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UK admits it was wrong to shun Ariane 5 programme
Tim Furniss/GUILDFORD THE UK GOVERNMENT made a mistake, in not participating in the Ariane 5 launcher programme, the country's space minister, Ian Taylor, has admitted. Speaking during an UK Space Policy symposium at the University of Surrey on 15 September, Taylor said that a "...marginal ...
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Ranging wider
Canadair has gradually improved its Challenger corporate jet over the past decade. Harry Hopkins/WICHITA THE CANADAIR CHALLENGER series of corporate jets has evolved over 15 years in a series of small steps which have not detracted from the success of the original formula - to marry the ...
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Troubled Endeavour lands
THE 11-DAY Space Shuttle STS69/Endeavour mission ended at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 18 September, while preparations were being made to launch the STS73/Columbia on 28 September for the 16-day US Micro-gravity Laboratory 2 mission. The STS69 was one of the most troubled Shuttle missions, although ...
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TRW wins NASA EOS contracts
TRW HAS BEEN awarded a $398 million NASA contract to build the Earth Observing System (EOS) PM-1 and Chemistry 1 spacecraft, to be launched in 2000 and 2002, with an option to build two more craft, bringing its potential worth to $668 million. The craft will be based ...
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Far East spacecraft
Thailand's defence ministry has proposed the development of a $1 billion military-satellite system, while Vietnam plans to launch its first communications satellite in 2000. The $300 million spacecraft will be built "by a consortium of US and French companies", say the Vietnamese. Source: Flight International
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Spritely Sea Skua
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has asked Kaman to clear the British Aerospace Sea Skua air-to-surface anti-ship missile on its SH-2G SeaSprite as part of its bid for the RAN's frigate helicopter programme. The Sea Skua is already being offered, by Westland, as part of its Super Lynx proposal. ...
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Middle East Interline
Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International, have signed an interline agreement with British Mediterranean Airways, for flights from Heathrow to Beirut, Damascus and Amman. The British Mediterranean service to the Middle East links with morning flight arrivals from Canada, with the return flights arriving in time to connect with afternoon ...
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UK and Dutch discuss joint AH-64 support
SENIOR UK AND DUTCH defence officials met at the beginning of September to discuss setting up a joint support-structure following the two countries' purchase of McDonnell Douglas AH-64D Apache attack helicopters. David Hughes, director of helicopter projects at the UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD) Procurement Executive, met ...
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BA beds in for class battle
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS SAYS that the highly publicised launch of its new long-haul first-class "cabin" concept is just part of a broader £500 million ($776 million) programme to redesign all cabin services over the next three years. The new first-class offering, which was officially ...
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Indians to market composites kit
INDIA'S NATIONAL Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) and Indian Petrochemical (IPCL) have combined to develop aircraft-grade thermoset prepregs for use in manufacturing composite materials. NAL says, that the agreement signed in Bangalore in September, calls for production of the prepregs to begin within two years. NAL declines to reveal how ...
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MDC reveals Super Hornet stealth-upgrade details
Graham Warwick/ST LOUIS McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) unveiled the first upgraded F-18E/F Super Hornet on 18 September, revealing design features incorporated to reduce the radar signature. Improved survivability is a design goal of the F-18 upgrade, along with increased range and payload and greater growth capacity. ...
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Boeing ready for new 737
BOEING HAS reached the 75% design release point on engineering for the 737-700, the first of its next-generation family of small twins. The company's development plan calls for the production of all three versions of the family within 18 months. "Boeing has never done anything like this," ...
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Temperature rises in MD-80 anti-icing struggle
THE COMPETITION TO equip more than 1,100 McDonnell Douglas MD-80s with anti-icing systems is intensifying as both contending companies claim major new customers. The competing systems, AlliedSignal's electro-thermal ice protection system, the ETIPS-80, and TDG Aerospace's NOFOD, have been developed to combat clear-ice accretion problems, which affect the ...
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Westland to offer T800 Lynx to Australian navy
Westland will offer to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) an LHTEC T800-powered variant of its Super Lynx shipborne helicopter. If successful, the bid would, in effect, launch what amounts to a mid-life upgrade for the Lynx. Diplomatic sources say that they expect Westland to submit an LHTEC T800-based ...
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K-MAX has show debut at Helitech
Kaman's K-MAX intermeshing-rotor helicopter had its display debut at the Helitech show. The helicopter has already notched up civil sales in Europe, the USA and Japan. The helicopter on display belongs to Swiss operator Helog. Elsewhere, the US Navy continues to test the K-MAX as part of its vertical-replenishment demonstration ...
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Czech restructuring plans change again
Andrzej Jeziorski/PRAGUE ANOTHER PIECE of the Czech aerospace industry's restructuring appear to have unraveled, with the collapse of joint-venture discussions between Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) and Czech engine manufacturer Walter. It is believed that the deal finally fell through because P&WC was unwilling to ...
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Denmark will deregulate, but expects little change
DANAIR, A GROUPING of Denmark's three largest airlines - Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), Maersk Air and Cimber Air - is to be dissolved as the country deregulates its domestic market on 1 October to comply with European Union liberalisation legislation. The grouping controls around 95% of the market. ...
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Wheel deal
AlliedSignal Aerospace has signed a letter of intent with China Southern Airlines to establish a joint venture in Shanghai to repair and overhaul aircraft wheels and brakes. Operations will begin in late 1995. Source: Flight International
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Greenwald blames bilaterals for strangling industry
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON UNITED AIRLINES (UAL) chairman Gerald Greenwald has launched one of the most scathing attacks yet on the system of bilateral air agreements, including among his main targets the slow progress being made on UK-US liberalisation. "What we have now is a kind of ...
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Tu-154 fleet repainted
THE FORMER MINERALNYE VODY division of Aeroflot is having its Tupolev Tu-154 fleet repainted at the Aer Rianta paint shop at Shannon, Ireland. Mineralovodskoe Production Association, which operates regional and international services, runs some 14 Tu-154s on a weekly scheduled flight to Shannon, which links with an Aeroflot transatlantic flight. ...