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UAE Panthers will have 'self protection'
THE SEVEN Eurocopter AS.565 Panther anti-ship helicopters ordered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are to be fitted with the Thomson-CSF Agrion maritime-patrol radar and what the company terms "a new helicopter self-protection system." The system incorporates wide-band signal reception, instantaneous frequency-measurement and a system-control capability. Patrick Henin, ...
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FAA changes pilot pairing regulations...
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has tightened its rules on air-transport pilot pairing to prevent low-time pilots being rostered together. The rule changes, which take effect in four months for major airlines and at the end of the year for regional carriers, result from several accident investigations in ...
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PW150 for Dash 8-400
Bombardier has selected the Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PW150 to power the planned de Havilland Dash 8-400 high-speed regional turboprop. The company received board approval on 24 April to offer the 70-seat aircraft to airlines and is aiming for a June launch. First flight of the Dash 8-400 is ...
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AlliedSignal wins key SAS deal for MD-80 anti-icing
SCANDINAVIAN Airlines System (SAS) has selected AlliedSignal's overwing anti-icing system for its McDonnell Douglas MD-80s. The airline lost an MD-80 in 1991 when ice shed from its wings caused the rear-mounted engines to flame out. Its selection of AlliedSignal's Electro-Thermal Ice Protection System (ETIPS) for its 69 MD-80s ...
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Kaman Aerospace's first-quarter results ...
Kaman Aerospace's first-quarter results were boosted by a $31 million contract to refurbish ten SH-2G helicopters for the Egyptian navy, with the total value expected to exceed $100 million. The company reports first-quarter net earnings of $5.6 million on revenues of $210 million, up from $4.2 million and $1988 million, ...
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JAA is still cautious over Russian types
RUSSIAN AEROSPACE officials are voicing concern at the lack of progress with the European Joint Airworthiness Authorities (JAA) over agreement on certification procedures for Russian aircraft, despite progress with the US Federal Aviation Administration on the same issue. Tupolev, which is working on having a Rolls-Royce-powered variant of the Tu-204 ...
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USAir reduces losses in 1995
USAIR HAS CUT its first quarter 1995 net loss to $97 million, compared with a loss of $197 million in the same period of 1994. Revenue rose by nearly 5%, to $1.76 billion. Its operating loss was $42 million against $140 million in the 1994 quarter. "Even accounting ...
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F-15/F16 pod fly-off begins
Lockheed Martin and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) have begun flight-tests of competing reconnaissance versions of their respective F-16 and F-15 fighters. Both companies have dusted off existing reconnaissance pods, flight-tested in the 1980s, to meet a perceived gap in the US Air Force's manned-reconnaissance capability caused by retirement of the MDC ...
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Gulfstream soon to decide on IV-B launch
Gulfstream Aerospace will continue building the Gulfstream IV business jet "for the foreseeable future" but may decide to end production of the Gulfstream IV-SP in favour of the proposed longer-range Gulfstream IV-B. Last September, the US aircraft maker disclosed that it was undertaking a major study to develop ...
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Manufacturers vie for SAA order
HIGH-RANKING executives from Airbus, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas are due in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 5 May to brief board members of South African Airways (SAA), and its parent company Transnet, on their proposals to fulfil a planned R4 billion ($1 billion fleet requirement. The meeting is the ...
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United Profit
UAL, the United Airlines parent company, has reported a first-quarter net income of $3 million, which included a $24 million one-time, after-tax, gain reflecting the sale of ten aircraft to Mesa Airlines. It was UAL's first profitable first quarter since 1989. This compares to a net loss of ...
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Shuttle schedule may switch as Mir docking is delayed
The docking of the Space Shuttle Atlantis/STS 71 to the Russian space station, the Mir 1, originally scheduled for 12 June, is likely to be delayed until 26 June (Flight International, 29 March-4 April). Russia will not be able to launch its new Mir module, the Spektr towards ...
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India accelerates GSLV development
Following its re-negotiated deal with Russia for the purchase of seven cryogenic-rocket engines, India is accelerating the development of the national Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) and its own cryogenic rocket engine and third stage, the C-12 (Flight International, 19-25 April). Almost half of India's $330 million, 1995/6 space budget ...
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Orbcomm satellites in trouble
The first Orbital Sciences (OSC) Orbcomm data messaging and position-reporting communications satellites, launched on 3 April, have run into trouble (Flight International, 12-18 April). The Orbcomm 1 cannot transmit to customers and the Orbcomm 2 is not responding to up-linked transmissions. Major spacecraft systems, including electrical power and ...
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Reflectone UK starts C-130 work
Reflectone UK has been authorised by Lockheed Martin to begin work on the training system for UK Royal Air Force C-130J Hercules IIs. The UK subsidiary of US Simulation Company Reflectone, expects the final contract to be worth more than $70 million. The company will supply two dynamic ...
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CNAC challenges Cathay at Hong Kong
China National Aviation (CNAC) has applied to the Hong Kong Government for an air operators' certificate (AOC), threatening Cathay Pacific Airway's virtual monopoly and undermining confidence in its post-1997 position. Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department (CAD) has confirmed that CNAC, a subsidiary of the Civil Aviation Authority of ...
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Thailand approves second flag carrier
THAILAND'S CIVIL Aviation Committee has approved the setting up of a second national carrier, as part of a plan to liberalise the country's air-transport industry. The proposal, which still needs to be endorsed by the cabinet, requires the new airline to have a registered capital of 2.5 billion ...
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Political row grows over Tata-SIA joint venture
The Indian Parliamentary committee on civil aviation has come out strongly against the entry of foreign airlines into the domestic sector. The committee is headed by Pramod Mahajan, the general secretary of India's main opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata. It fears that Indian Airlines, the state-owned domestic carrier, ...
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Shannon rescue faces EC query
UK aircraft-maintenance interests are to complain to the European Commission about the Irish Government's plan to bail out troubled Shannon Aerospace (SAL). SAL airline shareholders Swissair and Lufthansa concede that the overhaul concern faces collapse without the proposed injection of Ir£12 million (£11.9 million). They blame ruinous pricing ...
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DASA ready to join GTAR radar partners
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) is in the final stages of negotiation to join GEC-Marconi and Thomson-CSF in a next-generation combat-aircraft radar programme. Go-ahead for the deal could come as early as June. The agreement will clear the way for the present GEC-Thomson Radar (GTAR) company becoming GEC-Thomson Daimler-Benz Radar, ...