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India plans six satellite launches before 2000
SIX INDIAN-BUILT satellites, will be launched by 2000 says the country's Ministry for Science and Technology. The Insat 2D and 2E communications/meteorological satellites, will be launched by Ariane 4s before the end of 1997, while the Indian remote sensing satellites the IRS 1D and P4, will be launched on national ...
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FBI agents raid SabreTech premises
US FEDERAL BUREAU of Investigation (FBI) agents have raided Miami-based SabreTech, maintenance contractor to ValuJet and alleged to be implicated in the cause of the 11 May crash, seizing company documents. FBI officials will not discuss the reasons for the search. Meanwhile, Lewis Jordan, president of grounded ValuJet, ...
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Leaked figures lead to suspension of Lauda Air shares
Shares in Lauda Air were suspended on the Vienna stock exchange after a bank official prematurely released first-half financial figures showing a sharp increase in first-half losses. Following the leak on 6 August, shareholders fought to sell off Lauda shares ahead of the official announcement, which was brought ...
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Lufthansa Technik warns against maintenance monopoly dangers
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LUFTHANSA TECHNIK (LHT) chairman Wolfgang Mayrhuber has criticised manufacturers which offer their own maintenance packages for aircraft and aero engines. LHT says that aircraft and engine manufacturers are increasingly attempting to "-elbow their way" into the maintenance and overhaul market and restrict current ...
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Michot will take over as Aerospatiale president
Julian Moxon/PARIS YVES MICHOT has been appointed to replace Louis Gallois as president of France's Aerospatiale. The move has been welcomed by observers of the French aerospace industry, as the state-owned giant prepares for further integration with the European aerospace industry. Michot joined Aerospatiale in ...
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Thailand plans to dim Star of Siam satellite programme
THE THAI defence ministry plans to shelve its controversial Star of Siam satellite programme, in an effort to counter calls for large cuts to be made in the military's equipment budget. According to Thai defence minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, the 28 billion baht ($1.1 billion) project will be ...
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USAF punishes 16 for CT-43 disaster flight
THE US AIR FORCE, has disciplined two generals and 14 other lower-ranking servicemen, for their roles in the 3 April Boeing CT-43A crash in Croatia, which killed US Commerce Secretary Ronald Brown and 34 others. It is understood that the flight should not have been conducted, since USAF ...
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Eurofighter tops defence cost-escalation list in UK
Andrew Doyle and Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE UK'S SHARE of the Eurofighter EF2000 combat-aircraft programme is now £1.25 billion ($1.94 billion) over budget and three years behind schedule, according to figures from the UK Government's spending watchdog. The mounting costs of the programme are detailed in ...
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Transfield/Lockheed Martin team for Pacific Rim market
LOCKHEED MARTIN and Transfield Defence Systems are working to establish a joint-venture company to compete for defence and civil contracts in Australia and South-East Asia. A memorandum of understanding, has already been signed, by Lockheed's Ocean, Radar and Sensor division and Transfield Australia's second largest defence contractor. ...
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Racal-Thorn concludes Chinese surveillance-radar negotiations
RACAL-THORN Defence is to sell up to eight surveillance radars to China, in a deal worth around £40 million ($62 million). The radars are variants of the Searchwater, which is used in maritime surveillance and airborne early-warning applications by the UK armed forces. Negotiations over the sale have ...
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Russia nears decision on Fokker proposal
THE RUSSIAN Government is close to making a decision on whether to support Yakovlev's proposal to buy the bankrupt Fokker aircraft operation. Edward Chechelov, a section head in the foreign-investment department of Russia's economics ministry, says that the Russian Government is near to deciding on the issue. "Most ...
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TWA probe focuses on fuel-tank-ignition theory
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC AS THE US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) works to discover, whether the 17 July crash of a Trans World Airlines (TWA) Boeing 747-100 was caused by a bomb or missile, investigators from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), are examining a theory ...
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PW4090 flight-test programme starts on first Boeing 777
PRATT & Whitney's 400kN (90,000lb)-thrust PW4090 engine has entered a five-month flight-test programme on the first Boeing 777 aircraft, WA001. The engine will power 777-200IGW versions on order from Korean Air and United Airlines, the first of which will enter service in March 1997. The engine is an ...
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AWACS 767 begins flight testing
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE FIRST BOEING 767 airborne warning and control-system (AWACS) aircraft was expected to begin a seven-month flight-test programme with a sortie from Everett, Washington, on 9 August. The 767-27C, which is a modified extended-range -200ER, is the first of four destined for ...
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Delta launches low-cost Express from Florida base
Karen Walker/ATLANTA DELTA AIRLINES has entered the low-fare market with the launch of Delta Express, a single-class service providing non-stop flights between Florida and cities in the mid-western and north-eastern USA. Services, using a dedicated fleet of 25 Boeing 737-200s, will begin on 1 October ...
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Gulfstream crash
A Royal Danish Air Force Gulfstream III business jet crashed into high ground on Vaago, Faeroe Islands, on 3 August while approaching to land in poor weather. Nine people were killed, including Denmark's new Chief of Staff, Adm Hans Joergen Garde. Source: Flight International
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Adios ADEOS
Japan's Advanced Earth-Observing Satellite (ADEOS) is to be launched aboard the fourth H2 booster from Tanegashima on 17 August. The H2 will also launch a Japanese amateur-radio satellite. The ADEOS will be used to conduct a global environmental-observation mission, including collecting data on global warming and the ozone layer. The ...
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Tailless tactics
The 1980s tailless-fighter concept could be a reality after 2000 Mastery of thrust vectoring is paving the way for tailless-fighter research. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES HIGH OVER THE dry lakebed at Edwards AFB, California, on 24 April, 1996, the pilot of a NASA McDonnell ...
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Litton Aero
Leon Webrand has been promoted to president of Woodland Hills, California-based Litton's Aero Products division, succeeding Dudley Mahler, who is to retire early in 1997. Webrand was formerly division vice-president of finance and administration. Source: Flight International
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Money no object
BOEING'S PURCHASE of Rockwell's defence business underlines - if any extra emphasis were needed - just how rapidly the major US aerospace prime contractors continue to consolidate. It also provides an embarrassing reminder of how far the European industry - hidebound by the legacies of state ownership and national politics ...