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Week ending February 4, 2001
+++ Europe presents "2020" research vision +++ SAirGroup to withdraw from TAP Air Portugal privatisation +++ 2000 was a good year for Airbus +++ European Airlines: 200 million passengers in 2000 +++ A400M procurement mechanics established +++ CRJ700 deliveries start +++ News in brief +++

Europe presents "2020" research vision
Forschungspläne der EU vorgelegt

Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin has unveiled the strategy paper on European aeronautics which he asked a group of high-ranking persons to develop. The 2001 Hamburg Aeronautics Days will set the scene for airlines, airports, regulators, air traffic managers, aircraft manufacturers and researchers to make their ideas and needs known and to embrace a European perspective. For Philippe Busquin, the rationale behind this vision is clear: "The competitiveness of our aeronautics industry depends on research. If Europe wants to stay a global player in the aeronautics world it cannot afford to fragment its research effort or to waste resources through duplication or lack of co-ordination. The way research is organised at the moment has failed to keep pace with changes in the industry's own structures. I offer my help in this co-ordination effort by making aeronautics a showcase for the implementation of the European research Area and by making it a priority in the proposal for the next Framework Programme for Research, which the Commission should adopt in some weeks."
Whilst the European aeronautics sector is well organised and strong in terms of aircraft production, its research effort lags substantially behind that of the USA, and is scattered in various national programmes and centres. Europe's aeronautics sector faces stark challenges in the coming 20 years. It is expected that air traffic volume will triple until 2020 and a new aircraft generation will need to be developed to face environmental and safety concerns voiced by citizens and politicians alike. Air traffic control needs to be improved and unified, and the sector will face increasing liberalisation as well as more competition from known players and new entrants. Moreover, the "2020 Vision" paper sets ambitious targets, which will require substantial investment in research and technology development.
The '2020 Vision' report makes two main recommendations: The creation of an Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe and the use of different forms of co-operation, in particular between national programmes and the European Union, as well as transnational partnerships in the best possible way to achieve the above goals. The Commission intends to set up the Advisory Council by mid 2001 and will think about ways to enable a reinforced co-operation between Member States, if problems can neither be solved at a national level nor tackled at community level. This could be achieved through judicious application of Article 169 of the Treaty, which allows for a great flexibility in the handling and fixing of the rules of the game if several Member States have agreed to embark on a common action.

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SAirGroup to withdraw from TAP Air Portugal privatisation
Swissair nicht mehr an TAP interessiert

On February 1, the Portuguese government and the SAirGroup reached agreement in Lisbon on the Group's withdrawal from TAP Air Portugal's privatisation process. The Portuguese Minister of Transport, Jorge Coelho and SAirGroup Chairman and CEO Dr. Eric Honegger met in an atmosphere of openness and mutual trust to discuss the current situation. The resulting agreement calls for the SAirGroup towithdraw from the privatisation process of TAP Air Portugal. The commercial cooperation between the SAirGroup and TAP will continue and the Portuguese airline will remain a member of the Qualiflyer Group. Both the SAirGroup and TAP are currently studying their respective alliance strategies. To ensure that TAP's restructuring process continues successfully, an agreement was reached whereby the SAirGroup will guarantee TAP's short-term financial needs. The agreement was worked out in the presence of TAP CEO Fernando Pinto. The guarantee will count against any eventual obligations resulting from the SAirGroup's withdrawal from the privatisation process.

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2000 was a good year for Airbus
Airbus mit dem Jahr 2000 zufrieden

