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Week ending September 22, 2002
+++ Virgin Express renounces Cologne/Bonn flights +++ Bombardier CRJ900 certified +++ Boeing cargo forecast +++ AMRAAM flight tests in Sweden +++ SWISS losses are below predictions +++ News in brief +++

Virgin Express renounces Cologne/Bonn flights
Keine Billigflüge in Köln/Bonn

Virgin Express announced that it is stepping back from its plans to commence flights from Köln-Bonn airport this winter and will instead concentrate on its operations from Brussels Airport. It will continue to strengthen its position as the largest Belgian carrier and to maintain its reputation as an on-time airline, building on its existing profitability. Earlier this summer Virgin Express said that it would start a low cost operation at Köln-Bonn airport in December 2002. This decision was taken because market analysis showed that the region of NorthRhine Westphalia was deprived of low fare scheduled air travel. Shortly after the plans of Virgin Express became known, both TUI and Lufthansa announced that they would create low fare carriers, also to operate out of Köln-Bonn. They have stated that their subsidiaries will be loss making for the next two to three years, indicating that the German giants are prepared to enter into a severe fares war. Having taken into account these new developments, the Board of Directors of Virgin Express has decided that to open a second base in such a hostile trading climate would be unwise.
David Hoare, Executive Chairman of Virgin Express, commented:" Our decision to continue our operational focus in Brussels and hold back on Köln-Bonn is based on common sense. We believe that a fares war in the Köln-Bonn market is inevitable, with the new entrants fighting for market share, whilst protecting their base businesses. This will be good for the German travelling public who will at last benefit from low fare scheduled air travel. However, our participation in the changed circumstances existing in the German market would have been unprofitable for us, even with our low cost position. We will continue to keep a close eye on the development of this market. If the new low fare carriers do not live up to the promises they have made, we will review our position."

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Bombardier CRJ900 certified
Zulassung für Regionaljet CRJ900

On September 13, Bombardier Aerospace announced that Transport Canada has awarded the 86-seat Bombardier CRJ900 regional jet Aircraft Type Certificate. Type Recommendation from Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) and Type Approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are expected in the near future. Flight testing of the aircraft, the largest model in Bombardier's best-selling CRJ* family, was completed at the Bombardier Aerospace Flight Test Center in Wichita, Kansas in June 2002 following a 13-month program that accumulated some 895 hours in 347 flights by two aircraft. The Bombardier CRJ900 will be the first to market in the new 90-seat class when it enters service with Mesa Air Group of the U.S. (under the America West Express banner) in the first quarter of 2003. Mesa has placed firm orders for 20 Bombardier CRJ900 while GECAS has placed firm orders for 10 of the aircraft.
The Bombardier CRJ900 has 94 per cent systems commonality with the Bombardier CRJ700. For existing Bombardier CRJ customers, like Mesa, the Bombardier CRJ900 offers larger passenger capacity while providing a high degree of operational compatibility and fleet flexibility. The wing and fuselage of the first production aircraft, serial number 15002, were joined at Bombardier's assembly plant in Mirabel, Québec on July 28, 2002. The aircraft is currently being readied for its first flight, scheduled for this October, and delivery to Mesa.

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Boeing cargo forecast
Frachtmarkt wird wachsen

Despite the worst decline in modern history of the air cargo industry last year, Boeing projects that world air cargo traffic will expand at an average of 6.4 percent during the next two decades. The projection is a key conclusion reported in the Boeing World Air Cargo Forecast 2002/2003, which debuted today at International Air Cargo Forum and Exposition 2002 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. "Signs of recovery have emerged during the first half of 2002, signaling a reversal of the effects of the economic slowdown that began in late 2000 and the Sept. 11 attacks," said Kent Fisher, Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president - Marketing. "Asian air cargo markets will continue to lead the world in average annual growth rates."
Even prior to Sept. 11 last year, the air cargo industry was in a state of recession, Fisher noted, due to an overall U.S. slowdown that began in late 2000, coupled with a similar downturn in Europe and the reduction of information technology/high-tech equipment sales. The situation was compounded by Sept. 11 events and the resultingincreased security costs for air logistics. World air cargo traffic decreased by 5.9 percent during 2001, after a robust 7.1 percent growth in 2000. Boeing anticipates modest growth in thelow single digits for the full year 2002. World air cargo traffic is expected to triple during the 20-year forecast period, and the world freighter fleet will increase from 1,775 to 3,078 airplanes, with the greatest growth in widebody freighters. Fisher said that the industry is projected to add 2,531 freighter airplanes during the 20-year period, including 1,228 airplanes for retirements and 1,303 for growth. More than 70 percent of the freighters entering the fleet will come from passenger/combi-to-freighter modifications, and 681 will be new production freighters.

