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Bombardier costs Dash 8-400 development
DEVELOPMENT OF THE de Havilland Dash 8-400 high-speed regional turboprop will cost C$450 million ($327 million), Bombardier says, with the Canadian company performing half of the work and risk-sharing partners the rest. Bombardier launched the stretched, 70-seat, Dash 8 at Paris with 18 firm orders, including 12 from ...
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CFMI to ground-test improved A320 engine
CFM INTERNATIONAL (CFMI) will begin ground-testing the first improved CFM56-5B/P turbofan for the Airbus A320 family in July. The engine is based on the core of the CFM56-7 under development for the next-generation Boeing 737. The new engines will have wide-chord fans, three-dimensional aerodynamic design, new materials and ...
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Honeywell/GEC-Marconi combine for F-16 HMD
HONEYWELL HAS teamed with the UK's GEC-Marconi Avionics to develop a helmet-mounted cueing system for the Lockheed Martin F-16. An advanced prototype of the helmet-mounted display (HMD) will be flight-tested on the aircraft manufacturer's new F-16D technology-demonstrator in 1996, says Jerry Vandevoort, general manager of Honeywell's Military Avionics division. ...
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Bell Boeing targets Osprey price cuts
BELL BOEING HAS REMOVED more than 900kg of empty weight from the V-22 tilt-rotor transport, compared to the prototype, which had its first public appearance at Paris. The first of four production-representative aircraft, scheduled to fly in December 1996, is projected to be 160kg under its weight target, the team ...
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Airbus takes charge of the FLA
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has formally taken over management of the Future Large Aircraft (FLA) military-transport programme, bringing together the five major European aerospace companies involved under a single banner. The question of Italian involvement in the subsidiary was settled only minutes before the FLA announcement at Paris. Alenia ...
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Saab to step up 340B production
SAAB AIRCRAFT IS looking to raise output rates on the 340B regional turboprop to four a month following American (AMR) Eagle's firm order for 25 aircraft. The rise in 340 production, together with the build-up of Saab 2000 deliveries, would put the manufacturer on course to achieve its ...
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Germans plan European missile
THE GERMAN MINISTRY of Defence is attempting to build a next-generation European short-range air-to-air missile (AAM) programme around Bodenseewerk Geratetechnik's (BGT) IRIS-T AAM. The German defence ministry earlier this month invited partners from the European Sidewinder consortium, which manufactured the missile under licence, to participate in the IRIS-T, ...
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Socata to manufacture Cougars
AEROSPATIALE subsidiary Socata has signed with American General Aircraft for the rights to manufacture its Cougar twin-engined piston aircraft. Socata president Jean-Marc de Raffin Dourny says, that the aircraft renamed the TB320 Tangara, will be aimed particularly at the trainer market, complementing the existing range of trainers offered ...
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GIV SIGINT aircraft bound for Sweden
GULFSTREAM WILL deliver the first of two GIV-based signals-intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft to Sweden in August, and is talking to Germany, the UK and Japan about supplying similar aircraft. The company has teamed with US SIGINT-systems manufacturer TRW to market the special-mission version of the GIV business-jet. Flight-testing ...
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Frakes Aviation
FRAKES AVIATION DISPLAYED a Turbo-Mallard amphibian at Paris to gauge demand to place the 17-passenger aircraft back in production. Texas-based Frakes owns the design rights to the Grumman-developed Mallard and has re-engine 12 of 59 aircraft already built with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turboprops. The company sees a market ...
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Piper Back
Piper Aircraft expects to emerge from bankruptcy protection following a confirmation hearing scheduled for 10 July which is expected to confirm a re-organisation plan, under which 50% of Piper will be sold to an investment firm, 25% to engine manufacturer Teledyne and 25% to creditors. Source: Flight International
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ARIA Il-96 order in the balance
AEROFLOT RUSSIAN International Airlines (ARIA) has signed a contract for the delivery of 20 Ilyushin Il-96 wide-body transports, subject to the approval of a financing package from the US Exim Bank. The $1.5 billion contract is for ten Il-96T freighters and ten Il-96M passenger aircraft, to be delivered ...
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Agusta introduces the Koala
ITALIAN HELICOPTER MANUFACTURER Agusta has introduced a new single-engine machine based on its existing A-109 range, the A-119 Koala, as well as a new version of the A-109, known as the Power, with twin 545kW (730shp) Pratt & Whitney PW206C turbo-shafts. The Koala, which will have 600kW engine (yet to ...
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Lockheed Martin seeks export F-22
LOCKHEED MARTIN and Boeing are negotiating with the US Department of Defense for clearance to develop export variants of the F-22 fighter, initially aimed at McDonnell Douglas F-15 operators. Mickey Blackwell, president of Lockheed Martin's Aeronautics sector, says that the company has begun to look at a "tailored ...
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Lynx life extended
WESTLAND Helicopters is developing a life-extension programme to allow the Lynx to stay in service until 2035. The company has already started talking to potential suppliers as part of a plan to upgrade the helicopter and reduce the cost of ownership. The UK helicopter maker, is believed ...
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Nuzzling Up
Societe Europeene de Propulsion, Volvo Aero and Daimler-Benz Aerospace have signed a memorandum of understanding covering research and technology activities for nozzle extensions intended for future large liquid-cryogenic-propellant rocket engines. Source: Flight International
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Mikoyan joins Chengdu on fighter
CHENGDU AIRCRAFT (CAC) has teamed with Mikoyan MAPO to design and produce a new single-engine fighter to replace China's now defunct Super-7 project The FC-1 is being developed as a private venture funded by CAC, China National Aero-Technology Import and Export (CATIC) and Pakistan. The aircraft is ...
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Raytheon plans new small business-jet launch
RAYTHEON HAS revealed it will launch a new light business-jet later this year - probably at the NBAA show in September. The aircraft will be a competitor to Cessna's entry-level CitationJet, and is expected to offer a large cabin for the class. Compared with the all-composite, ...
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Special Challenger
Bombardier has launched a transatlantic business-jet version of the Canadair Regional Jet, dubbed the Challenger Special Edition (SE). Launch customer for the 5,560km (3,000nm)-range aircraft is Canadair's Middle East distributor TAG Aeronautics. The aircraft will be unveiled at the Dubai air show in November. The Canadair SE features ...
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Romania to buy 96 AH-1F Cobras
ROMANIA IS TO procure 96 AH-1F Cobra attack helicopters in a major co-operative programme agreed between the country's Government and manufacturer Bell Helicopter Textron. The aircraft will be licence-produced in Romania, and deliveries will begin in 1999. IAR Brasov will be responsible for the airframe and Turbomeccanica the ...