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Pentagon endorses Lockheed/ Martin Marietta merger plan
THE PENTAGON HAS given its blessing to the merger of Lockheed and Martin Marietta, in an official endorsement which company officials hope will pave the way for final approval to be given over the next few months. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) still has to give the ...
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Zambian void attracts potential players
AT LEAST THREE companies have entered the contest to replace Zambia Airways, which collapsed in December 1994. Two organisations in which South African Airways (SAA) is involved - although not SAA itself - are attempting to provide a complementary solution to Zambia's needs; but a rival entity ...
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MGM Grand Air sold off
MGM GRAND, THE US hotel and casino operator, has sold its luxury charter airline, to Michigan based American International Airways (AIA). Despite the relaunch in 1994 of scheduled routes to Las Vegas, MGM Grand Air had been losing money. The deal includes the fleet of three ...
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Tupolev to collect Russian approval for Tu-204 airliner
TUPOLEV IS DUE to receive formally its Russian type certificate for the Tu-204 after winning certification on 29 December 1994. Protocol issues have postponed the presentation until 10 January, but the delay means that the manufacturer is still uncertain whether, as it suspects, the certification will include a ...
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Casa gains state aid
CASA IS TO receive further aid from the Spanish Government, aimed at tiding over the state-owned aerospace group until it starts to see returns from Airbus A330 and A340 sales. The Spanish Government provisionally authorised an extra Ptas 6.3 billion ($47 million) on 23 December and plans to ...
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Boeing buys Litton Precision Gear
BOEING HAS PURCHASED Litton Precision Gear, the Chicago-based helicopter-transmission manufacturer, to "...ensure a reliable supply of high-quality gears" for its main helicopter lines. The former Litton Systems division employs 170 people and is the principal supplier of transmissions for Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport and McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache ...
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MDC plans to test new aft- nozzle design on Harrier II
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) plans to begin flight-testing a new aft-nozzle design on its AV-8B Harrier II technology demonstrator, beginning in February. The aircraft has been used to evaluate wingtip-mounted AIM-9 Sidewinders since its first flight on 30 November 1994. The "zero-scarf" aft nozzles have been developed by Rolls ...
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Python 4 offers 'see and kill' breakthrough
The Python 4 made by Israeli missile-manufacturer Rafael is claimed to be the world's first "see and kill" air-to-air missile, offering almost a 100% chance of a successful engagement if the pilot sees the target, say sources. New details reveal that the missile, which may have been in ...
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BE Aerospace posts third-quarter loss
BE AEROSPACE (BEA) sank to a loss in its third quarter, after writing off nearly $24 million against in-flight entertainment products outdated through the success of the group's MDDS interactive systems. The group had warned earlier that a charge would be made, but had not revealed the scale. ...
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Boeing and Airbus tie on 1994 order intake
Kevin O'Toole/London BOEING AND AIRBUS have ended 1994 virtually tied on the volume of new aircraft orders taken during the year, according to preliminary figures released by Seattle and Toulouse. Early returns suggest that Airbus may even have beaten its rival by a single aircraft, after ...
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Taiwan deal signals SJ30 go-ahead
Ramon Lopez/MARTINSBURG SWEARINGEN SJ30 light business-jets will be rolled off the final assembly line at the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport in the first quarter of 1997. Aircraft production was made possible by the recent formation of a venture between San Antonio, Texas-based Swearingen Aircraft ...
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PW4084-powered 777 undergoes service-ready tests
BOEING BEGAN a 1,000-flight service-ready testing programme of the Pratt & Whitney PW4084-powered 777 on 29 December 1994, almost two months later than hoped. It says that cyclic testing is going better than expected, however. Approval for extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) with the 777 when the twinjet enters ...
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Change-over from Ariane 4 to Ariane 5 'will take three years'
THE TRANSITION FROM using the Ariane 4 to the new Ariane 5 launcher, due for its maiden flight on 29 November, will take three years, says Arianespace president Charles Bigot. Launches will be split about 50/50 between the two vehicles during the period, and will be allocated by ...
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Stealth leader dies
BEN RICH, who led the development of the F-117 stealth fighter, as chief of Lockheed's "Skunk Works", died on 5 January, aged 69, after a lengthy illness. Rich joined Lockheed in 1950 and participated in the design of the F-104, U-2, YF-12 and SR-71. He was named senior ...
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Peregrine founder killed in BD-10 private jet accident
A BEDE JET BD-10 turbojet-powered private jet crashed on 30 December, 1994, killing the pilot, Michael Van Wagenen - president and founder of Peregrine Flight International, the company which recently acquired the rights to certificate and manufacture the BD-10 for the general-aviation market (Flight Inter- national, 4-10 January). ...
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Rudder ruled out in Coventry
UK INVESTIGATORS are virtually certain, that control difficulties played no part in the crash of an Air Algerie Boeing 737-200 on approach to Coventry Airport. They have found no evidence of rudder-control malfunction in the 21 December 1994, accident and believe that the aircraft's impact with an electricity ...
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Snecma boss refuses to bow to demands for M88 price cuts
NEW CONTROVERSY is surrounding Bernard Dufour, the recently installed president of French engine- manufacturer Snecma, with his refusal to accept the defence ministry's demand for a 2% reduction in the price of a batch of M88 fighter engines. Dufour caused a stir, shortly after he was named president ...
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The numbers game
For the first time in decades, there is an argument over which company sold the most new airliners in 1994. At headline level the dispute is, of course, irrelevant in a business whose time-scales are so long. Underneath, however, the fact that there is an argument at all, suggests that ...