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AMRAAM flight tests in Sweden
Flugversuche mit der AMRAAM in Europa

Two of Raytheon's latest AIM-120C-5 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles were successfully launched in international tests using a new AMRAAM software suite. These tests mark the first time that AMRAAM software development testing has been done outside the United States. During the same time, an AIM-120B was also launched as part of the final validation for another AMRAAM software suite. All three test firings occurred on the RFN Missile Test Range in Vidsel, Sweden, using missiles with telemetry and without warheads. In the first test on July 30, a Danish F-16 launched an AIM-120C-5 missile against a sub-scale target resulting in a direct hit. On Aug. 6, an F-18 from Finland also launched an AIM-120C-5 missile against a sub-scale target resulting in a direct hit. The AIM-120B test took place Aug. 2 when a Swedish JAS-39 Gripen launched an AIM-120B test and validated missile performance in a look-down, shoot-down scenario. Preliminary data indicates the missile passed well within lethal range of the sub-scale target.

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SWISS losses are below predictions
Neue Schweizer Airline macht weniger Verluste

The result for the first half-year of 2002 has turned out to be a good third better than envisaged in the business plan of December 2001. The loss amounts to CHF 447m. Sales were substantially above target as well: CHF 1754m instead of the CHF 1209m according to the business plan. Contributions to these figures came both from the continuous increase in load factor, both in Europe and overseas, as well as the intercontinental expansion of the route network. The balance sheet indicates not only a gratifying seat load factor, but satisfactory earnings, too. Thanks to strict expenditure monitoring, the costs have not increased out of due proportion despite the rapid growth of the company as a whole. SWISS has moved a big step forwards in solving personnel problems: the negotiating delegations of SWISS and “kapers” (the cabin crew members' union) have signed the newly worked out Collective Labour Agreement for SWISS cabin crew personnel. Both parties reached agreement on all the major points.
The process of merging various cultures has also yet to be completed. One good sign is the agreement reached with “kapers”, the cabin crew members' union (see separate press release of Monday 16 September “Collective Labour Agreement signed with cabin crew personnel”). No agreement has been reached as yet with the Swiss Pilots' Association, the organisation which acts on behalf of the regional pilots. SWISS's proposal for a new basic collective labour agreement, which remained open until yesterday, 15th September, was rejected. This offer is now no longer on the negotiating table for the Swiss Pilots' Association. The pilots in the regional fleet will continue to work under the collective labour agreement concluded with ex-Crossair in 2000. This agreement remains valid until 2005. SWISS is now prepared to engage in immediate negotiations with the Swiss Pilots' Association to address the question of how the arbitrators' decision of July 2002 should be put into practice in the existing Collective Labour Agreement

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NEWS IN BRIEF / KURZMELDUNGEN