Airbus Industrie consolidated its international market position in 2000 - with the A320 single-aisle airliner family setting the pace in terms of order volume, and the A330/A340 selected by a growing customer base. Speaking at the annual year-in-review press briefing, Airbus Chief Executive Officer Noël Forgeard said the 520 firm orders booked during the year were above expectations, while the delivery of 311 aircraft also was more than planned. "A year ago at this very same press conference, many of you were doubtful that we would ever achieve the A380's launch, and even questioned the programme," Forgeard told reporters. "I am glad to see that the mood has completely changed now. Airbus is used to this: whenever we undertake something, we are faced with scepticism until the time we deliver on our promise."
Forgeard noted the 520 aircraft sold in 2000 corresponded to a 46 per cent share of the overall market, which "is consistent with our objective of winning roughly half of all orders for civil aircraft with more than 100 seats." The total orders booked by Airbus Industrie from its creation in 1970 through the end of 2000 stood at 4,125 from 173 customers, while 2,499 aircraft were delivered to international airlines and operators during this 30-year period. The A320 Family accounted for 388 of the orders logged in 2000, including 41 for the newest family member - the 107-seat A318, which is now in production for a service entry in late 2002.
During today's press briefing in Paris, Forgeard announced that Airbus has decided to begin offering an all-freighter derivative of the A330-200. A formal production go-ahead will depend on a sufficient number of airline orders for this A330 version.
Separately, Forgeard said Airbus will not offer airlines a shortened-fuselage passenger version of the A330 this year. "We decided Airbus has a sufficient number of projects underway, and we do not want to be too scattered," Forgeard stated. "The aircraft - which had been given the A330-500 designation - is not cancelled. Instead, the choice was made not to include it in our formal 2001 marketing effort."

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European Airlines: 200 million passengers in 2000
AEA gibt Passagierzahlen bekannt

The 29 major airlines which form the membership of the Association of European Airlines boarded an estimated 201 million passengers last year - that is to say, more than half a million per day - compared with 186 million in 1999. This represented an increase of 7.9%, which is very close to the average growth figure recorded over the last nine years. For the time being, these figures are estimates, derived from the AEA's monthly collection of passenger-kilometre data. In passenger-kilometre terms, the annual increase was slightly smaller, at 7.5%. This difference is accounted for by a slightly higher than average growth figure in Europe, where evidently distances flown are shorter.
Travel on the busy North Atlantic routes also grew at a higher-than-average rate of 8.1%, but this was offset by more modest increases on Far Eastern and African routes, of 4.8% and 4.2% respectively. The year's most notable feature was the very modest capacity increase relative to the traffic growth: 4.2%. The outcome was that the annual load factor reached an all-time high of 73.5%, beating the previous record, set in 1998, by 1.2 percentage points.

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A400M procurement mechanics established
Fortschritte beim A400M-Programm

An Interim International Programme Office, (IIPO), staffed from the A400M launch nations has been established in Toulouse. This office, operational from the beginning of this year, will manage procurement issues up to and beyond contract signature until the formation of the Programme Division for A400M by OCCAR, the agency through which the aircraft will be acquired by the nations. Having come together in 1996 to define the European Staff Requirement (ESR), and draw up a specification for the future military airlifter, the customer nations also determined that a common organisation should have the responsibility for managing procurement issues. The natural candidate for such a task was OCCAR, the Organisme Conjoint de Cooperation en matière d'Armement. This entity was set up in 1996 by the British, French, German and Italian governments with the purpose of streamlining and harmonising the military procurement process. The recent acceptance of Spain's application to join OCCAR has further extended the organisation's authority. The opening of the IIPO office is another significant step forward towards the full-scale programme launch of the A400M.

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CRJ700 deliveries start
Brit Air erhält erste Bombardier CRJ700

On 31 January, Bombardier Aerospace delivered the first of 12 new CRJ700 regional jet airliners to launch customer Brit Air of Morlaix, France. This represents the first commercial delivery of Bombardier's new CRJ700 regional jet. The 70-seat aircraft, a lengthened, higher-capacity version of Bombardier's revolutionary 50-seat CRJ, will enter service with Brit Air on an Air France route by mid-February. Four CRJ700 aircraft will be in the airline's fleet during Brit Air's summer season. The airline currently operates 20 CRJ100 50-seat aircraft.
Bombardier officially launched the CRJ700 program on Jan. 21, 1997 with 67 orders, options and memoranda of understanding from eight airlines on four continents - the first firm orders coming from Brit Air. Bombardier now has firm orders for 174 CRJ700 aircraft plus 317 conditional orders and options for a total of 491 units from 14 customers on five continents.

