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Interbol gets rocket
RUSSIA'S PARTICIPATION in a 14-nation international Interbol scientific-satellite programme was secured when the Russian defence ministry released a Molniya booster to launch the Interbol 1 satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on 2 August. The Interbol 1 carried the 52kg Magion 1 sub-satellite from Czechoslovakia. Based on ...
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Gamma bursts
The Stretched Rohini Satellite, SROSS C2, launched by the Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on 4 May, 1994, has been used successfully to "...detect 12 gamma ray bursts in the Universe", according to the Indian Space Research Organisation. These baffling phenomena are very short-lived explosions, which produce intense ...
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LanChile given Ladeco green light
LANCHILE HAS FINALLY succeeded in its attempt to strengthen its position in the Latin-American market, with the approval by the country's Anti-monopolies Board of its application to take over Chile's second-biggest airline, Ladeco. The ruling hands effective control of nearly 90% of the country's domestic market to the ...
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Germany will upgrade transport helicopters
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN defence ministry has revealed plans to upgrade its army Sikorsky CH-53G heavy-transport helicopters to extend the aircraft's life until 2030. The ministry says that it has no plans to replace its 107 CH-53Gs, but that they will be upgraded to extend ...
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Iraq misleads over missiles
THERE IS MOUNTING evidence that Iraq has systematically misled UN inspectors over how many weapons of mass destruction the country retained in the wake of the Gulf War, including derivatives of the SS-1 Scud short-range ballistic missile. The allegations that Iraq is misleading the UN come from two ...
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USN details Asia-Pacific aircraft order prospects
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA THE US NAVY HAS detailed prospective aircraft deliveries to Asia-Pacific nations under the US Department of Defense's foreign military sales programme. The list, produced by the Navy's International Programmes Office (IPO), includes the potential sale of McDonnell Douglas F-18D strike aircraft to Thailand. Topping ...
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Australia poised for new naval helicopter bids
AUSTRALIA IS EXPECTED to issue a request for proposals in September, for a new naval helicopter, to equip ANZAC frigates being built jointly with New Zealand. The requirement is for a maritime patrol helicopter smaller than the anti-submarine Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk, operated from Royal Australian Navy FFG frigates. ...
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Black Hawk officers disciplined
SEVEN US AIR Force officers involved in the 14 April, 1994, shooting down of two US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters over northern Iraq have been disciplined. Both McDonnell Douglas F-15 pilots have been given non-flying jobs and three members of the Boeing E-3 AWACS crew are ...
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Lufthansa prepares to modify alliances with United and SAS
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) has published its draft condition for approval of Lufthansa's proposed alliance with Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS). The restrictions come, as Lufthansa's alliance with United Airlines looks likely to receive a boost from German/US bilateral talks. German Federal transport minister ...
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FAA hits Japan Air Lines repair shops
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has barred Japan Airlines (JAL) from performing maintenance work on US-registered aircraft because repair stations at Narita and Haneda airports conducted unauthorised repairs. William White, the FAA's deputy director of flight standards, says that no aircraft are grounded because of the action. White ...
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AeroMexico restructures
AEROMEXICO, THE largest carrier in Mexico, has completed a financial restructuring which gives banks and creditors 90% ownership of the airline. AeroMexico was owned by a group of investors when it was privatised several years ago. The financial arrangement includes conversion of Np3.25 billion ($530 million) in debt ...
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Commission to probe Polish air force Su-22 Fitter accidents
A COMMISSION has been set up by the Polish Government to investigate a spate of accidents involving Polish air force fighter aircraft. The country's president, Lech Walesa, and prime minister Jozef Oleksy ordered the commission to be set up in the wake of the latest crash on 26 ...
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Su-34 sequential ejection tests
THE RUSSIAN air force has been carrying out tests on the Sukhoi Su-34, looking at the consequences of a sequential, rather than simultaneous, ejection on the crewmember remaining in the cockpit. The photographic sequence shows an ejection test being carried out from the Faustovo Flight Aviation Systems Research Institute, near ...
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RAF studies reconnaissance GR4/EF2000 Tornado GR4 and Eurofighter
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE has begun a programme to equip its Panavia Tornado GR4 interdictor-strike aircraft and the Eurofighter 2000 with a long-range electro-optical reconnaissance pod. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has operational analysis studies under way to determine the number of pods and ground stations necessary ...
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Marshall predicts TriStar cargo demand
MARSHALL AEROSPACE, IS predicting demand for at least 50 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar freighter conversions, during the life of the programme it is now undertaking and says, that it needs to perform around 15 for the project to break even. The Cambridge, UK-based company has so far booked 12 firm orders ...
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Russia will sell Rybinsk shares
THE RUSSIAN Government has decided to sell 37% of its shares in Rybinsk Motors as a single package. The ruling by Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin ends a two-year dispute over the shares between the local and federal authorities, which run the company. The company manufactures the D-30 jet ...
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AIDC considers small-turboprop programme
TAIWAN'S AERO Industry Development Centre (AIDC) is considering developing a six- to nine-seat turboprop aircraft for commercial and military use. AIDC's Aeronautical Research Laboratory (ARL) is conducting preliminary studies of the aircraft, with funding from Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Ministry of National Defence. ...
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Taiwan close to F-5E conversion decision
THE TAIWANESE AIR force is expected to select a contractor shortly to convert eight of its Northrop F-5E fighters to reconnaissance aircraft. Competing for the Taiwanese RF-5E Tiger-eye conversion deal are Taiwan's Aero Industry Development Center, the Taiwan Aerospace-owned maintenance company Air Asia and Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe). ...
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RAF to fly three standards of EF2000
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE will be forced to operate three different standards of the Eurofighter 2000 combat aircraft as a result of technical delays and the rescheduling of the programme. The RAF will begin to take delivery of the EF2000 by the end of 2000. The first aircraft ...
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Quiet Nacelle starts JT3D hushkit manufacture
QUIET NACELLE HAS BEGUN manufacturing the first production shipset of the Pratt & Whitney JT3D Stage 3 hushkit, which it is developing for US Air Force Boeing OC-135Bs and commercial 707s. Ground acoustic and performance testing was completed earlier this year. The kit has an inner acoustic ring and ejector, ...