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Global ambitions
Lockheed Martin's ambitions will force Europeans to look to their laurels. Douglas Barrie/PARIS Talk of "mission statements" is normally enough to induce something akin to nausea among cynical European industrialists. In the case of US giant Lockheed Martin, however, they have to sit up and ...
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Aerovac uses nitrogen in autoclave
AEROVAC Systems is using nitrogen as the pressurising and inerting medium in its new autoclave, creating a non-oxidising atmosphere for component curing, and reducing the risk of fire. The autoclave will be used for the manufacture of advanced composites for the aerospace and electronics industries. It is heated electrically and ...
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Rotary researches
Eurocopter believes that helicopter technology could develop dramatically over the next decade. Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Although ancient toys and drawings show that the basic principle of rotary-wing aircraft dates back centuries, the history of the helicopter as a useful flying machine is generally thought to have ...
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BAe strengthens Eurocopter link
Andrew Chuter/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE Defence is deepening its involvement with Eurocopter on military helicopters, announcing a tie-up to bid for a UK tri-service training contract using Eurocopter products, and confirming its intention to collaborate on an NH90 support-helicopter bid to meet UK requirements. BAe believes ...
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French premier backs key military projects
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS NEW FRENCH PRIME minister Alain Jupp, has pledged his support for the Dassault Rafale multi-role combat aircraft and the Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter. His position on the Future Large Aircraft (FLA) military transport is somewhat more reserved. In his first public statement on the ...
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B-2 Weapon Test
The first test of a precision-guided weapon on the Northrop Grumman B-2 on 13 June resulted in the company's global-positioning-system-aided munition (GAM) being released at more than 40,000ft (12,000m) and guided autonomously almost 14km (8nm) downrange to impact "well within" the projected 6m accuracy. Source: Flight International
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Kentron shows long-range missile
SOUTH AFRICAN MISSILE MANUFACTURER Kentron unveiled a mock-up of its long-range anti-air missile (LRAAM) at the Paris air show in June. The weapon is now in development for an unspecified Asian customer. The missile uses the Kentron SAHV surface-to-air weapon, coupled with a Somchem ramjet and an imaging infra red ...
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Turning heads
The X-31 captured the imaginations of those who saw it flown at Paris, but does it have a future? Graham Warwick/PARIS A spectacular flying-display performance by the Rockwell/Daimler-Benz Aerospace X-31A Enhanced Fighter Manoeuvrability (EFM) demonstrator has rekindled debate over the combat benefits of thrust vectoring. Few watching ...
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Back to break-even
The world airline industry ended 1994 close to break-even, but cost of reduction is still top of the agenda. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON At times, it seemed that it would never happen, but the world airline industry at last appears to have ended its record run of ...
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Lockheed Martin manoeuvres for German designator pod lead
LOCKHEED MARTIN is on the verge of sealing a partnership with a European team, including Fokker, on its low-altitude navigation and targeting infra red for night (LANTIRN) pod, following a Panavia recommendation that Germany procure the system for its Tornado mid-life update. Germany's defence ministry says that a ...
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First Heli places first order
FIRST HELI-NETWORK (FHN), the UK-based helicopter fractional-ownership company, has placed its first order for new helicopters, signing a conditional contract with Agusta for three aircraft. The deal covers two new types launched by the Italian manufacturer at the Paris air show in June - the A119 Koala and ...
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ARPA funds system to stop smugglers
A NORTHROP Grumman-led team is developing a contraband detection system (CDS) under a $4.6 million US Air Force contract funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). The team includes New York-based Scientific Innovations and Vancouver-based Triumf, a consortium of laboratories with expertise in position-emission tomography, a nuclear-imaging ...
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Boeing/MDC team considers Russian engines for its X-33
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE BOEING AND McDonnell Douglas (MDC) X-33 team is studying Russian as well as US-made rocket engines for use in its proposed re-useable launch vehicle (RLV) demonstrator. Paul Klevatt, Boeing-MDC X-33 programme manager, says: "We're looking at existing engines, as well as ...
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Finnair leases DC-10s to Air Liberte
FINNAIR IS TO LEASE its entire McDonnell Douglas DC-10 fleet to French airline Air Liberte. The agreement covers four aircraft on a five-year lease. The deal will net Finnair revenues of around FM140 million ($32 million) a year. Air Liberte has been leasing one of the four DC-10s ...
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Atlas to deal second ACE after crash
ATLAS AVIATION is to build an improved ACE turboprop trainer following the crash of the prototype in February. The new ACE II, is scheduled to be flown, in the second half of 1996. The aircraft will differ from the original principally in its use of the more powerful ...
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Air Macau goes for Airbus
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has won a close fight with Boeing to provide aircraft for start-up carrier Air Macau, which is to begin operations soon after Macau's first international airport opens for business in November. Air Macau is to lease two A320s and two A321s, both powered by International Aero ...
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FLA details released
Julian Moxon/PARIS FURTHER DETAILS have emerged about the structure within which Airbus Industrie will manage the Future Large Aircraft (FLA) programme. The structure is complex, as the organisation includes Italy's Alenia, which is not a member of the civil-aircraft consortium. The aim has ...
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Row delays FedEx Subic Bay opening
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC FEDEX HAS DELAYED by 30 days the scheduled 3 July opening of its Subic Bay, Philippines, hub because of a bilateral-air-services dispute between the USA and Japan After a hiatus in talks between the two nations over Japan's refusal to let FedEx ...
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Netherlands AMRAAMS
The Netherlands is seeking to purchase 200 AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs), worth an estimated $110 million. The Dutch air force intends to fit the weapons, manufactured by Hughes and Raytheon, on to Lockheed Martin F-16s. Source: Flight International
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Sierra acquires Lucas division
LUCAS AEROSPACE Communications & Electronics, has been sold to Sierra Technologies, for an undisclosed price. The sale is part of Lucas Industries' clear out of businesses, considered not vital to its core activities, in the aerospace and automotive markets. Earlier this month, the firm divested the Lucas Engineering ...