The European Space Agency, Paris, and Eurockot Launch Services GmbH, Bremen, announced the signing of a contract covering the launch of the CryoSat satellite. CryoSat is now scheduled to be launched in June 2004 using the Rockot launch vehicle from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia. Rockot will deploy CryoSat with a mass of 750 kg into a near polar orbit of 92 degrees inclination and an altitude of 717 km. The contract follows an international launch competition by ESA earlier this year. This mission will be Eurockot`s first launch for the European Space Agency. CryoSat is the first of ESA's "Earth Explorer Opportunity Missions"; these are a series of small satellites intended to address specific scientific issues within an appropriate timescale. The importance of monitoring changes in the thickness of the Antarctic icecap is widely known because of its potential for inducing changes in sea-level. In contrast, the floating sea-ice in the Arctic cannot influence the sea-level, but is an important factor in climate change. The temporate climate in Europe is maintained by the Gulf Stream, which transports warm water from the tropics northwards into the Greenland Sea. The cooling water sinks and returns along the ocean bottom; this sinking is significantly influenced by the salinity of the water.
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Confirmation has been received from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) for the Antonov An-225 record breaking test flight, that took place during September 2001. Carrying a record load of 253.82 tonnes of cargo, the AN225 flew at an altitude of two kilometers (1.243 miles) over a closed circuit of 1000 km at a speed of 763.2 km/h (474.23mph). The certificate confirms 124 separate FAI world records were broken during the flight.
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Boeing has been awarded a $378 million contract for an additional 18,840 Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM, kits by the JDAM Joint Program Office. Boeing is expanding its production facility in St. Charles, Mo., to accommodate an increase in the number of kits built in production each month. The new contract will require Boeing to deliver kits to both the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy at a production rate of 2,800 kits per month by August 2003. The expanded facility will improve the process flow and allow for the higher rates. The new contract is for a mix of GBU-31 (2,000 lb. warhead) kits and GBU-32 (1,000 lb. warhead) kits for both the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy to be delivered between October 2002 and March 2004.
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NATO nations have commenced a formal ratification process of a major agreement in the area of UAV interoperability. In the current drive to enhance Alliance defense capabilities, UAV technology is at the cutting edge of the Revolution in Military Affairs, as clearly demonstrated by military operations, notably in Afghanistan, and earlier in the Gulf. The agreement is detailed in what NATO calls a "STANAG" - a Standardization Agreement document. STANAG 4586 sets out the specifications of a common ground station for UAVs used by NATO forces. Implementation of the agreement will enable information between different national UAVs to be collated and shared via common ground stations, which in turn will mean that NATO and national commanders will have far greater control over the use of UAVs in military operations. Commenting on the agreement, Mr. Robert Bell, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Support, said that "STANAGs rarely hit the headlines", but that this one "is really good news for NATO's arma
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Airbus has laid the first corner stone for a new Airbus Single-Aisle Maintenance Training Centre (AMTC) in Hamburg, Germany. Patrick Gavin, Executive Vice President Customer Services, and Hans-Joachim Gante, General Manager of Airbus Deutschland, symbolically started construction work on the new building in the presence of Gunnar Uldall, Senator of Economic and Labour Affairs, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, and Gerhard Puttfarcken, Senior Vice President Single-Aisle Programme. The AMTC, located at the Ruesch Peninsula near the Airbus engineering and manufacturing site in Hamburg-Finkenwerder, will accommodate maintenance trainees from single-aisle customer airlines and from the manufacturing organization, who will undergo courses on the Airbus single-aisle product range. The AMTC will be a two-story building with 12 classrooms, where 20 Airbus instructors and 12 support staff will be available to an average of 110 trainees per day. The building will be completed by September 2003, and training will commence three months later.
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The Lufthansa Supervisory Board today approved the purchase of ten Airbus A330-300 jets. With this decision, Lufthansa is streamlining its medium-term fleet expansion and is also taking advantage of the current favourable market conditions for aircraft procurement. The purchase has already been accounted for in the Lufthansa Group's capital expenditure budget. Lufthansa is also continuing to invest in one of Europe's most modern fleets that combines fuel efficiency and low emission values. Delivery is scheduled from January 2004 to November 2005. Lufthansa is thus securing the aircraft capacity it requires to meet planned growth and the increase in traffic volume forecast for 2003. In contrast to its rivals, Lufthansa sees excellent medium-term growth prospects on long-haul routes in particular.
