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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 ...
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India appeals for Israeli help on LCA
INDIA HAS turned to Israel in an attempt to rescue its faltering Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme. Talks between the two sides are under way about the Israelis providing electronic systems and know-how. The discussions are taking place between Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and India's state-owned Aeronautical Development ...
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NASA picks contractors for X-33 and X-34 projects
NASA HAS PICKED Lockheed, McDonnell Douglas and Rockwell International to compete to build the X-33 re-useable launch-vehicle demonstrator, which could eventually lead to a Space Shuttle replacement. It also announced selection of Orbital Sciences to build and fly the smaller companion X-34 booster-demonstrator, beginning late in 1997. The ...
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Maintaining Balance
The UK Government's decision to buy a mix of EH Industries EH101s and Boeing Chinook helicopters for its armed forces, instead of opting for one or the other, might seem like a typical, British fudge. In the short term - it may be - in the long term - it ...
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Westland clinches UK EH101 deal for RAF
Douglas Barrie/LONDON WESTLAND HAS secured a £500 million ($780 million) UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) order for a support variant of the Westland/Agusta EH101, with the Government ignoring its avowed preference for open competition in the process. The UK helicopter maker will deliver the first ...
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Paris exhibitors line up
THE PARIS international air show at Le Bourget in June is likely to see the debuts of a variety of aircraft. The Eurofighter EF2000 combat aircraft, the Rockwell/Daimler-Benz Aerospace X-31 research aircraft, the Boeing 777 twin-engine wide-body, the Bell Boeing V-22 tilt-rotor and the Eurocopter EC135 helicopter are ...
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Civilian pilots are just as good
Sir - If the UK Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sir Michael Graydon, can spare the time to look down from his ivory tower, he might be able to discern a large percentage of ex-Royal Air Force pilots leaving the service to get proper jobs as airline pilots. ...
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Airfield fight to spread across UK
GAMTA executives plan a renewed commitment to fighting closures and restrictions at airfields across the UK after securing increased Government sympathy. Civil servants present confirmed that a series of encouraging Government statements over recent months was explicitly intended to create a better regulatory environment for business aviation. Delegates ...
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Boeing trails maintenance time saver
BOEING HAS designed and built a trailer aimed at reducing engine maintenance times and costs on the US Air Force's new Boeing/Lockheed F-22 fighter. Recent tests using mock-ups of the aircraft's Pratt & Whitney F119 engines and F-22 aft section are already said to have demonstrated the major ...
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Ukrainian Backfires
Ukraine is to keep the Tupolev Tu-22M Backfires it inherited from the Soviet Union as the backbone of its long-range strategic aviation, according to Lt Gen Vladimir Antonets, commander of the Ukrainian Air Force. Antonets argues that Ukraine must have "forces of strategic deterrence". The service has Tu-22Ms with significant ...
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Hellfire Export
The US Army has cleared export sales of the Martin Marietta Hellfire II anti-tank missile. An upgraded version of the original Hellfire, the laser-guided weapon is in production for the US Army's McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache and US Marine Corps' Bell AH-1W helicopter gun ships. Variants of both are being ...