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Rockwell joins protest at JPATS selection
ROCKWELL International has joined Cessna Aircraft in formally protesting about the selection of the Raytheon Aircraft Beeck MkII turboprop trainer for the US Air Force/Navy Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS). Lockheed Martin, meanwhile, has withdrawn its complaint, and Northrop Grumman, which had two JPATS contenders, has decided not to ...
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Aero Lloyd Selects APU
Germany's Aero Lloyd has selected Auxiliary Power International's APS 3200 auxiliary power-unit (APU) for 16 Airbus A320/A321s on order and six on option from International Lease Finance, for delivery beginning in January 1996. Source: Flight International
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DASA/Collins team succeeds with GPS-based landing tests
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH A TEAM FROM Collins Commercial Avionics of the USA and Germany's Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) has carried out successfully what is claimed by the companies to be the first fully automatic satellite navigation-based landing. The trials were part of the Boeing-led GPS Landing System ...
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Canadian heads for a seventh year of losses
Despite reaching a "tentative" agreement with its pilots' union over cost savings, Canadian Airlines has admitted that it is on course for its seventh successive year of losses. The Canadian carrier had started the year forecasting a net profit of around C$52 million ($38 million) for 1995, but ...
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Turbulence caused Long March failure
EXTREME TURBULENCE was probably the cause of the loss of the Chinese Long March 2E booster T+51s after lift-off from Xichang on 26 January. Debris from the resulting explosion killed six people on the ground. China Great Wall and Hughes - which made the destroyed $160 million HS-601 ...
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China continues airline constraints
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINA IS TO continue its two-year-old policy of restricting the start-up of new carriers, while encouraging smaller airlines in financial difficulty to merge with larger operators. "We will not in principle approve new airlines. We are controlling the number of airlines very strictly," ...
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Innappropriate Force
ONCE AGAIN, the Balkans are providing Europe and the USA with intractable problems, and it looks increasingly likely that, following the latest developments, NATO air units will soon be called upon to attack Bosnian Serb forces on the ground. Such operations, however, need to be portrayed within a larger military ...
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Kentron/GEC link on Brimstone
SOUTH AFRICAN MISSILE manufacturer Kentron and GEC of the UK have pieced together a deal allowing the former to offer a variant of the GEC Brimstone millimetre-wave (MMW) seeker on its ZT6 anti-tank missile. The ZT6 will form the primary anti-armour weapon for the Atlas CSH-2 Rooivalk attack ...
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US Embargo Shift
President Clinton has asked the US Congress to approve the delivery to Pakistan of embargoed military equipment, including three Lockheed Martin P-3C Orions. The request to deliver equipment already paid for by Pakistan does not cover 28 Lockheed Martin F-16s. Source: Flight International
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Daimler-Benz ex-finance chief blasts Dornier deal
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ'S acquisition of Dornier has been labeled "...the most miserable contract we have ever completed" in a fierce written attack on retired Daimler-Benz president Edzard Reuter by the company's former finance director. Gerhard Liener wrote a 76-page diatribe against Reuter after quitting the ...
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International Aero Engines
International Aero Engines (IAE), a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, MTU, FiatAvio and Japanese Aero Engines, is working with Calcor Aero Systems of the USA to develop a variable-area exhaust nozzle for IAE's V2500 turbofan. The nozzle will vary the exhaust-exit area by around 15%, and ...
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Klimov
Klimov manufactures the RD-33 low-bypass turbofan, which powers all versions of the MiG-29 fighter aircraft, and upgraded MiG-21s. The RD-33K is the latest version and is fitted to the MiG-29K and MiG-29M. Klimov also builds TV3-117 and TV7-117 turbo-shafts for a range of airframe applications. Source: Flight International
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Liyang Machinery
Liyang's WP7B turbojet was originally certificated in 1978, powering the CAC J-7 fighter. This was followed into production by the WP-13 two-spool after-burning turbojet for J-7III and J-8II fighters. Source: Flight International
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Lyulka Saturn
Lyulka Saturn's AL-21 single-shaft turbojet powers the Mikoyan MiG-23 and Sukhoi Su-24, and entered production in the early 1970s. The AL-31F was developed to power initial versions of the Sukhoi Su-27, and entered production in 1984. Source: Flight International
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MTU/Pratt & Whitney
MTU and Pratt & Whitney are jointly designing and developing the Mid Thrust Family Engine (MTFE) to rival the BMW Rolls-Royce BR700 series of engines. The MTFE family would eventually cover the 65-105kN range. With MTU parent Daimler-Benz Aerospace understood to be negotiating the sale of 51% of ...
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Emirates 'pauses for breath' before next spurt of growth
EMIRATES reports that its spectacular growth slowed a little during the last financial year, but managing director Maurice Flanagan promises that this is no more than a "pause for breath". Passenger numbers rose by over 12%, while cargo traffic grew by nearly 25% during the 1994/5 year. Flanagan ...
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Aviadvigatel
Debate over the reliability and life of the Aviadvigatel Perm PS-90A, the only series-produced turbofan engine in Russia, has raged on during the past year. Only two PS-90As were manufactured in 1994, and it is believed that none has been built so far this year. Many of the ...
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Pratt & Whitney
The Pratt & Whitney PW4084-powered Boeing 777 was granted US Federal Aviation Administration approval for 180min extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) before service-entry with launch customer United Airlines. This significant milestone was achieved following a 1,000-cycle validation programme, including eight 180min single-engine diversion tests. The version of the Airbus ...