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Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (P&WC) is pleased to announce that Altair Avionics Corporation, its affiliate specializing in aerospace data management and electronic monitoring systems, has relocated to expanded facilities in Norwood, Massachusetts to better serve customers and accommodate its rapid growth. Altair Avionics has seen significant market development in both the fixed wing and helicopter segments for its products since joining P&WC's Service Centre Network. These include the TurbineTracker Data Management System and monitoring systems such as TrendCheck Plus, Aircraft Data Acquisition System (ADAS), IntelliStart Plus and SmartCycle Plus.
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The Hispasat 1D satellite, built by prime contractor Alcatel Space for Spanish telecom operator Hispasat, was launched successfully from Cape Canaveral in Florida by an ILS Atlas IIAS rocket. Hispasat 1D is co-located in geostationary orbit at 30 degrees West with the Hispasat 1A, 1B and 1C satellites. The new satellite will consolidate Hispasat's positions thanks to a significant increase in the operational capacities of its fleet (+30%) over their coverage area, spanning Europe, North and South America, North Africa and the Middle East. Hispasat 1D also enables Hispasat to ensure continuity of service for telecommunications and direct digital TV services, while boosting capacity for broadband Internet, interactive services and multimedia services. Built on the Alcatel Space Spacebus 3000 B2 platform, Hispasat 1D has 28 Ku-band high-power BSS and FSS (Broadcast/Fixed Satellite Service) transponders. This is the largest and most powerful 3000 B2 spacecraft built by Alcatel to date. It offers beginning of life power of 7.3 kW and a design life of 15 years; it weighed nearly 3,300 kg at launch. It shall be noted that the Spanish Industry has provided a large contribution to this program.
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Northrop Grumman Corporation's Integrated Systems sector has awarded a major subcontract to the team of Vought Aircraft Industries and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) for fabrication of an enhanced wing for the Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance system. The enhanced wing is one of a number of system improvements Northrop Grumman is making to Global Hawk to accommodate a larger payload while maintaining current platform performance specifications. Vought and ATK will help to develop the design, produce the required tooling and fabricate two enhanced prototype wings under this contract, which includes options for future production lots of the enhanced wing configuration. While Vought is an existing subcontractor on the Global Hawk program, ATK is the newest addition to the Global Hawk industry team. "This contract award is directly attributable to the dedicated Vought and ATK employees in West Virginia, Texas and elsewhere who will be performing this work," said Gary W. Ervin, Northrop Grumman sector vice president for Air Combat Systems.
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CAE announced the United States Air Force (USAF) has accepted for training two E-3 Operational Flight Trainers (OFT) and an E-3 Flight Training Device (FTD), simulating the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. The suite of E-3 training devices, designed and manufactured by CAE and initially ordered in November 1999, was delivered ahead of schedule to the new E-3 Flight Crew Training Facility operated by L-3 Communications' Link Simulation & Training division. The E-3 Flight Crew Training Facility is located near Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The two E-3 OFTs, which exceed the FAA's Level D qualification standards, feature the CAE Medallion visual system and a 225-degree by 50-degree field-of-view display system. The CAE-designed E-3 OFTs also feature sophisticated aircraft simulation models, such as the downwash effects of air-to-air refuelling. These advanced full-fidelity simulation models together with the CAE Medallion visual system significantly enhance the fidelity and realism of training for USAF E-3 aircrews. In addition, both the E-3 OFTs and the E-3 FTD can be networked so aircrews can practice and rehearse team exercises and joint missions.
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The Air Force's CV-22 tiltrotor aircraft resumed flight tests in the skies over Edwards Sept. 11. The aircraft's successful return to flight comes after meeting the recommendations of several independent investigations and military review panels. All CV-22 flight tests were halted after a December 2000 crash of a Marine MV-22 Osprey grounded the entire V-22 fleet. This resulted in a series of reviews including the Defense Department's blue ribbon panel of defense and industry experts.
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Research aboard the International Space Station (ISS) is getting a boost. NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe today named Dr. Peggy Whitson the first NASA ISS Science Officer. In making the announcement, Administrator O'Keefe noted that with the space station nearing its second year with a permanent crew living on board, it's time to increase emphasis on the orbiting outpost's main mission -- research. Dr. Whitson, who has a doctorate in biochemistry from Rice University in Houston, became the station's first resident scientist when she arrived at the ISS June 7, 2002, as an Expedition 5 Flight Engineer.
