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IPTN tries out ACE software to speed up N2130 development
IPTN IS CARRYING out a six-month pilot project, using Concentra's latest Aircraft Configuration Environment (ACE) software, which could lead to its adoption for development of the Indonesian company's planned N2130 family of regional jets. The project, aimed at optimising the design of the N2130's wing, for minimum cycle ...
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Embraer evaluates next regional developments
AS EMBRAER establishes its EMB-145 in the regional market on its approach to service entry, the Brazilian manufacturer is evaluating possible developments of its commercial product line. Embraer president Mauricio Botelho says that the company is evaluating developments in size categories on either side of the 50-seat, three-abreast ...
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EJA confirms biggest-ever order for Cessna Citation
EXECUTIVE JET Aviation (EJA) has finalised its much-anticipated order, for a large number of business jets, with Cessna, securing the biggest single order ever placed in the corporate-jet sector. The Montvale, New Jersey-based fractional-ownership specialist has placed a $600 million firm contract for 45 Cessna Citations, including 20 ...
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Lufthansa engines
Lufthansa Cargo has selected General Electric CF6-80C2D1F engines to power McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighters, for which five firm orders and seven options were placed during the Farnborough air show. The aircraft on firm order are due to be delivered in 1998, beginning in June, while the MD-11s on option could ...
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Smiths wins Airbus deal
SMITHS INDUSTRIES Aerospace has been selected by Aerospatiale to supply datalink-control display units (DCDUs) for Airbus airliners. The deal, worth up to £30 million ($47 million) over 12 years, will lead to the first application of active-matrix liquid-crystal displays in Airbus aircraft. The displays form part of plans ...
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ILS launches two satellites on Proton and Atlas boosters
Tim Furniss/LONDON ILS INTERNATIONAL Launch Services has demonstrated its satellite and orbital delivery service by launching, in two days, the Inmarsat 3F2 and GE 1 communications satellites on Proton and Atlas boosters from Baikonur in Kazakhstan and Cape Canaveral in Florida, respectively. The consortium linking Lockheed ...
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Matra Marconi plans small-satellite effort
MATRA MARCONI SPACE (MMS) is to enter the small-satellites market by introducing the Leostar 200 and 500 craft, aimed at operational low-Earth-orbit (LEO) observation and communications missions. The Leostar 500, in the 500-800kg range, will be well-suited to single-instrument Earth-observation missions, such as one using a radar antenna, ...
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Spaceport Florida gets more funds
THE SPACEPORT Florida Authority has received a further $280,000 from NASA to refurbish a military launch pad at Cape Canaveral for commercial use and to develop a customer-service centre at Port Canaveral. NASA's funding, which has now reached almost $1 million, complements $600,000 from the State of Florida ...
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Cluster options
Three options to re-fly the Cluster science mission will be considered by the European Space Agency (ESA) later this month. The four original craft, worth a total of $400 million, were lost in the Ariane 501 maiden-launch failure. The most economical and beneficial to the science community will be to ...
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Caribbean crusader
Gilles Filiatreault has set out to change the way in which BWIA does business. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IF EVER AN AIRLINE were in need of some clear, decisive, management, then it is BWIA International Airways. After experiencing privatisation, a major management-upheaval and gearing up for an ambitious expansion plan, ...
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British Midland invests £15 million to upgrade its image
BRITISH MIDLAND has invested some £15 million ($25 million) on a re-launch of its image as a European business airline, with a new corporate livery and a package of service upgrades which includes the introduction of business class for the first time on its UK routes. The measures ...
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Expansion helps Lockheed to more wins
LOCKHEED MARTIN'S win rate on competitions is now running at around 60%, as the group begins to take full advantage of the new scope and range of its merged operations says chief executive Norman Augustine. The rate, which is around double the US industry average, is already being ...
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Slow slow, quick quick, slow
The Sukhoi Su-37 made a spectacular impact. Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW SPECTACULAR EVIDENCE that the Russian aircraft industry is still alive came to the 1996 Farnborough air show with the international debut of Sukhoi's thrust-vectoring Su-37 Flanker. The aircraft is a further development of the Su-27/35 fighter series, ...
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Big plans and growing pains
The next generation of large airliners captured the show headlines. Andrew Doyle/LONDON DESPITE THE FACT that Boeing, as expected, failed in its last-ditch efforts to launch its 747 major derivatives at the 1996 Farnborough air show, the civil spotlight was firmly focused on the next generation ...
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Sukhoi plans to fly foreplane-equipped two-seat Su-30MK
Douglas Barrie/LONDON SUKHOI EXPECTS to fly a foreplane-equipped derivative, of its basic two-seat Su-30 in the next few months, according to senior managers at the Irkutsk manufacturing plant, where the prototype is being built. The canard design was first associated with the Su-27K and Su-27M. Sukhoi ...
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Losses make New Zealand's Kiwi flightless
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS LOSSES AT KIWI Travel International Airlines, the New Zealand low-cost carrier, have forced it to cease operations, while two Australian airlines have also run into financial difficulties. Kiwi Travel went into voluntary liquidation with losses estimated at NZ$3 million ($2 million) over the past ...
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Bombardier prepares RVSM data
BOMBARDIER IS awaiting regulatory approval of a data package enabling operators of the Canadair Challenger 604 business jet to meet reduced vertical-separation minima (RVSM) rules to be introduced on North Atlantic routes from March 1997. The Canadian manufacturer is preparing service bulletins to enable Challenger operators to comply ...
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British Mediterranean plans more services to Middle East
Gunter Endres/LONDON FOLLOWING ITS franchise link with British Airways on the Eastern Mediterranean market, British Mediterranean Airways is planning an expansion of its services in the region, but has ruled out the acquisition of widebody aircraft. The two airlines reached a franchise agreement in August (Flight ...
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Balbuzard tests restart
AMEUR Aviation Technologie, the Corsican-based kitplane builder, has conducted a series of successful test flights since mid-July of a heavily redesigned production prototype of its two-seat Balbuzard. The composite aircraft had its maiden flight in 1995, powered by a 60kW (80hp) Rotax 912A. The new prototype has a 90kW Lycoming ...
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BA aims to silence new UK noise rules
Andrew Doyle/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS is preparing the way for a possible court challenge to new noise limits at the three major London airports, due to be imposed by the UK Government from 1 January, 1997. The carrier expects to complete an internal review within the next ...