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Fokker Support
Coltax Aerospace, a subsidiary of Meggit Aerospace, has finalised an agreement with Fokker Aircraft Services (FAS) to provide overhaul and maintenance on landing-gear components. The accord covers all Fokker's jet-powered and turboprop aircraft, as well as other aircraft undergoing third-party maintenance at FAS. Coltax has also won a contract to ...
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BAC One-Eleven Spares
World Aviation Support, the sister company of British World Airlines, has bought British Aerospace's complete spares stock for the BAC One-Eleven. The £20 million package of rotables and consumables will be held at the company's South end base in the UK and together with maintenance services, will be offered to ...
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Back In Business
Finland's only independent airline, Air Botnia, has resumed passenger services after coming close to bankruptcy. The restructured regional carrier, under new management and believed to have re-scheduled its debts, provides domestic services, operating three Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirantes. Source: Flight International
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Lockheed Drops Thiokol
Thiokol has become an early casualty of Lockheed Martin's post-merger consolidation. Lockheed Martin will take back Space Shuttle processing work performed by Thiokol, worth about $30 million a year, when the contract expires in October. Source: Flight International
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Hughes Lay-Offs
Hughes Aircraft is to lay off 300 employees, about 40% of the workforce, at its Newport Beach, California, electronics plant because of declining demand for microprocessors for missile systems. Hughes is already cutting its California-based radar-systems group, from 5,500 to 1,200 employees. Source: Flight International
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Sirius Contractor Appointed
Aerospatiale has been selected to build the Sirius 2 communications satellite for Nordiska Satellitaktiebolaget of Sweden and GE Americom's Capital Satellites division. Source: Flight International
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French Spy In Orbit
France's Helios 1A intelligence satellite, was due to be launched on 7 July, from Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite will be operated from the French air force base at Creil. It carries an Aerospatiale high-resolution camera. Source: Flight International
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Atlantic Southeast 146s
Atlantic Southeast Airlines is to lease five British Aerospace 146-200s, in a deal which not only represents the US feeder carrier's first move into jet-airliner operations, but also sweeps up most of BAe's remaining owned-fleet of regional jets. The aircraft, which are being taken on five-year leases from BAe's Assett ...
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Nite Hawk Order
Loral Aeronutronic has received a McDonnell Douglas contract to produce an initial 13 Nite Hawk F-18 targeting pods for Canada, plus eight additional systems for Kuwait (total 16) and one for Malaysia (total four). The forward-looking infra-red pods will include a laser-designator/ranger and laser spot-tracker. ...
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Active Delivery
A Westinghouse/Texas Instruments joint venture has delivered the first active-array radar antenna for the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22. The receive-only antenna is being used by Boeing to test the F-22 radome. The first development antenna, with both transmit and receive modules, will be completed in late 1995. Source: Flight ...
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Indian UAV Progress
The Indian state-owned Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) expects its indigenously built Nishant unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to be introduced into Indian army service in late 1996. The Nishant, previously known as the Falcon, had its first flight in January. Bangalore-based ADE says that the UAV is intended for battlefield surveillance ...
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Lockheed Martin
Marillyn Hewson has been named director of commercial practices at Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems, of Marietta, Georgia. She was formerly business manager for operations. Source: Flight International
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BFGoodrich
Patricia Fields has become sales representative for original-equipment manufacturers at BFGoodrich Aerospace, of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Source: Flight International
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GAMA
The US General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), of Washington DC, has elected Edward Michael Bolen senior vice-president/general counsel. He is now legislative director and general counsel for Senator Nancy Kassebaum and general counsel for the Senate labour and human-resource committee. Source: Flight International
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FlightSafety
Barry Massey has become manager of FlightSafety's Greater Philadelphia/Wilmington Learning Center. He was most recently manager for aviation management contracts at AMR Combs, of Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Source: Flight International