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The LITENING Extended Range (ER) targeting and navigation system produced by Northrop Grumman Corporation's Electronic Systems sector has been successfully integrated and flight tested on another U.S. military platform -- the A-10 Thunderbolt II. LITENING ER is a self-contained, multisensor laser target designating and navigation system that enables fighter pilots to detect and identify ground targets for highly accurate delivery of both conventional and precision-guided weapons. LITENING ER features include a 640 x 512 pixel Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR) camera; charge-coupled device television; laser spot tracker/range finder; IR marker; and a laser designator. LITENING ER is currently deployed with the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) and is entering the fleets of allied and naval forces. The LITENING ER-equipped A-10 made eight successful flights at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Ariz., in support of Precision Engagement Risk Reduction Operational Utility Evaluation, in late July. The integration required no changes to the aircraft's existing software.
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The Boeing Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response, or SLAM-ER, Automatic Target Acquisition capability has become operational with the completion of Operational Test and Evaluation, or OPEVAL. An independent test team from the U.S. Navy's Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 9 conducted the evaluation at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Calif. The OPEVAL report issued by Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force on Sept. 3, 2002, grades the SLAM-ER ATA operationally effective and operationally suitable.
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Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chief Executive Officer of Arianespace, and Jose Maria Hoyos Fernandez, Chief Executive Officer of Hisdesat, the Spanish military operator, have signed the launch service contract in Madrid for the country's first military communications satellite, SPAINSAT. SPAINSAT will be boosted into orbit by an Ariane 5 in 2004, from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport, in Kourou, French Guiana. SPAINSAT is the first satellite in Spain dedicated to secure governmental communications. The satellite will be operated by Hisdesat, a new company founded in 2001 by Hispasat, INSA (100% owned by INTA), EADS CASA Espacio, INDRA y SENER. Its first customer is the Spanish Ministry of Defense. SPAINSAT will take over for the Secomsat military payloads on the Hispasat 1A and 1B satellites, launched by Arianespace in 1992 and 1993, respectively. Built by Space Systems/Loral in Palo Alto, California, SPAINSAT will weigh about 3,700 kg at launch, and will be positioned at 30 degrees West, over the Atlantic Ocean. It will be fitted with 13 X-band transponders, plus one Ka- band transponder. Several of the satellite's major parts will be built in Spain, as will the ground segment.
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Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. is moving toward the successful completion of a decade-long capital investment project at its facility in Marietta, Ga., totaling approximately $250 million. This investment will allow the company to efficiently and cost-effectively build large quantities of F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighters at high rates of production.
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L-3 Communications announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Wescam Inc. pursuant to which, L-3, through a wholly owned subsidiary, will offer to purchase all of the outstanding common shares of Wescam for Cdn$9.50 per share in cash. The total value of the transaction is approximately US$118 million. The transaction is being unanimously recommended by the Wescam Board to its shareholders. The offer is expected to be mailed to shareholders in early October, and is expected to close by the end of 2002, pending standard closing conditions, including 66 2/3% of the outstanding shares (on a fully diluted basis) being deposited to the offer, and customary regulatory approvals. The acquisition is expected to add approximately US$100 million of sales and between US$0.02 and $0.03 of earnings per share to L-3's 2003 results of operations.
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From 27 October, Cirrus Airlines will offer a link between Leipzig/Halle and London (Stansted). It will operate its Embraer 145 on the route, flying a morning and evening rotation. The new operation will generate up to 20 Jobs. Cirrus Airlines is based at Saarbrücken and is part of Team Lufthansa. It flew from Leipzig/Halle to Saarbrücken.
