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Snecma/S Korea discuss M88 for KTX-II
SNECMA IS PUSHING a derivative of its M88 engine as the power plant for installation in South Korea's KTX-II advanced jet trainer/light-fighter project, as well as pursuing an increased power variant for a re-engine version of the French Dassault Mirage 2000. The M88 is a 50kN dry-80kN with ...
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Russians pursue engine and radar on Chinese F-10 fighter
CHINA'S CHENGDU F-10 fighter aircraft, being developed jointly with Israel, may be fitted with a Russian air-intercept radar and power plant. Russian radar-design house Phazotron is proposing an advanced variant of its Zhuk (Beetle) multi-mode pulse-Doppler radar for the fighter, as the Israelis try to convince the Chinese ...
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Lufthansa Technik chief angry
THE CHAIRMAN AND chief executive of German maintenance company Lufthansa Technik, Wolfgang Mayrhuber, says that he may complain to the European Commission about the low prices which some loss-making, government-subsidised, European airlines and maintenance companies are charging. Mayrhuber says that he does not mind if a government helps ...
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Canadair delivers Special Edition
BOMBARDIER HAS formally unveiled its Canadair Special Edition (SE) corporate jet - an adaptation of its CRJ regional airliner - and delivered the first example to Middle-East distributor TAG Aeronautics. The SE - first disclosed at September's National Business Aircraft Association convention in Las Vegas, Nevada - will ...
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SAS will hushkit DC-9s despite 737-600 order
Andrew Doyle/LONDON SAS IS TO HUSHKIT ALL of its remaining McDonnell Douglas DC-9s by January 1997, despite having placed an order for up to 76 Boeing 737-600s earlier this year (Flight International, 22-28 March). The carrier has been forced to take action as Scandinavian airports ...
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American Airlines MD-83 crashed on approach
An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 from Chicago hit trees and force-landed, in heavy rain and darkness, just short of the runway at Bradley International Airport, USA on 12 November. None of the five crew or 72 passengers was injured. Bradley's tower had been damaged in the storm, ...
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Hawkeye leads surveillance interest among Gulf States
NORTHROP GRUMMAN is proposing that the Gulf Collaboration Council (GCC) states collectively purchase and operate a combined standing force of its E-2C Hawkeye airborne-early-warning (AEW) aircraft, to provide additional AEW support in the region. GCC states, which include the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain, all have draft ...
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Oryx and Rooivalk on show
SOUTH AFRICA'S ATLAS AVIATION brought its indigenous upgrade of the Aerospatiale Puma military transport, the Oryx, to Dubai with the aim of interesting some of the region's Puma operators in the Oryx upgrade package. The Oryx is powered by the South African Topaz, rather than the French Turbomeca Makila, and ...
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A330 sales hiatus filled
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE HAS broken a three-year A330 sales drought, with Gulf Air's order for six Rolls-Royce Trent 772-powered aircraft. The six A330s are scheduled for delivery to the Bahrain-based carrier from 1998 onwards. The aircraft will configure to seat 267 passengers in a three-class layout, and they will ...
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Saudia focuses on regional selection
Saudi Arabian Airlines is focusing attention on the long-awaited selection of a new 50- to 70-seat regional aircraft, following the finalisation of its $6 billion purchase of larger-capacity US-built jet airliners. The national carrier has a total requirement for up to 30 aircraft, but is expected initially to ...
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Saudi air force is in the market for refuelling tankers
The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) is considering a range of new-build aircraft and second hand conversions to meet its outstanding requirement for up to ten additional air-to-air refueling tankers. The aircraft are needed to support the RSAF's growing fleet of McDonnell Douglas F-15 and Panavia Tornado fighters ...
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BWIA International goes for Airbus mix
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BWI International Airlines (BWIA) has settled on a mix of Airbus aircraft including three A340s for its fleet replacement, overturning an earlier announcement that it had selected Boeing types. President Ed Wegel says that the first two A340s will arrive in a year's ...
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UAE gains AMRAAM go-ahead
THE US GOVERNMENT is to release the Hughes AIM-120 Advanced Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to support its manufacturers in the country's strike-fighter competition. Sources close to the UAE fighter programme claim that the USA decided in July to make it clear to ...
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New internationalismfrom France fails at the starting gates
SNECMA CHAIRMAN Bernard Dufour says that he has been given clearance by the French authorities to go ahead with the disposal of the Messier-Bugatti brakes business, but has been asked to explore the possibilities of finding a French buyer. Snecma has been in negotiations with BFGoodrich over a ...
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Aerospatiale offers ASMP Plus missile
Julian Moxon/PARIS AEROSPATIALE IS proposing to the French air force a new version of the ASMP air-launched nuclear missile, the ASMP Plus, which it says will have twice the range of the existing ASMP, and be half as expensive as the abandoned ASLP long-range stealth missile. ...
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BAe offers thrust-vectored ASRAAM
Douglas Barrie/DUBAI BRITISH AEROSPACE IS to offer the US Air Force and US Navy a thrust-vector-controlled derivative of its Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) to meet the two services' AIM-9X requirements. A UK/US Government-to-Government memorandum of understanding is being negotiated, covering an ASRAAM-based bid to meet ...
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Aero to adapt Caravan
Guy Norris/LOSANGELES AERO UNION, THE California-based aerial fire-fighting-systems specialist, plans to begin negotiations with Cessna early in 1996 over plans to fit a tank-based fire-retardant delivery system to the Caravan utility aircraft. Aero Union commercial tank-works marketing manager Tom Prescott says: "We will be negotiating in ...
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UAE could be persuaded to take Enforcer
THE CASA CN-235 Persuader and Fokker Maritime Enforcer Mk2 are emerging as the front runners competing for the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) soon-to-be-decided order for new a maritime-patrol aircraft (MPA). The UAE air force is seeking four aircraft for MPA missions, including anti-submarine warfare and surface strike. The ...
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USAF seeks tanker-visuals upgrade
THE US AIR FORCE HAS launched a programme to upgrade the visual systems on 23 tanker-aircraft simulators. The Air Mobility Command Visual Upgrade Effort (AMCVUE) programme covers 19 Boeing KC-135 and four McDonnell Douglas (MDC) KC-10 simulators. A request for proposals was issued in late October and contract ...
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E&S launches improved visual
EVANS & SUTHERLAND (E&S) have launched the ESIG-4500 image-generator series to replace the present ESIG-2000 and -3000. Deliveries will begin in January 1996. The company has also moved to make it easier and quicker for customers to develop databases for its visual systems. The new machine generates more ...