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Titan 4/Centaur launches Milstar
THE US AIR FORCE'S second (and last) Milstar Block 1 Development Flight Satellite was launched into geostationary orbit by a Lockheed Martin Titan 4/Centaur booster from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 6 November (Flight International, 1-7 November). Four Milstar 2 Series satellites, will be launched by Titan 4/Centaurs, between 1998 and ...
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Canada launches radar satellite
Tim Furniss Martin Hindley/LONDON CANADA HAS launched the world's first operational radar satellite, which it will use to monitor the Earth's surface, particularly ice movements in the North- west Passage and Beaufort Sea, both strategic shipping routes. The Radarsat I, a synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite, ...
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Bidders line up for Kenya Airways stake
KENYA AIRWAYS IS close to selecting a strategic airline-partner, with KLM understood to have joined front runners British Airways and South African Airways (SAA) among the final bidders. Submissions were handed in on 3 November, with a winner due to be selected, on 30 November, at a meeting ...
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Chinese engine training
UK aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has begun construction of its new China aviation training centre at Tianjin. It will be run jointly with the Civil Aviation Administration of China and will offer engine type training for technicians, mechanics and managers. The training centre is due to open in late 1996. ...
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Litton will demonstrate USAF seeker processor
LITTON HAS BEEN selected to demonstrate a laser-radar smart-weapon seeker in- corporating a high-speed, low-cost, optical processor for automatic target-recognition. Litton and Lockheed Martin were competing for the US Air Force development contract, worth almost $2 million. Litton's Data Systems division will integrate its optical processor, with a ...
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Japan plans timetable for P-3C Orion replacement
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE JAPAN DEFENCE Agency (JDA) wants to launch development of a new maritime-patrol aircraft (MPA) by 2000, with an in-service date of 2008, as a replacement for its Kawasaki-built Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion anti-submarine-warfare aircraft. Provisional planning calls for full-scale development to start ...
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Westinghouse outlines night-attack APG-68 upgrade plan
WESTINGHOUSE AND Lockheed Martin are working out the cost of proposed upgrades to the APG-68 radar to give full night interdiction/close-air-support capability to some Lockheed Martin F-16s without the need for add-on targeting and navigation pods. The upgraded radar, the APG-68(I), would be operated in two additional ...
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DASA's attitude reference will help Eurofighter pilots
Andrzej Jeziorski/FRIEDRICHSHAFEN DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) is to integrate a new attitude-reference system into the Eurofighter 2000, which dramatically improves a pilot's attitude awareness. The arc segment attitude reference (ASAR), under development by DASA since 1987, has improved unusual-attitude recovery times by up to 30% in ...
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Demand for S-76 accelerates
Graham Warwick/WEST PALM BEACH SIKORSKY IS considering increasing production of its S-76, now running at 24 a year, to meet growing demand for the intermediate twin-turbine helicopter in corporate, utility and emerging naval markets. The company cites pent-up demand to replace corporate S-76As, interest from corporate and offshore ...
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New Merpati president will go ahead with CN-235 lease plan
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE MERPATI NUSANTARA Airlines is to go ahead with the lease of 16 Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) CN-235-220 passenger aircraft, following the dismissal of the carrier's president, Ridwan Fatarudin. According to Mr Soepandi, president of Merpati parent airline Garuda Indonesia, there is a ...
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Teleflex/GE join forces
TELEFLEX AND GE Aircraft Engines have agreed to form a joint venture, called Airfoil Technologies International, to repair commercial aero-engine fan blades and compressor aerofoils. The venture, which will be 51% owned by Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania-based Teleflex, is expected to begin operations before the end of this year. ...
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GEC-Marconi aims for F-5 users with Hakim
Guy Norris/SAN ANTONIO GEC-MARCONI Dynamics has fit-checked the 227kg version of its precision-guided munition (PGM) beneath the wing of the upgraded Northrop Grumman F-5E Tiger IV, and is also continuing flight-testing the weapon on a McDonnell Douglas F-4. The company is aiming the weapon, called ...
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Condor catches Falcon
San Jose, California-based Condor Systems is to update Royal Norwegian Air Force Dassault Falcon 20 electronic-warfare aircraft. AEL Industries' Cross Systems division will supply a five-transmitter version of its CrossJam 2000 jamming system. BTG and Aeromet are also involved. Source: Flight International
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Lockheed Martin to develop new version of Atlas rocket
LOCKHEED MARTIN is to develop a new version of the Atlas II expendable booster, the first launch of which is expected in late 1998. The two- or three-engine Atlas IIAR ("R" for re-engine) will replace the Atlas IIAS, which has nine engines: three core, four Castor IVA ...
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Dragonair moves to protect independence
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CATHAY PACIFIC Airways has terminated its management agreement with Dragonair, in a move designed to prepare the carrier for a possible public listing in 1996. Cathay Pacific owns 30% of Dragonair and has been responsible for running the Hong Kong airline under a 15-year ...
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Transavia seals Boeing 737 deal
Peter Legro (left), chief executive of Dutch charter and scheduled airline Transavia, has confirmed an order for eight Boeing 737-800s, with an option on a further 12, in a signing ceremony at the airline's headquarters at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Boeing president Ron Woodard is seen countersigning the order, which is ...
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Italy to develop reconnaissance system for AMX
THE ITALIAN AIR FORCE has launched a five-year programme to develop a reconnaissance/battle-damage-assessment sensor and avionics package for its AMX strike aircraft. The package, is intended to be carried internally and to supplant the reconnaissance capability, provided by 3 Wing flying, the AMX fitted with the Orpheus pod. ...
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Python V development is under way at Rafael
Douglas Barrie/LONDON ISRAELI MISSILE manufacturer Rafael is developing a next-generation imaging infra-red (IIR) air-to-air missile (AAM) programme, dubbed the Python V. Details of the project have been revealed in documentation obtained by Flight International. Rafael has held discussions with US missile manufacturer Hughes over the Python ...
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KLM reporting a record first half
BRITISH AIRWAYS HAD a clutch of record traffic figures and its highest-ever profits to show as the group revealed an "outstanding" set of results for the first half of the financial year. Net profits climbed to £323 million over the six months to September, as sales broke through ...
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Interot flies to London City
GERMAN REGIONAL-AIRLINE INTEROT, soon to be renamed Augsburg Airlines, became the latest operator at London City Airport when it began services from Augsburg, in southern Germany, and London via Cologne/Bonn on 6 November. The twice-daily weekday service is flown with 37-seat Bombardier Dash 8-100 turboprop aircraft. Interot is offering an ...