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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper announced a change in the designation of the F-22 Raptor at the 2002 Air Force Association National Convention here Sept. 17. The change is meant to more accurately reflect the aircraft's multimission roles and capabilities in contemporary strategic environments. "Secretary (of the Air Force Dr. James G.) Roche and I have decided to adopt the name F/A-22, using the A (or attack) prefix to emphasize the multiple roles and many dimensions of the Raptor," Jumper explained. "The Raptor will feed on prey both from the sky and from the (ground)."
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The world's most powerful jet engine, being developed by GE Aircraft Engines (GEAE), completed its first flight aboard GEAE's unique Boeing 747 Flying Testbed in Mojave, California. “The engine performed flawlessly during its first flight,” said Chaker Chahrour, general manager of the GE90 Project Department. “The engine is on track to support the first flight aboard Boeing's 777-300ER, which will occur early next year.” During the two hour and thirteen minute historic flight, the GE90-115B, the engine for Boeing's longer-range 777 airplanes, the 777-300ER and 777-200LR, completed several throttle and performance assessments to measure the engine's in-flight characteristics. The test is the first in a series of 30 planned flights totaling 150 hours. The tests will evaluate altitude performance, air start surveys, and operability transients. In addition, the tests will measure performance of the full authority digital electronic control (FADEC), acceleration time and performance during maneuvers. Air France, Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, EVA Air, International Lease Finance Corporation, and GE Capital Aviation Services have ordered a total of 49 firm 777 longer-range airplanes powered by the GE90-115B. The engine orders are valued at more than $2 billion.
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The upgraded L-39 advanced trainer made its first flight recently in the Ukraine and all systems performed successfully. The modernized L-39 was displayed publicly for the first time at the 3rd International Aerospace Show AVIASVIT XXI, held in Kiev, Ukraine, September 14-18,2002. The modernization was a joint effort of AVIRS, Progress Design Bureau & Motor Sich of the Ukraine and the Israel Aircraft Industries' Lahav Division. AVIRS, with wide experience in the L-39 aircraft, was responsible for improving the engine and aircraft systems. IAI's Lahav Division was responsible for the integration of the comprehensive avionics package.
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A Spanish Air Force EF-18 equipped with Rockwell Collins displays has successfully completed first flight. Kaiser Electronics, a Rockwell Collins business, was awarded the contract from EADS/Construcciones Aeronauticas S. A. (CASA) for the mid-life upgrade (MLU) of the Spanish Air Force EF-18 Aircraft in October 2000. Rockwell Collins is supplying a new state-of-the-art Multi-Function Horizontal Situation Display (MHSD) and a Multi-Function Up Front Control (MUFC). The upgraded displays are full color, high resolution displays that provide precise navigation/time reference, digital tactical imagery and enhanced displays and presentations while being controlled by a new airborne Tactical Pilots Awareness Computer (TPAC). The new displays will improve functionality in the areas of night vision compatibility, mission support and debriefing capabilities in addition to an enhancement in operational life.
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Affordable Moving Surface Target Engagement (AMSTE) program has for the first time demonstrated the ability to precisely engage moving surface targets with a modified Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM). The JDAM precision-guided weapon has previously been used very effectively against fixed targets. AMSTE techniques and technologies will permit inventory weapons such as the JDAM to be employed in a new role to precisely engage moving surface threats. On August 22, 2002, the AMSTE team successfully demonstrated the ability to track a moving target from long range and to use this tracking information to continuously redirect a JDAM weapon in flight to attack that target. This flight test was conducted at the Air Force test range at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla..
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Despite the currently challenging conditions on the world market for used aircraft, the Austrian Airlines Group has succeeded in selling another medium range jet. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-300 bearing the registration OE-ILG, has belonged to the Lauda Air fleet since 1988. The transfer to the new operator took place in mid- September 2002. At the request of the buyer, no details of the sales price or the new owner will be released. The sale of this Boeing 737 “Classic” represents another important step towards the fleet harmonisation of the Austrian Airlines Group. The Boeing 737 fleet of Lauda Air is to be refitted with the “new generation” of Boeing series 737-700 and –800 aircraft.
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ATR (Avions de Transport Régional) announced today at Africa Aerospace and Defence 2002 having placed 2 additional used ATR 42-300 to South African airline Solenta Aviation, based in Lanseria. Solenta Aviation, which already operates 2 ATR 42-300s acquired earlier this year, has decided to order two additional ATR aircraft to further develop its cargo activity on behalf of DHL Aviation Africa
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