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NEWS IN BRIEF / KURZMELDUNGEN

US Airways continues to grow its fleet of Airbus aircraft with the entry-into-service of the single-aisle A321 of which it has ordered 34. With the departure of the Philadelphia to Los Angeles flight this Sunday, US Airways becomes the first U.S. operator of the type as well as the first carrier to fly all three members of the Airbus A320 single-aisle family in the United States. Seating 169 passengers in a two-class layout, US Airways' A321s are configured with 26 seats in First Class and 143 seats in Economy. Boasting the widest cabin in its class, the A320 Family provides passengers with a more spacious and comfortable cabin as well as wider seats and aisles. US Airways' A320 Family aircraft feature laptop power ports at every seat.
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A newly delivered A320 Full Flight Simulator, located in the Airbus Training Center in Miami, has received the first ever Initial Joint Certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European JAA. The A320 simulator, manufactured by BAE SYSTEMS, was granted Level "D" certification in this approval process. Level "D" certification is the highest rating awarded and allows all training and
testing to be done in the simulator. In the past, each individual airworthiness authority would perform a separate certification, requiring Airbus to set aside several days of simulator time. By combining the certification process of several authorities at once, Airbus is able to free up additional simulator time for its airline customers. This also allows customers from around the world to have greater ease of access to pre-certified training equipment and facilities.
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Boeing has begun flight-testing a number of enhancements installed on board a NATO AWACS aircraft. These upgrades are part of the $491 million NATO Mid-Term Modernization Program. Retrofit of the entire fleet of 17 aircraft will be implemented during a follow on contract. During the first of 40 scheduled flights, operators evaluated whether the aircraft's radar, identification friend or foe electronics, navigation, computers/displays and mission systems performed as designed. The flight test program, including engineering test and evaluation and qualification testing, is scheduled to run until January 2002.
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On 30 January, a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif., was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral. This was the sixth successful launch of the new-generation spacecraft, designated GPS IIR. The company has delivered 14 more of these satellites to the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. for future launches. The satellite launched today, designated GPS IIR-7, will join 28 other operational GPS satellites now on orbit. This satellite will improve global coverage and increase the overall performance of the GPS constellation. The GPS IIR satellites are compatible with the current system and provide improved navigation accuracy, achieved by using an ITT Industries payload system. Additionally, increased autonomy, on-orbit reprogrammability and longer spacecraft life are inherent in the Lockheed Martin satellite design.
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A modular Tactical Upgrade Package for modernizing the Russian MI-8 and MI-17 helicopters has been developed by Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd. (IAI). These rugged assault helicopters, manufactured in the thousands, are in operational service in many countries. Most of them, however, require upgrading to enable them to effectively operate in modern battlefield conditions. IAI is demonstrating the upgraded helicopter, named "Peak-17", at the Aero-India Airshow in Bangalore. IAI will cooperate closely with HAL, the local Indian aircraft industry, to customize the package in accordance with the Indian Air Force's specific requirements.
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The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) X-35C carrier variant (CV) began a series of supersonic envelope-expansion flights on Jan. 31, becoming the second Lockheed Martin JSF demonstrator to exceed the speed of sound. In two separate flights, test pilot Joe Sweeney climbed to 25,000 feet and accelerated to Mach 1.05, then to Mach 1.10, validating the Navy JSF's supersonic performance. The flights are the first in a series designed to test the X-35C at increasingly higher supersonic speeds, and they are among the last before the plane's scheduled transcontinental flight to the U.S. Navy flight-test center at Patuxent River, Md.
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The Italian government selected the Lockheed-Martin F-16 as gap-filler fighter aircraft. The US government will provide 35 F-16A (probably stored ADF models) which will be delivered in the period 2003-2004, and will be returned to Washington in 2010, when the EF.2000 will be fully operational. The contract is a leasing and the cost is around 1,600 billion Italian Lira. This operation will allow the retirement of all the F-104s; the 24 Tornado F.3s will be returned to the UK at the end of their leasing, in the period 2004-2006. The other main possibility considered by the Italian government was the Mirage 2000-5, which France proposed at the price of 2,900 billion ITL (for 28 aircraft). This offer was rejected on the basis of the costs, and on The facts that their armament is different, and the delivery of these new aircraft would have started in 2004.
