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Arianespace signs four new contracts
ARIANESPACE HAS signed four new launch contracts, bringing to 40 the number of satellites booked to be launched, with a total value of $2 billion. The new payloads are Malaysia's Measat 2; Thailand's Thaicom 3; Indonesia's Indostar 1; and Europe's Helios 1B reconnaissance satellite. Ariane Flight V74, carrying ...
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Gulfstream
Business-aircraft manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace, of Savannah, Georgia, has appointed its executive vice-president and chief financial officer, Chris Davis, as president and chief operating officer of its newly created subsidiary, Gulfstream Financial Services. David Rowe, who joined Gulfstream Aerospace in December 1994, becomes executive vice-president, with responsibility for the day-to-day operations. ...
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Hughes develops improved FLIR pods for F-18 Hornet
HUGHES AIRCRAFT IS developing improved navigation and targeting pods for the McDonnell Douglas F-18 which will incorporate a "third-generation" forward-looking infra-red (FLIR) sensor. The US company says that the FLIR, which operates in the visible and mid-wavelength IR bands, will provide four times the range of the first-generation, ...
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More power for Naval Panther
EUROCOPTER IS offering a higher-powered version of its AS565 Naval Panther helicopter, fitted with two Turbomeca Arriel 2C turbo-shafts instead of the earlier Arriel 1M1 engines. The new power plants, offer 90kW (120hp) more continuous power, than the 560kW Arrius 1M1. The 2C also offers an additional 25kW ...
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Japan seeks Harriers for support role
JAPAN'S RENEWED interest in acquiring a vertical/short take-off and landing (V/STOL) aircraft is focused primarily on an unarmed variant of the British Aerospace/McDonnell Douglas Harrier T.10 for offshore navy support and training. According to Japanese defence sources, the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) is pushing for funding in ...
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Jet Network strikes deal with Cessna
UK-BASED JET Network (JetCo) has reached an agreement with Cessna Aircraft enabling the company to offer fractional ownership of the CitationJet and Citation VII business-jets. The one-year agreement covers pricing and delivery terms for four of each aircraft type. JetCo is trying to establish a European ...
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First French CL-415 delivered
BOMBARDIER HANDED over the first Canadair CL-415 amphibious fire fighting aircraft to France's Securite Civile on 13 June following modification to cure water-tank leakage problems. Operations are scheduled to begin by the end of June. Launch-customer France had refused to take delivery of the CL-415 until problems of ...
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Raytheon tests updated Hawker 800XP
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT IS flight-testing the improved Hawker 800XP business-jet. Certification is planned for later this year, with the first delivery, to a North American customer, in the third quarter. Two aircraft are being used for development, a modified 800 for certification trials and a pre-series production 800XP for avionics tests. ...
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Rockwell to test interceptor
ROCKWELL TACTICAL Systems division is to begin testing the target-acquisition element of its proposed small low-cost interceptor device (SLID) against projectiles by the end of June. The point-defence system, expected to be used mainly on armoured vehicles, will be required, to acquire and track cannon shells and mortar ...
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Saab puts improved Gripen control software to the test
SAAB MILITARY Aircraft has completed initial flight trials of its latest flight-control software for the JAS39 Gripen fighter. The latest P11 software incorporates a filter function, which prevents the onset of pilot-induced oscillations (PIO) which have led to the loss of two aircraft to date. In ...
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Snecma teams up for engine upgrades
FRENCH ENGINE manufacturer Snecma has signed a co-operation agreement with Denel of South Africa and Spain's ITP covering modifications to the Atar 8K50 and 9K50 military turbojets. The team is to perform improvements to the core and controls, "taking into account the threat of new-generation infra-red missiles". ...
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Let In Skoda Talks
Czech industrial giant Skoda Plzenwants to take a stake in Let Kunovice, the Czech regional-turboprop manufacturer, according to Let parent company Aero Holding. Source: Flight International
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Helicopter GPS Evaluation
Systems Management of Maryland has installed an AWOS 3500 automated surface-observing system at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, in support of the Federal Aviation Administration's global-positioning-system helicopter non-precision approach programme. The Madison-based University's heliport is the third to evaluate GPS approaches under the FAA rotorcraft programme. ...
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HUD Support
AlliedSignal General Aviation Avionics has signed an agreement with head-up-display (HUD) manufacturer Flight Visions to repair, overhaul and provide 24h spares support for the Illinois-based Company's HUDs. Source: Flight International
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Spar Contract
Spar Aerospace has won a series of contracts worth over C$5 million ($3.6 million) from McDonnell Douglas to supply deployable flight-incident recorder sets for the US Navy's fleet of F-18 fighters. Source: Flight International
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Arian 5 booster-capacity comparisons with the Shuttle have been exaggerated
Sir - In the generally excellent coverage of the European Space Agency's launcher, the Ariane 5 (Flight International, 14-20 June, P61), Julian Moxon quite correctly makes the point that, because the vehicle was designed to higher, man-rated, reliability than were previous Ariane launchers, pressure on the insurance industry will be ...
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Egypt Discussions
The Egyptian navy is negotiating for a second batch of ten remanufactured Kaman SH-2G Seasprite shipboard anti-submarine warfare helicopters. Egypt is to receive its first ten ex-US Navy SH-2G in 1997/8 in a deal worth $150 million. The helicopters will be equipped with an AlliedSignal dipping sonar and consideration is ...
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GAO Thwarts MDC Appeal
The US General Accounting Office (GAO) has rejected a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) protest, over the US Navy's award of a $1.4 billion winner-takes-all Tomahawk cruise missile contract, to Hughes Missile Systems. Source: Flight International
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Southampton
John Bullen has been appointed operations director at Southampton International Airport, Hampshire, in the UK. Bullen, who has been with airport owner BAA since 1977, has been planning manager and then terminal manager at BAA's Gatwick International Airport, Sussex, and was most recently head of operations for BAA International. He ...