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Fairchild plans for Asia
FAIRCHILD FASTENERS, the California-based aerospace precision-fastener specialist, hopes to reach final agreement later this month with Taiwan-based King Grand to develop a new joint manufacturing, sales and distribution site near Taipei. Fairchild believes that the move could lead to full fastener-manufacturing capability in Asia in 1997. "We want ...
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Honeywell disposal
California-based space power- and aircraft-systems specialist Tecstar has acquired Honeywell's Electro Components division based in Durham, North Carolina. Tecstar, which has changed its name from Applied Solar Energy to reflect its expanding aerospace role, will virtually double in size. Source: Flight International
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Russia goes ahead with Svobodny site
Tim Furniss/LONDON RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin has signed a decree approving a new satellite-launch centre at the former military garrison, Svobodny-18, in the Amur region in the far east of the country, close to the Chinese border (Flight International, 14-20 February). The centre, to be ...
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Germany to test Elisra electronic-warfare system
THE GERMAN AIR force is to fit an Israeli Elisra self-protection electronic-warfare (EW) system on a Sikorsky CH-53 helicopter for evaluation purposes. If the trial is successful, a procurement order will follow. The air force is believed to have examined several self-protection systems for use on the CH-53s, ...
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Rockwell unveils new X-33 SSTO baseline design
ROCKWELL AND Northrop Grumman have revealed a new baseline design for the X-33 advanced-technology single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) half-scale demonstrator launch vehicle. The 30m-long, 22,680kg launcher resembles the company's existing Space Shuttle orbiter, but incorporates the expected state-of-the-art advanced technologies, including a new breed of engines. "Rockwell intends to be ...
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Space record
The European Space Agency's Euromir 2 mission astronaut, Thomas Reiter, returned to Earth aboard the Russian Soyuz TM22 craft on 29 February after an extended stay on the Mir 1 space station. The German and his two Russian colleagues, were replaced on the Mir 1 by a two-man Soyuz TM23 ...
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Hughes sharpens its UK credentials
Douglas Barrie/LONDON US DEFENCE-electronics specialist Hughes Aircraft is pulling together its UK-based operations under the banner of Hughes (UK), to compete more effectively for Ministry of Defence (MoD) and European business. The move is being driven in part by two key competitions for air-launched weapons ...
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AH-1 Cobra offered on the civil market
SURPLUS US ARMY Bell AH-1S Cobra attack helicopters are being offered to commercial operators for roles including logging and fire fighting. The aircraft is being marketed, by California based Flight Operations International, with modification and certification being performed by US Helicopter (formerly called UNC Helicopter) in Alabama. ...
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Midwest admiration for K-MAX increases
CANADA'S MIDWEST Helicopters is about to take delivery of its second Kaman K-MAX external-lift helicopter, and the company has begun negotiations to buy a third aircraft. Midwest president Wayne Macauley says that the company will be interested in a fourth helicopter, if plans to expand operations into Mexico ...
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Explorer rules
Instrument-flight-rules flight-testing of the McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems Explorer was scheduled to have begun by the middle of March, with certification planned for April. Source: Flight International
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HAECO's 1995 performance disappoints
HONG KONG AIRCRAFT Engineering (HAECO), reports that profits fell by 20% in 1995, blaming over-capacity in heavy maintenance and strong local inflation, for the disappointing results. HAECO, a sister company within the Swire Pacific group to Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific, recorded a profit slide, to HK$332 ($43 ...
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Rockwell to provide US military with new survival radio
ROCKWELL International has been awarded a $13 million contract to begin developing a survival radio for US military aviators. The firm beat Motorola and Magnavox for the US Air Force award to develop the Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL). The new survival radio will replace the aging PRC-112 radio. The ...
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Delta warns Europe of coming low-cost threat
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC EUROPE'S AIR-transport markets will soon face major structural change as the influence of low-cost carriers begins to spread, according to Delta Airlines chairman Ron Allen. Speaking at the US Federal Aviation Administration's Commercial Aviation Forecast conference in Washington on 5 March, Allen ...
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US intelligence claims that China has Lavi technology
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC A US MILITARY-intelligence assessment claims that China has acquired US technology used on the Israeli Lavi fighter for its own Chengdu F-10 next-generation combat-aircraft programme. Israel and China deny that US technology supplied for Israel's cancelled Lavi fighter was used to develop ...
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Thais take CN.235
The Royal Thai police force has taken delivery of a new CASA CN.235-200 utility aircraft. The twin turboprop, ordered in April 1995, will be used for transport, medical evacuation, paratroop drops, border patrol and anti-drug operations. Two more aircraft will be required. Source: Flight International
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Decision pends on S-76 output
SIKORSKY WILL DECIDE within the next six months whether to increase production of its twin-turbine S-76 helicopter, which is scheduled to be about 24 aircraft this year. Mike Moran, Sikorsky's director for commercial programmes, says that Sikorsky has firm orders in 1996 for 11 Pratt & Whitney Canada ...
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ILFC's latest order spree counts in favour of Airbus
Gunter Endres/LONDONGuy Norris/LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL LEASE Finance (ILFC) is further strengthening its aircraft portfolio with an order for 38 new Airbus aircraft, plus eight options, and 18 Boeing 777-200/-300s, plus two options, estimated to be worth a combined $5.8 billion. This latest transaction with Airbus consists ...
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Lack of credits balks Indonesian F-16 plans
INDONESIA'S PLANNED purchase of nine embargoed Pakistani Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs from the USA has stalled over Jakarta's demand for export credit. According to defence sources, the issue of financing is the only remaining hurdle still to be cleared for the deal to go ahead. Agreement has already ...
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Singapore F-5 upgrade to go ahead
THE REPUBLIC OF Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Northrop F-5E/F upgrade programme has been given a production go-ahead, following the resolution of major avionics-integration problems. Prime contractor Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe) says that work will begin immediately on the upgrade to the newly designated F-5S/T standard. The total ...
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Hughes will supply SAR for spy craft
HUGHES AIRCRAFT IS providing the US Army's three RC-7B Airborne Reconnaissance Low (ARL) surveillance aircraft with moving-target-indicator/synthetic-aperture-radar (MTI/SAR) sensors. The additional intelligence-gathering capability is intended, to partially offset the retirement of aging Grumman OV-1 Mohawk surveillance aircraft, now used in South Korea. The US Army speeded the contract ...