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IAI uprates Kfir fighter for new Philippines sales drive
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries has stepped up efforts to sell its Kfir fighter to the Philippines, with an upgraded variant of the aircraft, dubbed the Kfir 2000, now being proposed. The Israeli Company is offering the Kfir C-10, which is a post-production model with a revised avionics suite. It ...
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IAI proposes low-cost radar upgrade for MiG-21 Fishbed
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries (IAI) is proposing a low-cost radar upgrade for the Mikoyan MiG-21bis Fishbed, based on modification of the aircraft's existing radar. One contract has already been signed. The radar package is based on modifying the MiG-21's existing radar, so that its video output is displayed either ...
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NTSB urges ASDE-3 movement
THE US NATIONAL Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging the Federal Aviation Administration to allow the immediate commissioning of the Westinghouse Norden Systems ASDE-3 surface-movement radar installed at 23 US airports. It also wants the FAA to speed up development of the associated Airport Movement Area Safety ...
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EC tries to close ranks over US open-skies deals
Julian Moxon/PARIS EUROPEAN TRANSPORT ministers will be asked to toe the line on a common "open-skies" policy for the European Union in a crucial meeting to be held in Brussels on 13-14 March. The matter has moved to the top of the agenda as the ...
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United boss warns USA on fuel tax
A MOVE BY the Clinton Administration to begin collecting a transportation fuel tax from US airlines could shut down some financially struggling US carriers, United Airlines chairman and chief executive Gerald Greenwald, has warned. The previously enacted fuel surcharge, was waived by the US Government until October 1995, ...
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Corporatised NZAC cuts ATC cost charges
AIRWAYS CORPORATION of New Zealand, which supplies air-traffic services to the country, has reduced its charges by a further 3% for en route instrument-flight-rules operations and international airport-approach services. The reductions follow a 10% discount already in place from October 1994. Airways Corporation chairman, Rex Loach says, that ...
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USAir cuts point-to-point routes as it retreats into primary hubs
USAIR PLANS TO retreat from low-cost point-to-point competition and re-focus operations around its major hubs. The re-organisation will result in a 5% cut in capacity across the carrier's route system. The beleaguered airline, which is still trying to win labour concessions from union workers, will retrench ...
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Belgian scandal results in 'suicide'
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS A FORMER CHIEF of the Belgian air force has apparently committed suicide as a result of Belgian police investigations into the widening corruption scandal surrounding the Ministry of Defence's purchase of Agusta A.109 helicopters. Gen. Jacques Lefebvre, chief of staff of the ...
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Hughes LEAP test fails to hit target
A HUGHES KINETIC kill vehicle failed to hit a simulated Scud target during an exo-atmospheric intercept test on 4 March off the coast of North Carolina. Telemetry from the Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile (LEAP) test shows that deviations from the expected interceptor missile flight path may have contributed to ...
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UK restructuring pays dividend
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON TWO YEARS OF SEVERE cost-cutting is beginning to pay dividends for UK aerospace companies, with Rolls-Royce and British Aerospace leading a better round of financial results for the industry. Both groups also confirm that their programmes of plant closures and redundancies are now coming to ...
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Cat III GPS 'feasible', USA will tell ICAO
Kieran Daly/LONDON THE USA IS TO present data to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) which, it says, demonstrate the feasibility of Category III satellite-navigation precision approaches. US delegates to the key Communications/Operations Divisional meeting (COM-OPS 95), due to take place in Montreal between 27 ...
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Russian air force chief admits Chechnya combat loss
The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian air force has admitted that the service lost one Sukhoi Su-25 in combat operations in Chechnya, while 14 other aircraft have been damaged by ground fire, including one Ilyshin Il-76 transport. Col. Gen. Piotr Deinekin once again claimed, that the air force had ...
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Europe moves towards joint procurement organisation
MOVES ARE gathering pace to set up a central European procurement agency. Senior UK and German defence officials met on 9 March in London to discuss a coordinated approach to the establishment of a joint-procurement policy. Roger Freeman, the UK defence procurement minister, met his German counterpart, Jorg ...
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Rio-Sul finalises Nordeste purchase
RIO-SUL HAS FINALLY sealed a $7 million bid to buy fellow Brazilian regional Nordeste Lineas Aeres. Rio-Sul, which is part of the Varig group, had been attempting to make the acquisition for over two years, but ran into political opposition from the Bahia region in the north-east of ...
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Canada warned on research and development
CANADA'S AEROSPACE industry is warning that up to 75% of its 20,000 research-and-development (R&D) jobs may be in jeopardy if the Government goes ahead with plans to kill the Defence Industry Productivity Programme (DIPP). Industry minister John Manley revealed after the 27 February federal budget that DIPP ...
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Crash mars resumption of Hunter UAV tests
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC FLIGHT TESTING of the TRW/IAI Hunter short-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been marred by yet another crash. Meanwhile, the UAV project, which has been beset by a series of technical setbacks, faces an independent US Department of Defense review, which could affect future ...
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USA ponders ARIA request to guarantee loans for Il-96Ms
A POLITICAL ROW involving the Ilyushin Il-96M, Boeing and Pratt & Whitney is expected to be resolved in mid-April when the US Export Import Bank (Exim) decides whether to make loan guarantees sought by Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines (ARIA). The trade dispute within the US aerospace industry and the ...
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BWIA owners aim to double revenue
Kieran Daly/LONDON BWIA INTERNATIONAL Airways' new owners believe that they can more than double the Trinidad and Tobago flag-carriers turnover in five years. The airline, now owned by the Acker Group, its Caribbean investors and employees, will shortly place orders for two Boeing 767-300ERs and ...
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BA considers A330 for medium-haul fleet update
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS plans to make a decision on updating its medium-haul fleet within the next 12 months, with the Airbus A330 among the contenders. The airline says that in a year's time it will be in a position to begin "seriously considering" acquisition ...
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Tests back ATR icing solution
ATR IS TO PRESS AHEAD with certification of its proposed wing de-icing-boot modification, following successful tests in the USA. The modification, which resulted from the fatal crash of an ATR 72 near Chicago in October 1994, will double the size of the leading edge boots (Flight International, 11-17 ...