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The first of three Boeing 777-200ERs (extended range) airplanes to enter the fleet of El Al Israel Airlines was unveiled in a ceremony at the Museum of Flight. Witnessing the event were Alan Mulally, president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group; David Hermesh, president of El Al Israel Airlines; and 200 invited guests. The airline plans to fly the new twinjets on routes between Tel Aviv, Israel, and New York, London and Hong Kong. The 777 is ideally suited for such long-range, non-stop flights, and has an impressive schedule reliability rate of more than 99 percent - the best in its class.
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Boeing has confirmed that Pembroke Group Limited, an Irish airplane financing, leasing and management group, has ordered two additional Boeing 717-200s. The two airplanes are scheduled for delivery in 2002. The Dublin-based company already has ordered 25 717-200s. The first of those was delivered to airline customers in 2000.
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Imagine being able to land a jumbo jet without ever taking control of the stick. NASA scientists recently demonstrated the ability to control a 757 passenger jet simulation, using only human muscle-nerve signals linked to a computer. Scientists outfitted the pilot with an armband implanted with eight electrodes. The sensors read muscle nerve signals as the pilot made the gestures needed to land a computer-generated aircraft at San Francisco International Airport in California. The pilot also demonstrated the ability to land a damaged aircraft during emergency landing drills. The work was reported in the October 2000 proceedings of the World Automation Congress.
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The U.S. Air Force recently issued an expanded operational release for the Lockheed Martin C-130J that dramatically increased the airlifter's approved capabilities. Under this release, which was granted after the second phase of operational test and evaluation (referred to as Phase 1B testing) was completed, the C-130J is now permitted to carry passengers and cargo in operations throughout the continental U.S., Alaska, and Canada. It also clears the aircraft for operation in a range of icing conditions. The previous operational release was limited to conversion training without cargo or passengers, and operations between a specific set of bases, subject to restricted icing limitations.
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Around 400 pioneers of Europe's aircraft industry have celebrated 30 years of Airbus success together with their heirs. They came from France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States to be there; among them were Roger Béteille, Ludwig Bölkow, Felix Kracht, Georges Ville. They were all there, including Bernard Dufour, Max Fischl, Bernard Ziegler and many others, both well-known and unknown. Airbus Industrie is now one of the two largest manufacturers of large commercial aircraft in the world. In Toulouse, the pioneers gathered close to the assembly line of the first Airbus and to the runway from which the first Airbus took off on October 28, 1972. About 100 photographs, depicting the Airbus history, were exhibited in a dedicated place called the "Pioneers Circle", specially designed as a place to re-unite the company's founder fathers. Philippe Camus and Rainer Hertrich, co-CEOs of EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, the major shareholder in Airbus, opened the ceremony.
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After the closing of share purchase agreements on January 31, 2001, Austrian Airlines and its subsidiaries now hold a total of approximately 54.6 % of the voting rights in Lauda Air Luftfahrt AG. In compliance with Section 5 (3) of the Austrian Takeover Act, Austrian Airlines Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG herewith announces that it is preparing a public takeover offer. Until now, Austrian Airlines itself held a stake of 35.9 % in Lauda Air, 2.7 % were owned by its subsidiary Austrian Airlines Lease and Finance Company Limited (A.L.F.). A further 11.1 % of the shares in Lauda Air AG were purchased from Lufthansa. Today, after acquiring an additional approximately 4.9 % of the share capital from the portfolio of SKWB Schöllerbank, Austrian Airlines holds a total of 54.6 % of Lauda Air. Therefore, in compliance with Section 5 (3) of the Austrian Takeover Act, Austrian Airlines Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG herewith announces that it is preparing a public takeover offer.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved the joint application for so-called Anti-Trust Immunity by Star Alliance partners Austrian Airlines Group, United Airlines, Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS). The DOT establishes in its document that approval of the joint application by the airlines does lie in the public interest. Under the joint agreement, routes and schedules can be co-ordinated, joint marketing, advertising and distribution networks established and co-branding and joint products developed. Other points of the Anti-Trust Immunity relate to code sharing, co-ordination of pricing and the integration of frequent flyer programmes.
