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Ladish models forging process for Rolls-Royce Trent 500
Ladish has finished computer modelling the forging processes for critical components of the Rolls-Royce Trent 500 turbofan being developed to power the Airbus A340-500/600. The Cudahy, Wisconsin-based company is producing several components for the engine. Process modelling eliminates the traditional approach of developing components using a step-by-step, trial-and-error methodology. ...
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Messier-Dowty plans giant drop rig
Messier-Dowty, now wholly owned by Snecma, is to build Europe's largest landing gear drop test rig. The MEGA (Machine d'Essais pour Grands Atterrisseurs) is a $3 million project to assemble the rig in Toulouse. Entry into service is scheduled for early 2000. The rig will be sited at the ...
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Rolls-Royce ties up RB211 Qantas upgrade
Rolls-Royce has secured a deal with Qantas to upgrade its fleet of RB211-524 turbofans to the new -524G/HT standard and a further $1 billion worth of Trent 500 engine orders from Emirates and International Lease Finance (ILFC). The Qantas order covers modernising airline's fleet of 18 RB211-powered Boeing 747-400 ...
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GECAS signs $3.2 billion Airbus/Boeing contracts
General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has placed orders worth an estimated $3.2 billion with Airbus Industrie and Boeing for up 52 aircraft. The deal with Airbus, for 30 A320 family aircraft plus options on a further 10, takes the US leasing company's orders for the twinjet to 82 ...
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GE overhaul network continues to expand
General Electric is continuing the aggressive expansion of its engine overhaul and maintenance network by forming GE Varig Engine Services, a new joint company to be located at the Brazilian airline's Galeao International Airport overhaul site in Rio de Janeiro. The company is being formed through its recently acquired ...
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$85m RJ deal boosts Avro
Mike Martin British Aerospace Regional Aircraft announced the sale of three Avro RJ100 aircraft at Farnborough '98 yesterday. The $80 million deal was with Swissair Group leasing arm Flightlease and the aircraft will be delivered in July, September and October, 1999. The order may have a deeper significance ...
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Cost scuppers CFM's 'green' engine design
CFM International (CFMI) has decided to abandon its environmentally-friendly double annular combustor (DAC) technology in future powerplant designs because it is too expensive to make. The company is looking at ways of reducing emissions using a conventional combustor instead, as part of a wide-ranging study aimed at cutting the ...
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Lockheed and Woodward in engine controls joint venture
Lockheed Martin Control Systems and Woodward Governor have formed a limited-liability joint venture to provide aero-engine control systems design, integration, manufacturing and product support. The companies say that the new venture, called Aesys, is a further step in the strategic partnership that they first announced at the Farnborough Air ...
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Whittle award aims to encourage young engineering talent
Geoff Thomas The UK's 'red rose' county of Lancashire has always featured strongly in aviation innovation, so it is appropriate that the Consortium of Lancashire Aerospace (CLA) should have obtained major sponsorship from Rolls-Royce for its Sir Frank Whittle Award. This prestigious new award, aimed at attracting some ...
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Delta Air orders two more 777s
American operator Delta Air Lines has ordered an additional two Boeing 777s powered by Rolls-Royce's Trent 892 engines, it was announced at Farnborough yesterday. The order is worth more than $50 million to Rolls-Royce and the aircraft will be delivered in 1999. These two incremental aircraft increase Delta's ...
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Three more customers for Honeywell Pegasus system
Honeywell has added Austrian Airlines, Sabena and Swissair to its growing list of Pegasus Flight Management System (FMS) customers. The systems will be fitted to their Airbus fleets, bringing the number of companies choosing Pegasus to more than 30. The system provides airlines with new capabilities to take ...
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Airbus agreement
French nacelle maker Hurel-Dubois has announced that it has signed a MOU with Airbus for work on the A3XX large aircraft programme. Source: Flight Daily News
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New Sepcarb brake makes inroads
Messier Bugatti's latest carbon brake, Sepcarb III PLUS has been selected by Air Tours, All Nippon Airways, Ansett, Royal Brunei and Sabena for their Airbus A319/A320s. A total of 107 aircraft will have the brakes fitted from the second quarter of 1999 when Supercarb III PLUS brakes enter service. ...
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MTU plans Chinese venture
MTU and China Southern Airlines are to establish a joint venture that will broaden their range of maintenance activities. The move will strengthen Daimler affiliate MTU's position as a leading independent maintenance provider. Following a feasibility study, the joint venture agreement should be finalised by June 1999 to ...
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Boeing racks up $2bn more in orders
Mike Martin Boeing announced a raft of orders together worth more than $2 billion yesterday. The biggest order, totalling $1.27 billion, was from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) for nine extended range 767-300ERs and three 767-400ERs. All the aircraft will be powered by General Electric CF6-80C2 engines. ...
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UPS deal heads $8bn Airbus spree
Karen Walker Airbus Industrie chalked up yet another coup yesterday when it announced two multi-billion-dollar deals and secured a new customer, United Parcel Service (UPS), which has selected the A300-600 freighter for its widebody fleet. Wednesday's UPS order, worth $4.8 billion, combined with a $2 billion order from ...
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Europeans team to challenge Jeppesen dominance
The specialised world of flight planning and documentation, long dominated by US giant Jeppesen, is set for its biggest shake-up ever through the formation of an alliance of three of Europe's key players in the field. Lufthansa Group's Lido unit, SAS Flight Support (SASFS), and Air France Aeronautical are ...
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Fairchild introduces 728JET suppliers
Mark Hannant The next stage of Fairchild Aerospace's programme to build the 728JET family of regional jets was announced at the show yesterday as the company introduced the system suppliers it has chosen for the project. As announced last month, General Electric will provide CF34-8D engines incorporating a ...
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BAe, R-R join universities in research programme
Two of Britain's major aerospace companies have joined with three leading universities in a joint programme of research into engineering processes for the new millennium. British Aerospace and Rolls-Royce are jointly investing £1.5 million ($2.4 million) in setting up a unique five-year University Technology Partnership (UTP) agreement with the ...
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New contracts total over $1bn for Lucas
Mark Hannant New contracts worth well over $1 billion have been announced by Lucas Aerospace. The UK electronics giant will supply for Fairchild Aerospace's new 728JET the complete fly-by-wire flight control system - a contract worth £600 million ($960 million) - and a major proportion of the primary ...