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Thai Government re-examines defence
He may not be looking at an upgraded radar display, after all Thailand's election of a new Coalition Government, headed by Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, has revived industry hopes that the Star of Siam military-satellite project will go ahead. The former defence minister was forced to shelve the ...
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UK delays helicopter-AAM choice by up to two years
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON The UK Ministry of Defence could delay by up to two years a decision on which air-to-air missile (AAM) to procure for the McDonnell Douglas/GKN Westland WAH-64 Longbow Apache helicopter. When the decision to buy the WAH-64 was announced in July 1995, it was ...
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On the wing
Technology has broken military training's dependence on ground-based combat ranges. Paul Seidenman/SAN DIEGO Air-combat manoeuvring and instrumentation (ACMI) ranges have proved valuable assets in tactical-aircrew combat training, but they have one limitation: they are surface-based. Ranges require either large areas of land, or, for overwater operations, expensive ...
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Change of mission
The Dassault Mirage IVP's role has moved from that of strategic strike to one of strategic reconnaissance. Gert Kromhout/MONT DE MARSAN After more than 30 years, the Dassault-Breguet Mirage IVP of the French air force has lost its nuclear mission, with the disbandment of one of two squadrons ...
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Ilyushin
Il-62M/MK Three versions of the four-engined 170- to 195-seat Il-62 were built between 1963 and 1985, before it was superseded by the re-engined Il-62M. All versions were dimensionally identical, with the main differences being in engine type, weight and performance. While the initial production version was ...
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IPTN
N2130 Having flown its first indigenous regional airliner, the N250, in August 1995, Indonesian manufacturer IPTN announced plans to develop a regional jet-powered airliner which will be offered in a family of models seating from 80 to 130 passengers, and with 3,700km range. The aircraft is ...
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Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems
L-100 Hercules The L-100-30 is the civil version of the C-130 Hercules military transport. It is certificated under US Federal Aviation Rules Part 25 to carry 97 passengers when appropriately modified or manufactured. The passenger version has structural re-inforcement, windows, additional doors and cabin amenities, plus ...
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McDonnell DouglasDouglas Aircraft Company
DC-8 Over 250 DC-8s remain in commercial service, of which 110 have been re-engined with CFMI CFM56 turbofans. Most DC-8s are being operated as freighters. The DC-8 programme was launched in 1955, and the type had its maiden flight in May 1958. Service entry occurred in September 1959. ...
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Romaero
One-Eleven Series 560 Romanian manufacturer Romaero (formerly IAvB/Rombac) concluded an agreement with British Aerospace in May 1977 to acquire the production rights for the One-Eleven twinjet, and final assembly was transferred from the BAe plant at Bournemouth-Hurn to Bucharest, Romania. The first Romaero-assembled One-Eleven 500, designated the ...
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Shanghai Aviation Industrial (SAIC)
SAIC is the prime Chinese contractor for the TrunkLiner co-production programme with McDonnell Douglas, under which it is assembling 20 MD-90-30s for the Chinese market at its plant in Shanghai. Chinese industrial participation in the SAIC MD-90 programme involves three Chinese companies producing sub-assemblies - Xian Aircraft: wing ...
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SATIC Special Aircraft Transport International
SATICA300-600ST "Beluga" Super Transporter Development of an outsized version of the Airbus A300-600R to carry large aircraft-subassemblies was initiated by Airbus Industrie, which needed a replacement for the aging fleet of four Aero Spacelines Super Guppy turboprops employed to ferry sub-assemblies between the Airbus partner plants. ...
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Tupolev
Tu-154M The Tu-154M is the current production version of the 160- to 180-seat Tu-154 TriJet, which was first flown in October 1968. Initial versions (the Tu-154, -154A and -154B-2) were equipped with Kuznetsov NK-8 engines. The Tu-154M was announced in 1983, powered by Aviadvigatel D-30KU turbofans and featuring ...
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Aero International (Regional) (AI(R))
Avro RJ70/85/100/115 Avro International Aerospace's family of regional jets is marketed under the umbrella of Aero International (Regional), which combines the regional-aircraft activities of British Aerospace, Aerospatiale and Alenia. The RJ70, RJ85 and RJ100 were introduced to supersede the BAe 146-100, -200 and -300 respectively. ...
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Airbus Industrie
A300 Launched in May 1969, the 250-seat A300 was Airbus Industrie's first product, and the first example was flown from Toulouse, France, in October 1972. The first production A300 variant, the -B2, entered service in May 1974. The -B4 growth-weight version followed, while several F4 and C4 versions ...
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Antonov
An-70T The An-70T four-engined propfan-powered military airlifter became the first aircraft ever to take off using propfan power only, when Antonov completed the aircraft's maiden flight in December 1994. The programme was thrown into turmoil , however, after the fatal crash of the single prototype aircraft on 10 ...
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Avic Aviation Industries of China
AE-100 Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) plans to develop the AirExpress AE-100 family of regional jets in partnership with Aero International Asia (consisting of Aerospatiale of France, Italy's Alenia and BAe) and Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe). Three versions of the twinjet will be built, seating 100, ...
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Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
First next-generation 737, a -700, is in final assembly at Renton, Washington British Airways has taken new Boeing 747s, 767s and 777s this year Boeing built 45 of the short-fuselage 747SP The 747 family is set to grow with two new variants, the 462-seat ...
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Bac/aerospatiale
The Concorde supersonic transport was first flown in March 1969, and the type entered service with Air France and British Airways in January 1976. Of the 20 Concordes built, 14 were delivered to the two airlines, and 12 aircraft remain in service. BA and Air France plan ...
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British Aerospace
One-Eleven The One-Eleven twinjet was flown for the first time in August 1963, and entered service in April 1965. There are still more than 100 One-Elevens in service, of which more than half are in operation in Europe. European Aviation, which owns the largest single fleet of the ...
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Cammacorp
Cammacorp was set up in 1979 to oversee the CFM International CFM56 retrofit programme for the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-8 Series 60, and the company no longer exists. Other partners in the programme were MDC, CFMI, and Grumman Aerospace, the latter being responsible for the manufacture of the engine pods, ...