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Conflict avoidance
Thomson-CSF is to supply short-term conflict-alert devices for Swiss air-traffic-control (ATC) centres at Geneva and Zurich. It is designed to help controllers assess the risk of potential traffic conflicts, and has already been ordered for ATC centres in Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland and Singapore. Source: Flight ...
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BA looks to desert 146s for quieter life
Gunter Endres/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS IS considering bringing up to 18 British Aerospace 146s into its fleet as noise regulations start to bite on European routes flown to by its UK regional service. The airline will have to stop its Boeing 737-200s flying between Birmingham and ...
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Martian air-bag tested
PROTOTYPE air bags designed to cushion the impact as the NASA Mars Pathfinder lands on the Red Planet on 4 July, 1997, are tested against a rocky surface inside a vacuum chamber at NASA's Lewis Research Center, Plum Brook Station, Ohio. The Mars Pathfinder Discovery mission will include the landing ...
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Launch Timing
A McDonnell Douglas Delta 2 will launch NASA's X-Ray Timing Explorer from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 6 November. The spacecraft, described as the "...most advanced observatory of its type flown in space", will be used to study black holes, neutron stars and quasars. Source: Flight International
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Israeli/Jordanian airport under study
A TEAM LED BY Lockheed Martin Management and Data Systems is to conduct a feasibility study for the proposed joint Israeli-Jordanian international airport serving Aqaba in Jordan and Eilat in Israel. The Jordan civil-aviation authority has awarded the six-month US-funded study partly in a bid to resolve the ...
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Chinese start recruiting for Hong Kong start-up
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINA NATIONAL Aviation (CNAC) is pressing ahead with plans to establish a Hong Kong-based international airline, at the same time as negotiating to purchase a 10% stake in Dragonair The new CNAC carrier, provisionally named China Hong Kong, has already begun to recruit ...
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Germany begins MiG-29 maintenance work
THE RUSSO-GERMAN MIG AIRCRAFT Product Support (MAPS) joint venture has received the first Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter for maintenance work at its site in Manching, southern Germany. The aircraft delivered on 16 October, belongs to the German air force's 73 fighter squadron and is one of 24 MiG-29s in German service, ...
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DASA begins NATO E-3 work fleet upgrade
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) is to begin work on the full Mod Block 1 upgrade of NATO's Boeing E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet in February 1996. The company is now carrying out a kit-proof upgrade, on the number two aircraft (N-2) of the Geilenkirchen-based AWACS fleet, ...
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US electronics sector improves
HUGHES AND Raytheon have each reported stronger third-quarter profits as the effects of consolidation in the US defence-electronics sector begin to show through. Profits at Hughes grew by 5%, to reach $244 million, rising nearly twice as fast as sales. The company says that increased commercial-electronics sales helped ...
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South Africa bound
BRITANNIA AIRWAYS is to re-enter the South Africa market, probably late in 1996. The UK charter operator failed in the early 1990s to launch a non-scheduled service, citing lack of interest from holidaymakers. The airline plans to use Boeing 767-200s on the route. Source: Flight International
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F-22 cockpit passes USAF evaluation
PILOTS FROM US Air Force Air Combat Command have completed a "highly successful" evaluation of the cockpit design for the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22. The seven-pilot cockpit-evaluation team consists of a customer review board established to ensure that the design meets USAF requirements. The part-task simulation test, the fifth ...
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French industry warns of crisis as budget cuts bite
THE FRENCH aerospace industry has launched a concerted campaign to head off the threat of further cuts in the country's defence budget, warning that a round of massive job cuts and plant closures will follow. The campaign comes in response to growing fears that the Chirac Government is ...
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US carriers report robust third quarter
STRONG RESULTS from Continental, USAir and others have led what promises to be a record third-quarter performance from the US airline industry. Wall Street analysts, are projecting that industry operating profits, could climb to $2.3 billion for the quarter, once results are in from the other major carriers. ...
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Kuwaiti UH-60L purchase falters
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Graham Warwick/ATLANTA SIKORSKY'S EFFORT to sell an armed version of its UH-60L Black Hawk to Kuwait is being blocked by the US Department of Defense (DoD), which is reluctant to release laser-designator systems for export to the Gulf state, say sources close ...
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US Army picks Corps SAM contenders
LOCKHEED MARTIN and a joint venture established by Raytheon and Hughes Aircraft have been named by the US Army as the US teams to undertake initial research and development on the Corps Surface-to-Air Missile (Corps SAM) programme. The two were selected over a third US team formed by Loral, TRW ...
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Hunter becomes the hunted
THE US DEPARTMENT of Defense is deciding whether to follow a Joint Requirements Oversight Council's recommendation to terminate the $4 billion Hunter Joint Tactical unmanned air-vehicle (UAV) programme. The view of the influential Pentagon advisory body could be the final nail in the Hunter's coffin. The programme was ...
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Thais want F-18s with AMRAAM
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THAILAND HAS ISSUED a formal letter of request (LoR) for an initial eight McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18C/Ds, with the proviso that the deal includes the Hughes AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM). The US Navy's foreign-military sales (FMS) office is now understood to ...
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Four bidders emerge for Singapore tanker
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE FOUR COMPETING manufacturers are bidding to supply aerial-refueling tanker aircraft, to support the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters. Airbus Industrie, Boeing, Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) are understood to have responded to a ...
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Flights from Taiwan to China via Macau gain approval
TAIWAN HAS concluded a five-year commercial air agreement with Macau, which permits for the first time "through flights" to China, using the same aircraft. Under the agreement, signed on 17 October, start-up carrier Air Macau will be permitted to fly from Taipei or Kaoshiung to Macau and ...
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Intertechnique looks abroad
FRENCH EQUIPMENT manufacturer Inter-technique plans to expand its workforce outside France, to offset high domestic wage rates and social costs. Its president Edmond Marchegay says that the company will hire no more employees in France "...to protect today's workforce". He adds that the French industry will die if ...