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GEC-Marconi plans test-flight for Super Skyranger
GEC-MARCONI PLANS to test-fly its improved multi-mode Super Skyranger radar by mid-1996, installed in a modified Chengdu F-7M Airguard fighter. The system is a further development of GEC-Marconi's Skyranger ranging radar, already in service on the Chinese F-7. The Super Skyranger is intended as a low-cost direct replacement ...
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Jordanian Air Force will receive ex-USAF F-16A/Bs
THE ROYAL JORDANIAN Air Force (RJAF) is to receive its first squadron of ex-US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16A/B fighters within the next 12 months. An announcement by US President Bill Clinton covering the agreement was expected early in October, but was delayed. Despite this, sources say the ...
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Rafael upgrades Strela missile
ISRAELI WEAPONS-system developer Rafael has produced an upgrade for the Romanian army's Strela surface-to-air missile, providing a night engagement capability and improved target acquisition. The company responded to a Romanian army requirement and, in a relatively short time, developed a mobile target-acquisition and launching system for the Strela, ...
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BE Aerospace posts loss, but forecasts an upturn
CABIN-EQUIPMENT specialist BE Aerospace (BEA) has posted losses for the first half of its financial year, but believes that the worst may be over, with rising revenues and a return to profits predicted for the third quarter. BEA is blaming higher development costs and interest charges for its ...
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BWIA improves as privatisation starts to pay off
BWIA INTERNATIONAL Airways has reported a "dramatically improved" second quarter, following its privatisation in February. The net loss was reduced to less than $1 million, compared with $8.8 million a year ago before privatisation. President Edward Wegel says that the results are "especially gratifying", given that May and ...
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Hexcel and Ciba Geigy finalise composites plan
HEXCEL AND CIBA Geigy have finalised plans to combine their composites operations, to create one of the aerospace industry's largest suppliers of honeycomb, pre-impregnated and fabric composites. The deal, which was first announced in the middle of the year (Flight International, 19-25 July), has now passed anti-trust hurdles ...
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Pakistan nears FC-1 avionics decision
COMPETING WESTERN manufacturers expect Pakistan to select radar, an avionics suite and a systems integrator before the end of the year for its planned FC-1 (MiG-21) fighter now being developed by Chengdu Aircraft. The FC-1 is a successor to the now-defunct Super 7 project, and it is intended ...
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French Government favours building third Paris airport
THE FRENCH Government has come out in favour of a third main airport for the Paris, and on doubling to four the number of runways at Charles de Gaulle Airport. The timescale for the developments will remain unclear until a public inquiry has been held. A noise-reduction programme ...
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Boeing to add pods to KC-135 tanker
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US AIR FORCE HAS awarded Boeing Defense & Space Group a contract which could lead to as many as 96 of its Boeing KC-135 tankers being fitted with wing-mounted "hose-and-drogue" refuelling pods. The company has been awarded a $24 million engineering and ...
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Denver performance
Denver International Airport suffered an air-traffic delay rate of only about 0.4% during its first six months. This compares to a rate of 2.4% for Denver's now-closed Stapleton International during the same period in 1994. Source: Flight International
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McDonnell Douglas wins JDAM bomb competition
THE US AIR FORCE has selected McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (MDA) to develop the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and produce guidance kits which convert free-fall bombs into precision-guided weapons. MDA had competed against Lockheed Martin to produce the global-positioning/inertial-navigation guidance kits for as many as 74,000 US Air ...
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Fuel taxes push up costs for US carriers
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC US AIRLINES have begun paying an extra $1.5 million each day for fuel since the implementation of an aviation-fuel surcharge on 1 October - even though lawmakers are considering extending a tax deferral which has been in place for the past two years. ...
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HGS brings Horizon new benefits
US REGIONAL Horizon Air has begun "improved" Category I operations into Medford, Oregon, using Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8s equipped with the Flight Dynamics head-up guidance system (HGS). Operations to the fog-prone airport began after the US Federal Aviation Administration gave Horizon clearance to make the initial approach ...
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Deutsche BA negotiates to acquire more Saab 2000s
DEUTSCHE BA is negotiating to convert two of its five options for Saab 2000 turboprops into firm orders. The company expects to convert the other three options in 1996. The current talks on the exchange of two smaller Saab 340s for the Saab 2000s are expected to be ...
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First ASRAAM launch
BRITISH AEROSPACE HAS successfully conducted the first air launch of its Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM). The test launch was carried out at Eglin AFB, Florida, from a Lockheed Martin F-16. The company is now preparing to send further test rounds of the missile to the USA for fully-guided launches ...
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Baltic invasion plan
The Russian high command has a draft plan to invade the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) should they attempt to join NATO, says Russia newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda. Foreign minister Andrei Kozyrev, however, denies that any such plans exist. Source: Flight International
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China and South Korea delay Airexpress decision
CHINA AND SOUTH Korea have pushed back selection of a Western partner for the proposed Airexpress 100-seat regional-aircraft programme, to allow more time to evaluate the four competing proposals. A final selection was expected to be taken in early October on a 20% partner from either Europe or ...
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Russia helps China upgrade F-8
SHENYANG AIRCRAFT (SAC) is developing an improved version of its F-8 II Finback interceptor. The aircraft will be equipped with a Russian Phazotron Zhuk multi-mode radar and armed with Russian active-radar-guided air-to-air missiles. The F-8 IIM prototype, fitted with the new radar, is expected to make its first ...
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Sabena boss seeks more work for less pay
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS A SCHEME UNVEILED by Sabena president Pierre Godfroid to get employees to work longer hours for less pay, to improve productivity, has met with an instant response. Cabin crew and pilots have announced they are going on strike on 20 October. Godfroid believes ...
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1.42 grounded by cash crisis
Douglas Barrie/LONDONAlexander Velovich/MOSCOW A CASH CRISIS is keeping Mikoyan's next-generation fighter, designated Object 1.42, from flying, according to Anatoly Belosvet, deputy general designer at MAPO-MiG. The funding problems are seriously jeopardising the programme's future, he says. Belosvet says that delays to the first flight are for ...