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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 ...
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Hong Kong terminal
Hong Kong's Provisional Airport Authority has signed a HK$10.1 billion ($1.29 billion) contract for the construction of the passenger terminal building at the new Chek Lap Kok Airport. The 490,000m2 (5.27 million sq.ft.) terminal will be built by a joint Anglo-Sino-Japanese consortium. Source: Flight International
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RAF C-130J takes shape
Lockheed Martin has begun final assembly of the first C-130J Hercules 2 transport. The aircraft, the first of 25 stretched C-130J-30s for the Royal Air Force, is one of an initial batch of five production Hercules 2s which will be used for flight testing. Three of the initial batch are ...
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ARIA shows first Tu-204
AEROFLOT RUSSIAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES (ARIA) received its first Tupolev Tu-204 at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport on 7 April. The aircraft, RA64010, is the first of four 204C cargo variants to be produced this year and was delivered in a new ARIA livery under consideration for the carrier's entire fleet. Two of ...
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Eurocopter sees Osiris through trials
EUROCOPTER HAS COMPLETED its first series of flight tests with the Osiris mast-mounted sight for its Tiger attack-helicopter programme. The sight is being developed by Aerospatiale Missiles in conjunction with the SATEL consortium. The Osiris was test flown on a Eurocopter Panther which also carried the Euromissile Long Range Trigat ...
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Saab to provide computers for Thai satellite
SAAB ERICSSON SPACE has won a SKr20 million ($2.7 million) order to provide computer systems for use on Thailand's Thaicom 3 telecommunications satellite. The order comes via Aerospatiale, the main supplier to Thailand's Shinawatra Satellite. The French manufacturer is the first European company to penetrate this formerly US-dominated ...
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Hawker 800 for Russia
Raytheon has delivered its first Hawker 800 to a Russian operator. The pre-owned business jet has gone to Moscow-based transport and property-development company the Master Group. Source: Flight International
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US small-aircraft regulations now available on CD-ROM
AIRCRAFT TECHNICAL Publishers (ATP) has introduced a CD-ROM library of US aviation regulations governing small aircraft and rotorcraft. The library is the latest addition to the Brisbane, California, firm's Navigator CD-ROM product line. The US Aviation Regulatory Library for Small Aircraft and Rotorcraft contains airworthiness directives, service bulletins, ...
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Airbus develops infra-red water detector
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has developed a new infrared thermographic-inspection technique for detecting water ingress in composite-sandwich structures. The manufacturer says, that the procedure is proving so successful that it has been, recommended for use by all operators of Airbus aircraft. Infrared thermography is based on the principle that ...
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An invasion of privacy
Private aviation is, understandably, regarded as just that: private. Pilots often consider it their right to disregard established practices, especially outside controlled or busy airspace. As private pilots cannot be denied privacy and freedom, the only effective method of softening their resistance to regulation and safe practices is ...
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Singapore/Australian air force plan in doubt
FAILURE TO deliver promised economic benefits is jeopardising a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) proposal to base a second wave of Singaporean armed forces training aircraft and personnel in Australia. Approval for the plan hinges on Singapore's delivery of economic benefits foreshadowed in an earlier memorandum ...
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Rotary FANS
It is one of the ironies of the future air-navigation system (FANS) that, although it is aimed primarily at airline operations, the general-aviation (GA) community is so far its major user. One FANS element - satellite navigation - is already commonplace in fixed-wing GA in the form of the global-positioning ...
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More than one niche?
When it was launched at the 1990 National Business Aircraft Association show in the USA, the PC-XII was offered as a high-performance, low-operating-cost corporate/utility aircraft. Now, Pilatus is working with other large single-turboprop manufacturers Cessna and Aerospatiale to modify the certification rules so that the aircraft can be operated commercially ...
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Laser ignition system will be demonstrated later this year
AlliedSignal is developing a laser-based gas-turbine ignition system for improved starting reliability and lower emissions. The "Photon-Ignition" system is scheduled to be demonstrated in an engine later this year and may also be used, in conjunction with NASA, to develop "smart" fuel injectors. The photon-ignition system ...
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Pegasus XL lofts first Orbcomm satellites
THE ORBITAL SCIENCES (OSC) Pegasus XL air-launched booster was used successfully to place the first two of the company's Orbcomm communications satellites into 728km (390nm) circular orbit on 3 April. OSC's Microlab 1 research satellite, a smaller version of Orbcomm's MicroStar standard satellite bus equipped with NASA and ...
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EH101 compensation for Unisys
THE CANADIAN Government has agreed to pay C$166 million ($118 million) compensation to Unisys GSG Canada, one of the prime contractors on a Canadian purchase of EH Industries EH101 helicopters, 17 months after the project was cancelled by the incoming Liberal government. Scrapping the C$5.8 billion programme for ...
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Israel and Chile settle Phalcon disagreement
ISRAEL AND CHILE have settle a row which threatened to delay substantially delivery of the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)-developed Phalcon airborne early-warning system to the Chilean air force. Following agreement between IAI and the Chilean air force, the aircraft will now be delivered early in May. Chile had ...