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BAe buys Carroll from receivers
British Aerospace has acquired fixed-base operator Farnborough Business Aviation (FBA) from the receivers. Formerly called Carroll Aircraft, the company's base is adjacent to BAe's UK headquarters in Farnborough. Carroll had gone into receivership because of property investment losses by its owners - ironically, near BAe's now closed Hatfield ...
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Israel to equip fighters for tactical awareness
The Israeli air force is to equip all of its fighters with an advanced tactical-awareness system. A request for proposals (RFP) had been expected before the end of August. All major Israeli avionic- system manufacturers will participate in the competition. Details of the RFP are classified, but the ...
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Eurocopter fires opening shots in Spanish campaign
EUROCOPTER HAS fired the opening salvo in the battle to win a Spanish army order for 15 medium-lift transport helicopters. The France-German consortium is offering 100% offset as part of its bid to sell the AS.532 Cougar Mk. 1, which would include construction of 40% of the airframe ...
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Airbus shows DGPS in Africa
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has demonstrated precision approaches and landings with an A340 guided by a differential global-positioning system (DGPS) at Mmabatho in South Africa. The trial took place as South African Airways moved into the final stages of selecting its new long-haul replacement aircraft. Airbus used a Sextant Avionique ...
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Regional winner?
Embraer's first public flight of its EMB-145 was acclaimed by observers. Graham Warwick/SAO PAULO JUDGING BY the reactions of regional-airline executives attending the 18 August roll-out and first public flight of the EMB-145 regional-jet, Embraer has produced a potential winner - if the newly privatised Brazilian ...
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Varig loses out after disastrous yen financing
BRAZILIAN AIRLINE Varig is to dispose of five Boeing 747s because of the cost of its Japanese yen financing, which has left the airline showing losses for the first half of the year. Financial director Carlos Ebner claims that Varig lost almost $71 million on the financing deal ...
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Trunkliner progress
Metal for the first Chinese-built McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-90-30 TrunkLiner has been cut by Shanghai Aviation Industrial (SAIC) and sub-assembly manufacturers Xian and Chengdu Aircraft. SAIC will deliver the first of 20 MD-90 twinjets in the first quarter of 1998. MDC is, meanwhile, understood to be close to concluding a ...
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TAC still looks for alliance to build regional aircraft
Paul Lewis/TAIPEI TAIWAN AEROSPACE (TAC) still hopes to participate in an international regional aircraft project, and is continuing to hold discussions with British Aerospace, despite the collapse of its planned RJ aircraft joint venture with Avro. "BAe is still an important player with its RJ, and ...
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Venezuela to buy Mil transports
THE VENEZUELAN armed forces are planning to buy a fleet of 18 Russian Mil Mi-8 and Mi-17 transport helicopters. The helicopters, formerly in service with the Russian armed forces, are to be sold via a Polish intermediary, and will have some Polish avionics fitted. The unnamed ...
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MiG-MAPO offers to upgrade Polish Fulcrums
MiG-MAPO is offering to upgrade Polish air force Mikoyan MiG-29SE Fulcrums as an alternative to Poland procuring Western combat aircraft, according to a senior company official. The Polish air force is interested in improving its fighter-combat capability with the Lockheed Martin F-16, thought to be the favoured political ...
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Funding shortage hits Russian cruise missiles
CRUISE-MISSILE design bureau NPO Mashinostroenia claims development projects to design next-generation supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles for the Russian navy are being hit by a lack of state funding. According to the design bureau, neither the ramjet-powered Yakhont or turbojet-powered Alfa supersonic attack missiles are receiving state funding. ...
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Kamov plans Ka-62 flight
RUSSIAN HELICOPTER manufacturer Kamov plans to fly its Ka-62 medium utility helicopter before the end of 1995, with the first prototype being displayed on the static line at the Zhukovsky show. A first flight of the prototype had been planned for 1994, but funding difficulties are thought to ...
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Mikoyan is confident of interceptor service entry
THE MIKOYAN MiG-31M "Foxhound B" heavy interceptor was openly displayed for the first time at the show, with MiG-MAPO and its radar developer NIIP claiming that the Vympel R-77 (AA-12 Adder) active medium-range missile has been fully integrated with the aircraft. Despite the MiG-31M debut, its primary armament ...
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Tupolev unveils UAV
RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT-DESIGN BUREAU Tupolev unveiled the latest addition to its family of reconnaissance unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) in Moscow, the Tu-300 (centre). According to Tupolev, the UAV remains at the development stage, with only a few of this type having been built so far. Some suggest that the T-300 was ...
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Kamov reveals two-seat Ka-52 mock-up
KAMOV HAS unveiled an engineering mock-up of its two-seat, fully combat-capable Ka-52 derivative of the Ka-50 (Hokum), with company officials claiming that the new helicopter will be equipped with a millimetre-wave (MMW) radar. Meanwhile Mil, which still claims to be contesting the Russian army requirement, unveiled the first ...
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Raduga applies stealth technology to missile design
RUSSIAN AIR-TO-surface missile bureau Raduga has admitted that it is working on the application of stealth to advanced missile design. The bureau is holding discussions with an unidentified Chinese partner over making certain of these technologies available to Beijing. Valentin Troitsky, deputy head of the bureau, ...
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Tupolev reveals Tu-304 details
TUPOLEV HAS revealed new details of its planned Tu-304 long-range, widebodied twin, adding that it has signed a protocol with Rolls-Royce to power the aircraft. The agreement with the UK engine manufacturer covers the use of the 400kN (90,000lb)-thrust Trent 884 turbofan. Tupolev is coming to the end ...
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R-R-powered Tu-204 heads for sales break
THE AVIASTAR production plant is in advanced negotiations for the sale of 60 Rolls-Royce-powered Tupolev Tu-204s to a Russian leasing company. In a separate move, Tupolev says that it is close to clinching an agreement on a potential sale of a further ten aircraft. Negotiations between Aviastar, R-R, ...
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Orders grow for 777s but 1995 deliveries show decline
Egyptair has ordered three high gross-weight Boeing 777-200s, expanding the US airframe builder's firm orderbook to 167. At the same time, however, Boeing predicts that its 1996 deliveries will fall for the fourth consecutive year. The predicted 1996 delivery tally of 210, compared with 235 for 1995, was ...
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Virgin closes in on Europe
Virgin Atlantic Airways is poised for a major expansion into Europe. Plans for the establishment of a low-cost pan-European airline, possibly based at Brussels or Amsterdam, have advanced to the extent where a decision is expected to be made before the end of the year for a start in the ...