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Hughes' Peace Shield 'six months ahead' on delivery
HUGHES AIRCRAFT will formerly deliver the completed $1 billion plus Peace Shield command, control and communication (C3I) system to Saudi Arabia in July. The integrated system is being delivered "...nearly six months ahead of schedule and on budget", says Hughes, which is building the Peace Shield under ...
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Eurocopter's new EC120 under test
Andrzej Jeziorski/PARIS Franco-German helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter has successfully completed the first flight of the EC 120 light helicopter. A 20min flight was performed on 9 June from Eurocopter's Marignane site in France, with test pilot Etienne Herrenschmidt and engineer Bernard Cortain at the controls. The EC120 ...
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MDC discusses 100-seater production with Chinese
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has entered into discussions with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) on the joint development and production of a 100-seat passenger aircraft. Initial talks centre on either assisting China with the development of a new 100-seat aircraft or expanding the existing MD-90 TrunkLiner programme to include ...
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Frank Turner
Frank Turner, managing director of Lucas Aerospace, presents the award for achievement in military aviation to Steve Barter, chief test pilot at Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems David Arzi, vice-president and general manager, Bedek Aviation, celebrates his acceptance of the maintenance award from Horst Kreiner, president and chief ...
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Prospects look modest for new freighters
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES NEW FREIGHTER deliveries will remain sluggish over the next ten years as used-aircraft conversions and belly-hold capacity absorb the bulk of cargo traffic growth, according to latest predictions from McDonnell Douglas (MDC) and Boeing. MDC predicts that cargo traffic will continue to average ...
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Programmes
SCD These 1m-high, eight-sided, 115kg satellites are designed to provide real-time data from environmental data-collection stations, of which more than 250 are planned. A key area being monitored for temperature, moisture, carbon dioxide and ozone is the Amazon River basin and the rain forests. The SCD 1, costing ...
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US information system tested
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE FIRST ELEMENT of a new real-time information system for US Navy and Air Force combat aircrews will be test flown in July on a McDonnell Douglas F-15E from Nellis AFB, Nevada. The first test flights of the entire airborne tactical-information-management system (ATIMS) will ...
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American Airlines Cargo
American Airlines has appointed Mary Jordan president of its Wings West Airlines subsidiary, an American Eagle carrier on the USA's west coast and at Dallas/Fort Worth. Jordan was previously vice-president of American Airlines' human- resources department. Source: Flight International
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US Congress watchdog advises VIP flight cuts
The US General Accounting Office (GAO) says that the Pentagon operates too many fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters for VIP travel. The Congressional watchdog recommends, cutting back the 600 operational support airlift fleet. The GAO has estimated that the aircraft, which constitute about 6% of the Pentagon's ...
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Missile killer advances
Loral is developing ERINT, a highly agile upgrade for the Patriot missile system. Graham Warwick/DALLAS Praise for the Raytheon Patriot air-defence system during the Gulf War turned to expert criticism afterwards when the missile's performance against Iraq's Scud tactical ballistic missiles (TBMs) was analysed, with the benefit ...
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Prospects look modest as European cargo blossoms
AIR CARGO traffic on European routes exceeded the world average growth rate of 12% in 1994, in spite of some economic uncertainty, according to David Pierce, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group regional director of marketing. Trends in air cargo tend to indicate wider economic movement, says Pierce. He adds ...
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Robinson advised on R22 design
AUS FEDERAL AVIATION Administration special report recommends design changes, additional flight restrictions and more flight testing as part of an effort to reduce Robinson Helicopter R22 and R44 accidents. The report stops short of accepting a recommendation from the US National Transportation Safety Board to ground the two-seat ...
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Rockwell works on Hellfire Seahawk helicopter
ROCKWELL IS working under a US Navy contract to integrate the Hellfire laser-guided anti-armour missile on the Sikorsky HH-60H Seahawk combat-rescue helicopter. The programme, which primarily involves software development for a new target-processor and integration of the M299 Hellfire launcher, is a follow-on to the recent test-launch of ...
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Plans for longer-range GIV held up
GULFSTREAM Aircraft has suspended plans to develop a longer-range version of the GIV business-jet. The company says, that market research indicates, that the present 7,800km (4,200nm)-range GIV-SP is regarded as, the "best value" by customers. The decision to put development of the 8,300km-range GIV-B on hold for ...
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Airbus picks expansion priorities
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has identified three priorities for the expansion of its A330/A340 range by the end of the century. The European consortium says that the move will give it the "best possible position" in the medium- and long-range markets within five years. The 14,800km (8,000nm)-range A340-8000 will ...
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USA and Russia pool launchers
LOCKHEED MARTIN and Russian companies Khrunichev and NPO Energia have merged their Atlas and Proton launcher capabilities. International Launch Services (ILS), the new joint venture company, aims to capture 50% of the market by 2000. The Atlas and Proton will be able to carry single payloads weighing between ...
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BMW Rolls-Royce defines family to rival GE CF34
BMW Rolls-Royce has defined the configuration for a new 35-62kN (8,000-14,000lb)- thrust engine family to rival the General Electric CF34-8C. A military-trainer engine is one of the potential applications. A final launch decision on the new BR500 engine family, which comes in below the thrust range of ...
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Thomson-CSF will market Sentinel
THOMSON-CSF IS to market Bombardier's Canadair CL-227 Sentinel rotary-wing unmanned air-vehicle (UAV) in Europe, for military and paramilitary roles. The initial target is the French navy, which has a requirement for a ship-based UAV. Bombardier's Canadair Defence Systems division plans to demonstrate the CL-227 to the French navy later this ...
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Europe launches GPS plan
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC), European Space Agency (ESA) and Eurocontrol have launched a five-year European Satellite Navigation Action Programme, with an initial budget of about $200 million. Europe wants to take ultimate control of satellite navigation services within its own airspace and not rely on military-based US global-positioning-system ...
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Ariane aimed high
THE PARIS AIR SHOW landscape, is dominated by a 50m-high full-scale model of the Ariane 5, due to have its maiden flight in early 1996. The launch was delayed from 29 November, 1994 after computer-program errors delayed the final testing of the vehicle's Vulcain cryogenic first-stage engine, which was to ...