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USAF renews GPS approach tests
THE US AIR FORCE IS to conduct precision-approach tests using the global-positioning system (GPS). A Lockheed C-130 will be used to conduct 75 GPS-guided approaches at Hurlburt Field AFB, Florida, in June. For the trials, the C-130 has been equipped with a GPS landing-system supplied by Interstate Electronics ...
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F-22 starts to take shape at Boeing
CONSTRUCTION OF the first composite wing skin for the Lockheed/Boeing F-22 fighter has begun at Boeing, marking the start of major-component manufacturing at the Seattle-based Defense and Space Group. Boeing is charged with 32.5% of the F-22 work, with primary responsibility for the wing, aft fuselage, radar, 757 ...
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X-31 crash pilot 'badly briefed'
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH FAILURE TO TELL the pilot of critical changes to the aircraft led to the loss of a Rockwell/Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) X-31 in a crash on 19 January, say sources close to the project. Test pilot Karl Lang, is believed to have been insufficiently ...
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UK and USA study Starstreak project integration
THE UK AND US defence ministries are discussing a joint programme to integrate the Shorts Starstreak high-velocity missile on to their respective attack helicopters. The Starstreak is included as a "mandatory option" in the UK's attack-helicopter procurement requirement. Shorts and Lockheed Martin formally agreed on 25 May to ...
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Business partners
Corporate-aviation customers will be of intense interest to the avionics suppliers at Paris. Graham Warwick/Atlanta While public attention will be captured by the Paris debuts of the latest commercial airliners and military aircraft, including the Boeing 777, Northrop Grumman B-2 and Bell Boeing V-22, the avionics ...
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Power play
Civil-engine discussion at Le Bourget will be overshadowed by the big-twin power struggle. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Big engines, mergers and the first hints of new orders will dominate the chalet gossip at Paris this year. The top end of the power battle will be represented ...
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Back onparade
Exhibitors are returning to the air show scene after years of cost cutting. Forbes Mutch/LONDON It has been an up-hill struggle for air shows in recent years, with recession-hit manufacturers demonstrating a reluctance to exhibit in the numbers and opulent style familiar during the 1980s. Air-show exhibitors ...
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Society of Japanese Aerospace companies
A total of 13 Japanese companies are exhibiting at this year's Paris air show, as part of the Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies (SJAC). Among the more interesting exhibits is an Optical Blade Vibration Monitoring (OPT-V) system, produced by Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI). It uses laser probes to measure turbofan-engine ...
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Ultra Electronics3 F1
Ultra Electronics is developing a hub-integrated propeller ice-protection system, which eliminates the high-maintenance power slip ring used in conventional systems. The HIPPS generates and switches power between the blades at the hub, reducing weight and aircraft-generator power requirements. The HIIPS is suitable for four- or six-blade propellers. Ultra will have ...
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Table-top training
Low-cost competition is set to shake up the simulation market. Graham Warwick/Atlanta Consolidation has left the flight-simulation industry smaller, but possibly stronger, as the market shows signs of beginning to recover. The airline recession and defence-budget cuts have made customers more cost-conscious, however, and low-cost ...
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BFGoodrich 5 B17
BFGoodrich Aerospace subsidiary Rosemount Aerospace has completed operational testing of a prototype broad-area contamination system on a Northwest Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80. The system, called the HALO, uses ultrasonic waves transmitted through the wing skin to detect icing and other contamination. In the production version, to be available by late ...
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Interactive Flight Technologies 3
Interactive Flight Technologies is exhibiting at Paris for the first time, displaying the video-on-demand in-flight entertainment network (IFEN) which Alitalia has selected for its McDonnell Douglas MD-11s. The system will allow passengers to select from up to 30 films, stored digitally and downloaded to each seat, all of which can ...
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GEC-Marconi Avionics will announce the first application of its active noise-control (ANC) system for aircraft at the Paris air show. Unlike existing cabin noise-cancellation systems, which are synchronised with engine rotation to reduce the processing power required, the GEC system uses a technique known as fixed-frame sampling. All the major ...
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Mustang
Canadian-based Mustang Engineered Technical Apparel (META), of Richmond, British Columbia, has developed a twin-chamber constant-wear lifejacket for pilots and passengers flying over water in light aircraft. The slim lifejacket, which can be worn beneath a flight suit and is compatible with seat harnesses, is also aimed at pilots of float-equipped ...
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Making a noise
New power plants for new aircraft: there will be plenty to talk about in military-engine circles at Le Bourget Guy Norris/Los Angeles For a sector in the doldrums, the military- engine arena will be surprisingly busy at Paris, with many significant propulsion decisions on the near horizon. ...
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Avica
Avica claims to be the only UK company working on Ariane 5, Arianespace' latest satellite-launcher. The company is supplying high-strength nickel-alloy flexible ducts and metallic hoses for the liquid-hydrogen and liquid-oxygen duct systems on the vehicle's first-stage Vulcain engine. Avica is also supplying the oxygen and hydrogen fuel lines for ...
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Flowcrete Systems is making its debut at the Paris air show with Flowshield, a tough chemical-resistant floor finish developed for the aerospace industry. Flowshield was initially designed for Raytheon Corporate Jets, which needed new flooring to replace an original surface severely damaged by osmosis. The product has also been used ...
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Magellan
Magellan Systems and its European distributor Next Destination will exhibit a range of global-positioning-system (GPS) equipment for the general-aviation market. Products on display will include Magellan Skyblazer, a hand-held unit with database, moving-map display and track situation indicator; the recently launched Skyblazer LT, identical to the Skyblazer, but without a ...
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Octec
UK video-tracking systems specialist Octec will be showing equipment for automatic video tracking from helicopters, systems for missile-range instrumentation and gun alignment, and video gun sights for both naval- and land-based air-defence systems. Octec will demonstrate two sensor platforms, one a stabilised helicopter pod, the other a conventional platform. Both ...
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St Bernard Composites (SBCL) is attending the Paris air show for the first time this year, and will display a full-size model of its Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engine fan-case module. SBCL designs and manufactures advanced composites, metal-bonded components and structures for the aerospace, defence and diagnostic imaging industries. Products include ...