3,820kg. Source: Flight International
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International Space Station faces service-module crisis
Tim Furniss/LONDON The International Space Station (ISS) Service Module being built by Russia is eight months behind schedule, meaning a delay in the launch of the first ISS crew until early 1999, NASA has confirmed (Flight International, 27 November-3 December). Russian Government funding for the project has ...
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Bion 11 monkey flight is postponed
The launch of the Russian-NASA-international Bion 11 recoverable satellite, with two macaque monkeys aboard, has been postponed from 10 December to about 24-25 December by technical problems and launch pressures at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, indicating that new military launches are expected. The Bion 11 mission - the sixth ...
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Virtually commercial
Military simulators are benefiting from the fast pace of commercial computer development. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA INTHELAND of illusion, designed by Disney's imagineers, the simulation industry gathered in early December to dazzle its customers with the realism of the virtual worlds it can now create. While the packed ...
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Loss of power
The world, it seems, is awash with new airliner projects. The manufacturers may be able to afford to launch some of these aircraft and, in some cases, the airlines will be able to afford to buy and operate them - but will the engine makers be able to afford to ...