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RAAF P-3 upgrade
Australian defence contractor AWADI has awarded a C$13.5 million ($10 million) subcontract to CAE Electronics as part of the refurbishment project for the Royal Australian Air Force's AP-3C Orions. Source: Flight International
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JDAM win
Loral has won $11 million in contracts from McDonnell Douglas to supply hardware, design engineering and programme support for Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) production. The Pentagon plans to buy 74,000 units worth an estimated $2 billion. Loral's contracts could exceed $400 million. Source: Flight International
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Oiling the wheels
A seven-day grounding of the Czech air force caused by a fuel shortage has ended with the delivery of 3 million litres of jet fuel. To pay for the fuel, CKr50 million ($1.91 million) was diverted from lower-priority acquisitions. Source: Flight International
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The right image
Lockheed Martin is supplying a 15-channel Compu-Scene SE2000 Plus image- generator to Japan to equip a simulator for the Raytheon U-125A (Hawker 800) search-and-rescue aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Barco projection
Barco has launched a liquid-crystal-display (LCD) projector, which can replace General Electric Talaria light-valve displays, which are no longer in production. The Belgian company says, that the LCDs offer increased resolution, contrast and reliability. Source: Flight International
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Argentine deal
Camber will produce a simulator for Argentina's Lockheed Martin-updated McDonnell Douglas A-4Ms. The device will feature a Silicon Graphics image generator and Camber CrossView wide-angle display. Work on a Northrop F-5 simulator for Thailand awaits funding. Source: Flight International
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JAL approval
The US Federal Aviation Administration has re-instated its approval for Japan Airlines' engineering department to maintain and service US-registered aircraft. FAA repair-station approval was given after new inspections of JAL's maintenance centre. The Japanese carrier had been accused of subcontracting work out to unauthorised companies, re-using spare parts and inadequate ...
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Knight expands
UK regional airline Knight Air says that it is to replace two of its three Embraer Bandeirantes with British Aerospace Jetstream 31s in March, boosting its capacity by 30%. Knight will lease the 17-seat twin-turboprop J31s from BAe subsidiary JSX Capital. Source: Flight International
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Peace dividend
The absence of diplomatic relations has not prevented preliminary discussions between Israel and Qatar on a future air agreement. The recent talks between the aviation authorities of the two countries, attended by representatives of El Al and Qatar Airways, were concluded with an understanding, which allows Qatar Airways to operate ...
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Italy to buy early-warning aircraft
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA The Italian air force is to procure at least two airborne early-warning (AEW) aircraft by 2007, according to the defence ministry's so-called White Book which spells out projected defence procurement and expenditure over the next decade. The paper, Il Modello di difesa, was prepared ...
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Vibro tests Ariane systems
VIBRO-METER IS USING high-temperature ovens to simulate the operating conditions experienced by the engine- instrumentation system on the European Space Agency's (ESA) Ariane 5 rocket. The Swiss company has developed for example, an accelerometer designed to operate at a temperature of 730°C on the exhaust nozzles of the launcher's Societe ...
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UK impounds 737 as rudder fault echoes US accidents
David Learmount/LONDON Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) is launching a full-scale Inspector's inquiry into an incident involving a British Airways Boeing 737-200, which suffered violent roll oscillations during a test flight following maintenance. In the test flight on 22 October ...
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Vega awarded UK training deal
UK SOFTWARE Company Vega has been awarded a £1 million ($1.55 million) contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the development of a computerised air- craft-training system (CATS) for the Royal Navy. The Welwyn Garden City, UK-based firm will deliver 63 computer workstations and associated software ...
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Learjet 45 prototype flutter flight-tests get under way
A SERIES OF FLUTTER tests of the Bombardier Learjet 45 prototype has begun at the company's site in Wichita, Kansas. Following its fifth flight, the aircraft was fitted with flutter exciters on the wingtips and horizontal stabiliser. The devices, resembling small spade-like surfaces, were first tested on 7 ...
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Atlantis lands after Mir docking
Tim Furniss/LONDON THE SPACE SHUTTLE Atlantis landed at the Kennedy Space Center on 20 November after its successful eight-day mission to perform the second docking and joint flight with the Russian Mir 1 space station as part of the Shuttle Mir Mission (SMM) programme. The ...
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Rocketdyne pulls out of Atlas 2AR contest
OPERATIONAL RUSSIAN NK-33 or RD-180 rocket engines will be used to power the first stage of the Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AR satellite launcher, following a decision by Rocketdyne to pull out of the competition. The firm felt that its proposed new MA-5A engine could not meet the production ...
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UK expands defence-satellite network
THE UK MINISTRY OF DEFENCE IS TO ORDER a sixth Skynet 4 military-communications satellite from Matra Marconi Space (MMS) in 1996, to be launched in 1999. Skynets 4D and E are also being built by MMS and will be launched by Delta 2 and Ariane 4 boosters in 1997 and ...
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Ariane to launch new Eutelsat
ARIANESPACE HAS WON a contract from European satellite-communications organisation Eutelsat to launch three new spacecraft: two Eutelsat 3s and the Hot Bird 4, to be launched by Ariane 4s or 5s. Three Eutelsat 3s are on order from Aerospatiale, with an option for four more. The Hot Bird 4 is ...
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Space lease
The Russian Gals 2 communications satellite, launched by a Proton K booster, from Baikonur on 17 November, has been leased by the Land Group of China for $9 million a year to the US Global DBS company. Source: Flight International
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MD-11 delivery
McDonnell Douglas has delivered the first of two MD-11s bought direct by VASP Airlines. The delivery to the Brazilian carrier, which also operates four leased MD-11s, brings the total of the type in service to 142. The company has also handed over the first of up to five MD-82s to ...