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Star Alliance has a new Chief Executive Officer. On February 1 William L. Meaney officially took over the helm from Friedel Rödig, who has served as the first CEO of the alliance and now retires. The changing of the guard took place at a regular meeting of the Star Alliance Management Board in Bangkok, Thailand. William Meaney joined Star Alliance from South African Airways where he has held a number of senior executive positions - the most recent one being Executive Vice President in charge of alliances, network management and global sales at the Johannesburg-based carrier.
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The third flight unit of the inhabitable MPLM (Multipurpose Pressurised Logistics Module) for the Space Station leaves today from Turin-Caselle Airport for the United States on board a Beluga, the modified Airbus-300 for the transportation of exceptional loads. "Donatello" was built for the Italian Space Agency (ASI) by Alenia Spazio in Turin. With the departure of this final unit for Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, Alenia Spazio completes the construction of the fleet of logistic modules that, starting next March, will fly between the Earth and the International Space Station. Carried on board the Shuttle, the MPLMs will supply the Station with vital elements for its construction and operation. Although the Station has been permanently manned since last October by three astronauts - the American commander Shepherd, plus the Russians Krikalev and Gidzenco -, it is still in the assembly phase.
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During the January 29, 2001 bilateral summit in Turin, France and Italy agreed to cooperate to develop a system of multi-sensor (radar and optical) Earth observation satellites for both civil and military use. This agreement follows on to earlier talks between the two countries' ministries of defense and of research, in close liaison with France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales and the Italian Space Agency, to merge two separate national projects: CNES' Pleiades and Italy's Cosmo-Skymed.
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On 28 January 2001, the Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation , known by its French acronym OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Cooperation en Matiere d'Armement), gained its own legal identity. This follows the completion of the ratification of the OCCAR Convention by the four founder member states, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, which was signed by Government Ministers at the Farnborough Air Show on 9 September 1998. The attainment of legal status under this international Treaty marks the achievement of a significant milestone in the short history of OCCAR, and establishes it as a stand alone international organisation able to employ its own staff and place contracts directly with industry. OCCAR will provide improved management of collaborative defence equipment programmes involving European partners, will avoid the need to develop individual procedures each time a new collaborative venture commences, and will build a centre of expertise using principles of best procurement practice. The organisation currently manages a number of collaborative programmes, including the HOT/MILAN Anti-tank weapon Systems, the ROLAND Ground to Air Weapons System , the TIGER Attack Helicopter, the Future Surface to Air Missiles Family (FSAF), the Counter Battery Radar (COBRA), and the Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle (GTK/MRAV); the latter two of which involve the United Kingdom. The A400M strategic transport aircraft programme has been earmarked for OCCAR management in due course. Work is also underway to consider the possibility of OCCAR managing a range of other programmes.
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The Swedish Space Corporation and Volvo Aero have formed a joint-venture company, ECAPS, to develop environmentally-friendly fuel for satellite and rocket engines. The new company expects to receive a first order from the Swedish Space Agency early in 2001 to demonstrate the new fuel and will start development of satellite motors using the new propulsion system. Both the Swedish Space Corporation and Volvo Aero hold a 50% interest in ECAPS (ECological Advanced Propulsion Systems).
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The US Department of Defense announced that the fiscal year 2000 listing of the 100 companies receiving the largest dollar volume of prime contract awards is led again by Lockheed Martin Corp. ($15.1 billion), followed by The Boeing Co. ($12.0), Raytheon Corp. ($6.3), General Dynamics Corp. ($4.1), Northrop Grumman Corp. ($3.1), Litton Industries Inc. ($2.7), United Technologies Corp. ($2.1), TRW Inc. ($2.0), **General Electric Co. ($1.6), Science Applications International Corp. ($1.5).
