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Mainstays maintain missile surveillance
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW RUSSIA CLAIMS to have developed and deployed an infra-red (IR) ballistic-missile launch-warning system on board the Beriev/Ilyushin A-50 Mainstay airborne-warning-and-control system (AWACS). According to the Russian defence ministry, the A-50s (modified Il-76s) can be used to give launch warnings of tactical, medium-range and submarine-launched ...
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European Commission tries to step up open-skies pace schedule
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) will adopt its mandate for open-skies deals with the USA by the end of April, according to a senior Transport Directorate source. "We're not going for protection, or restrictive agreements," says the EC. "These are very liberal open-skies proposals." The ...
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Aer Lingus is back in the black
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON AER LINGUS IS BACK making profits after the crises of the past two years, which executive chairman Bernie Cahill admits brought the Irish flag-carrier close to collapse. The group has had to fight its way back from "the very edge of a precipice", says ...
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Catching the battlebus
The Future Large Aircraft (FLA) project is, according to all the assurances, going to be revolution among co-operative European military projects in that it is going to be run on commercial lines. The aircraft is to be built by Airbus Industrie, and workshares for the participating nations are to be ...
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Aero Lloyd launches V2533 and A321-200
GERMAN CHARTER operator Aero Lloyd is to acquire up to 22 Airbus narrowbodies in a deal which launches the extended range A321-200 variant and boosts International Aero Engines. The package consists of two A320s and four A321-200s purchased from Airbus (with options on four undefined models), together with ...
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Smiths says downturn may have ended
SMITHS INDUSTRIES believes that it may have hit the bottom of the aerospace downturn after reporting steady sales and improved profits for the first half of its financial year. The Smiths aerospace group turned in sales of £172 million for its first half to the end of January. ...
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Throttles and pilots are key Tarom issues
David Learmount/LONDON THE PRIMARY CAUSE of the Tarom Airbus A310-300 crash at Bucharest appears to have been a throttle lever which became mechanically jammed at the full-power position while the autothrottle was engaged, according to the official interim report. All 49 passengers and 11 crew died ...
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UK MoD signs JAST agreement with USA
Douglas Barrie/LONDON SENIOR US AND UK defence officials have signed a statement of intent covering UK involvement in the Pentagon's Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) future combat-aircraft programme. The agreement, signed at the beginning of April, clears the way for negotiating a full memorandum of understanding ...
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Clinton presents ATC reshuffle plan
THE US CLINTON Administration has delivered to Congress a reorganisation plan which would shrink the Federal Aviation Administration through the creation of a quasi-governmental corporation responsible for air traffic control (ATC). About 40,000 FAA workers would transfer to the new US Air Traffic Services Corporation. The FAA would ...
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United overhauls fleet expansion
UNITED AIRLINES IS revamping its fleet plan in a move which will reduce the rate at which capacity is added, but will bring down the average fleet age faster than expected. The carrier's latest five-year plan includes the replacement of 94 in-service aircraft with Boeing 777s and Airbus ...
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FLA partners grapple to meet May deadline
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE EUROFLAG Future Large Aircraft (FLA) management agency will be wound up in May, but the partner nations and Airbus Industrie are struggling to have a replacement industrial organisation ready in time to meet this target date. Establishing the FLA programme under the auspices ...
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Rivals push attack-helicopter into politics
RIVAL BIDDERS FOR the UK's £2.7 billion attack-helicopter programme are pushing the competition into the political arena, lobbying fiercely over which bid will best strengthen the UK defence industrial base. Earlier this month, GEC effectively tore up the manufacturing basis of its bid with the Bell Cobra Venom, ...
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Airbus 'fought' Boeing lawsuit
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE and its member companies strongly resisted Boeing's lawsuit over alleged slat-mechanism patent infringements, according to sources caught up in the affair. The Boeing allegation is bitterly resented by Belgian companies responsible for production of Airbus slat mechanisms. The BelAirbus umbrella company is responsible for ...
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Aero Vodochody secures L-159 launch customer
AERO VODOCHODY HAS finally secured a launch order for its L-159 light-attack aircraft, with the Czech Government committing to purchasing 72 aircraft for its air force. The Government gave the go-ahead for production on 11 April following the conclusion of a development agreement, says Aero Vodochody vice-president for ...
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Dufour will press ahead with Snecma economies
SNECMA PRESIDENT Bernard Dufour has revealed plans to relocate key sites within the group, while further job losses are expected as part of the company's effort to become profitable. Military-engine activity will be moved from Paris to the Corbeil plant, while the headquarters of subsidiaries such as Hispano-Suiza ...
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Hawker Siddeley
Hawker Siddeley Canada's Orenda division has received contracts totalling C$54 million ($40 million) to provide repair, overhaul and support for General Electric engines powering Canadian Forces McDonnell Douglas CF-18s and Canadair CT-114s. Source: Flight International
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Arrow tests
Elta will test the EL\M-2000 radar associated with the Arrow anti-ballistic missile system in the next simulated missile intercept, now scheduled for mid-1995. The radar will be used for target detection and fire control of the Arrow. Use of mature phased-array technology used in other programmes has helped to minimise ...
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Seven GSLV engines
Russia will supply India with seven cryogenic rocket engines under a settlement re-negotiated after the original deal (which also involved the transfer of technology) was vetoed by the USA. The engines will be used on India's Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), the first launch of which is scheduled in 1998. ...
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Hunter near to delivery
THE FIRST TRW/Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Hunter joint tactical unmanned air vehicle (JT-UAV) is scheduled to be handed over to the US Army by the end of April. Flight-testing of the Hunter continues in the USA and Israel to avoid further delays in delivering the system. By the ...