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Dassault flies its Falcon 900EX for the first time
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS DASSAULT AVIATION's new Falcon 900EX long-range business jet had a successful first flight from Bordeaux-Merignac Airport on 1 June. The aircraft reached an altitude of 41,000ft (13,600m) and a speed of Mach 0.82 during its 2h flight. "The aircraft behaved beautifully," says test ...
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DarkStar comes into the light
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES LOCKHEED MARTIN and Boeing have unveiled their DarkStar low-observable unmanned air vehicle (UAV) contender for the US Department of Defense's Tier III Minus programme. The slim-line plan-form is optimised for a low radar-cross-section while providing aerodynamic efficiency. The 21m-span UAV is designed ...
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C-17 costs cut to save programme
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is gearing up to propose on 1 August a new multi-year C-17 procurement package to the US Air Force which would cut unit cost to $212 million, from about $300 million, and possibly even lower, for production of aircraft 33 to 120. The move is ...
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Police Eye Helicopter
Japan's National Police Agency has issued a requirement for five new light helicopters. The Eurocopter/Kawasaki BK.117, McDonnell Douglas Explorer and Sikorsky S-76, are expected to be considered. Source: Flight International
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Building Starts
CFM International and the Civil Aviation Administration of China have begun construction of a new joint venture, engine maintenance training centre, in Chengdu. The school, due to open in 1997, is modeled on General Electric and CFMI training sites in the USA and France. A temporary centre, in ...
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Collins Avionics For CRJ-X
Bombardier has chosen Collins Pro Line 4 avionics for its proposed Canadair CRJ-X 70-seat regional jet. Collins Commercial Avionics will also be responsible for systems integration. Pro Line 4 avionics are in service on the 50-seat Canadair Regional Jet (of which the CRJ-X would be a stretched version) and the ...
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BEA Hits Losses
BEAerospace sank to a loss of $12 million in its latest financial year after being forced to write off older in-flight-entertainment systems made obsolete by its new interactive MDDS systems. The net loss for the year ended 25 February compares with a $5.4 million profit a year ago. Acquisitions again ...
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Daewoo in search for KTX-1 partner
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE DAEWOO HEAVY Industries of South Korea is looking for an international partner to help market and sell its KTX-1 turboprop basic trainer to potential foreign buyers. The KTX-1 has been under development for several years by Daewoo, in conjunction with the Government's agency ...
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Study urges Pentagon to keep GPS integrity
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC A STUDY ORDERED by US Congress says, that the Pentagon should retain control of the global positioning system (GPS), but that it should not be able to degrade the accuracy of GPS signals to civil users. The report, issued jointly by the ...
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Safety concerns hit Express One
EXPRESS ONE International, the Dallas, Texas-based cargo and charter carrier, has grounded its 39-aircraft fleet voluntarily after a US Federal Aviation Administration audit discovered serious safety concerns. The FAA says that Express One International, which operates Boeing 727s and McDonnell Douglas DC-9s, failed to produce documentation on compulsory ...
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Huygens test success
The flight-test of the separation mechanisms and parachutes for the Huygens space probe, scheduled to land on Saturn moon Titan, has been completed by the European Space Agency, Aerospatiale and French space agency CNES. An engineering model of the Huygens, which will be placed piggyback on the NASA ...
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GR7 upgraded for Bosnia
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE is carrying out electronic-warfare (EW) and reconnaissance upgrades to several British Aerospace Harrier GR7 strike aircraft before operational deployment to the Bosnian theatre, against the background of an increasing surface-to-air missile (SAM) threat. The aircraft are being upgraded by British Aerospace, at Dunsfold. The ...
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Beating the system
Avia Airlines founder Gert de Klerk, challenges SAA and BA monopoly. Andrew Chuter/LONDON Launching a scheduled airline is not for the faint-hearted. No more so in the South African market, where recent casualties such as Flitestar and USAfrica illustrate the high risks of failure. Undeterred, ...
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Alcoa predicts lower build costs
THE USE OF new techniques for processing raw materials could reduce the cost of manufacturing aircraft structures by up to 30% over the next few years, according to aerospace aluminium-alloy producer Alcoa. The company says, that development of integrally stiffened panels, made from next generation alloys and big ...
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Instruments blamed in UK Bandeirante crash
STORMY WEATHER, combined with the apparent failure of at least one artificial horizon, may prove to have been contributory factors to the Knight Air Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crash on 24 May (Flight International, 31 May-6 June) says the investigators' preliminary report. All 12 people on board died when ...
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British court Germany and France on FMRAAM project
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE UK IS AIMING to include Germany and France as partners on a future medium-range air-to-air missile (FMRAAM) development, according to senior British Aerospace officials. Contacts, at an industrial and defence ministry level, are aiming at examining establishing both a common FMRAAM requirement ...
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Five answer UK air-launched anti-armour-weapon request
FIVE PRIME contractors are believed to have responded to the UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) £725 million Staff Requirement (Air) 1238 for an air-launched anti-armour weapon. British Aerospace is to offer its Typhoon; GEC has proposed the Brimstone; Hunting is to bid with its SWAARM; Thorn EMI is ...
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Harm Upgrade
Texas Instruments has received a $58 million US Navy contract to build over 300 guidance and warhead sections for the AGM-88 high-speed anti-radar missile (HARM). This order exercises an option to the fiscal year 1993 contract. Source: Flight International
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GEC-Marconi tipped to win SuperCobra upgrade work
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON GEC-MARCONI COULD win prime contractorship for rotor and cockpit upgrades on the US Marine Corps fleet of Bell AH-1W SuperCobras, if efforts succeed to link the programme with the GEC/Bell Cobra Venom bid for the UK attack-helicopter requirement. Senior US defence officials have ...
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Myanmar Expansion
Singapore Technologies Industrial has signed a memorandum with the Myanmar Government to build a new international airport in Mandalay. It calls for the Singapore Company to design and construct the S$500 million ($360 million) airport within two years. Source: Flight International