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The Cessna Single Engine Team celebrated the delivery of the 3,000th aircraft from Cessna's Independence, Kansas, facility on February 1, 2001. Vice President Pat Boyarski presented the keys for the new Cessna Skylane to Frank Galella, President of Lincoln Park Aviation. Currently the Cessna single-engine product line includes: the 172R Skyhawk, the 172S Skyhawk SP, the 206H Stationair, the T206 Turbo Stationair, and the recently introduced 182T Skylane and T182T Turbo Skylane.
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The total number of flights in the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) area for the year 2000 stood at 8,442,781 - representing an increase in traffic of 4.8% over the previous year. The average ATFM delay per flight for the year 2000 dropped from 5.4 minutes in 1999 to 3.8 minutes this year. The average delay target per flight set by the EUROCONTROL Provisional Council for the Summer 2000 period (May to October) was 3.5 minutes, based on a traffic growth of 5.3%. The growth recorded was in fact 3.8%. The actual delay recorded was 4.5 minutes average per flight and consisted of 3.6 minutes attributed to en-route and 0.9 minutes to airports. The average delay target set for Summer 2001 remains 3.5 minutes. This has recently been split into 2.8 minutes for en-route delay and 0.7 minutes for airport delay. This split was based on the fact that 20% of the delay recorded in 2000 was attributable to airports. The 2000 Summer period showed an encouraging trend in the downward pressure on delays whilst experiencing an increase of 3.8% in traffic. The coordination between EUROCONTROL and the various national Air Traffic Service Providers (ATSPs) in implementing airspace changes helped in this trend as did some initiatives in collaborative decision-making, for example telephone conferencing between the Central Flow Management Unit, the airlines and the ATSPs.
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Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is being awarded a $211.8 million contract for 24 BLACK HAWK helicopters to serve the Israeli Air Force. Deliveries of the aircraft will take place in 2002. The new S-70A BLACK HAWK aircraft are being built under a Foreign Military Sale agreement between the U.S. Army and Israeli Air Force. In 1998, Sikorsky manufactured 15 BLACK HAWK aircraft for Israel, which also operates a fleet of former U.S. Army BLACK HAWK helicopters,as well as Sikorsky CH-53 heavy-lift aircraft.
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The main phase of the Mars Global Surveyor mission, which began with the launch of this interplanetary probe in November 1996, was successfully completed on Wednesday. According to NASA officials, since 1999, the U.S. automatic station has transmitted tens of thousands of pictures of the Red Planet back to Earth. The amount of information provided exceeds that obtained as a result of all the previous Martian expeditions combined. Scientists regard as particularly important the data indicating that lakes and seas could exist on Mars in the past. This also signifies that life could exist there as well. The Mars Global Surveyor, upon completing large-scale photography of Martian surface, proceeds to the accomplishment of somewhat different scientific tasks. The new phase of its operation will last 14 months. The orbiter will take up, in particular, the study of potential sites for the landing of future spaceships. The probe is also to be used for the relay of commands from Earth to two Martian rovers which are due to arrive at the Red Planet in January 2004.
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A contract has been signed with the German firm Asta-GMBH for the modernisation of the Arkhangelsk airport. Alexander Mishin, deputy director of the Arkhangelsk Airport public joint-stock company, told Itar-Tass on Wednesday that under the contract the German company would draw up to 20 million U.S. dollars in credit resources from foreign banks for the reconstruction of the airport. For its part, the Arkhangelsk Region administration has earmarked 15 million roubles in this year's budget for the implementation of the project. Feasibility study and cost analysis of the reconstruction of the airport have been prepared by another German firm, Daimler Benz Aerospace. Following reconstruction, the airport in Arkhangelsk will be up to international requirements and will be able to receive planes of all types without restrictions. It will be possible to use the airport as a transit or reserve one on international transcontinental airways.
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CAE was awarded a follow-on contract to the current NATO E-3A aircraft full flight simulator upgrade. CAE will update the simulator with its state-of-the-art Medallion Visual System and deliver a full suite of visual databases to meet the multi-nation E-3A training requirements at NATO facilities in Geilenkirchen, Germany. This contract includes an aircraft simulation upgrade to meet FAA Level D standards and extensive aerodynamic simulation for air-to-air refuelling capabilities.
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*October 29, 2000 *October 15, 2000 *October 8, 2000 *October 1, 2000

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