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NetJets Europe signs Europe's largest business jet order
24 Falcon 7X ordered
On 26 September, NetJets Europe signed an order with Dassault Aviation for 24 Falcon 7X jets valued at US $1.1 billion. This transaction is the largest business jet order in European history and confirms NetJets Europe's position as market leader. The deal is the second largest order ever and is Dassault's largest ever private jet sale. The 24 aircraft will be delivered over 6 years, starting in Q1 2008 through 2014. Mark Booth, Chairman and CEO of NetJets Europe, said, “This historic order reinforces our desire to provide our customers with the best aircraft and product options to meet their business aviation needs. The Falcon 7X is a magnificent aircraft and we expect fractional demand for this aircraft to be robust. The size of this order clearly demonstrates the significant demand for our product, which has effectively revolutionised travel on this continent. That makes us very happy indeed”.
The Falcon 7X has been well received in the market since it was announced at the 2001 Paris Air Show. Expecting certification in early 2007, more than 90 aircraft have already been ordered from Dassault Aviation and the next available delivery options are in the second half of 2010. This order for 24 aircraft is further evidence that the French manufacturer has once again produced an aircraft that addresses a need in the marketplace. The Falcon 7X flies faster, farther and higher than any other aircraft model in the Falcon range. It is innovative and superbly efficient with the ability to fly 5950 nautical miles/11000 kilometres non stop. The widebody cabin will set a new standard of uncompromising comfort.
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Branson wants lower emissions
Umweltinitiative von Branson
The Chairman of Virgin Atlantic, Sir Richard Branson, called on the global aviation industry to develop a shared solution to the growing issue of climate change. The move follows Virgin Group's plans to invest $3billion in renewable energy initiatives over the next ten years. Speaking in New York, Sir Richard revealed that he has written to other airlines, including British Airways, American Airlines and Easyjet; engine and aircraft manufacturers such as Rolls Royce and Boeing; and airport operators including BAA in the UK, urging them to support a new cross-industry forum which will help to deliver practical ways of tackling climate change. In his letter to aviation industry leaders, Sir Richard writes, "We need to accelerate the pace at which we reduce aviation's impact on the environment. We cannot ignore that aviation does create environmental problems (around 2% of global CO2 emissions), although equally it produces significant economic and social benefits. (8% of the world's GDP)"
As a first step towards sustainable aviation, Virgin Atlantic today set out its global vision for radically more efficient aircraft movements around the world's busiest airports. These changes would mean that aircraft would burn considerably less fuel and emit much lower levels of CO2, dramatically improving air quality on the ground and in the air. At the heart of its vision is the creation of "starting grids" for all aircraft departures. A starting grid is a holding area, close to the runway, consisting of several parking bays for aircraft. It means that aircraft can be towed closer to a runway before take-off, substantially reducing the time that engines need to be running. After being towed by a small tug from its stand, an aircraft would only start its engines once on the "starting grid," around 10 minutes before actual take-off. This would substantially reduce the amount of time aircraft need to taxi with their engines running and the time spent queuing before take off. A "starting grid" also reduces congestion around stands, meaning aircraft that have recently landed wouldn't have to wait, with their engines running, to get onto the stand. Aircraft arriving could also turn off their engines after five minutes and be towed to their stand, saving considerable extra CO2.
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EH101 with new blades flies
Erstflug mit Hochleitstungs-Rotorblättern
The first flight of a high performance variant of the AgustaWestland EH101 fitted with new technology British Experimental Rotor Programme (BERP) IV main rotor blades, more powerful CT7-8E engines and a new integrated cockpit display system took place at AgustaWestland's Yeovil facility. Following an initial flight in the morning the aircraft performed a second flight later in the day operating at speeds up to 135 knots and performing a range of manoeuvres with all results as predicted. Speaking after the successful initial flights Alan Johnston, AgustaWestland's Managing Director of Military Programmes said “This event brings together the technology that will give the next variants of the EH101 even greater mission performance. The additional capability these improvements will bring, especially increased payload in demanding hot and high environments, will be of great benefit to our customers who are experiencing ever increasing operational demands.”
The BERP IV Technology Demonstration Programme (TDP), which is jointly funded by the UK Ministry of Defence and AgustaWestland, was launched with seven key objectives comprising reduced first cost, reduced life cycle costs, reduced rotor vibration at high and low speeds, improved hover and forward flight performance, improved damage tolerance, increased erosion resistance and reduced signatures. The TDP is delivering the technology for the next generation of advanced composite rotor blades which will deliver significant improvements in whole life costs and operational capability of future helicopters including variants of the EH101. The more powerful General Electric CT7-8E engines, rated at 2,527 shp (1884 kW) each for take-off, provide 12 percent more power than previous CT7-family engines, increasing the EH101's payload by at least 2,000 pounds while operating on hot days at high altitudes. Following an extensive flight test programme, utilising a US101 test aircraft, development flying for the CT7-8E engines is nearing completion.
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Fraport and LH Cargo in strategic alliance
Kooperation zum Ausbau als Frachthub
Fraport AG and Lufthansa Cargo AG have agreed on a strategic partnership for further developing Frankfurt Airport (FRA) as an air cargo hub. A corresponding memorandum was signed by Dr. Wilhelm Bender and Stefan H. Lauer, the executive board chairmen of Fraport AG and Lufthansa Cargo AG. Both said “It is our common goal to develop Frankfurt Airport as Europe's most attractive and competitive air cargo hub.” The strategic partnership, which goes beyond previous selective cooperation at the operational level, will ensure joint planning of the overall airline-airport system and will intensify further the system partnership of the world's second-biggest cargo airline and Europe's biggest cargo airport. With this initiative, the partners are also responding to the increasingly tough competitive situation in global air cargo transportation. “In this competition between the significant airports in global air transportation, everything depends on the quality and efficiency of the total system and on the cooperation between the airline and airport within this system. We want to make disproportionately great use of the extraordinary growth potential in the airfreight industry, become clearly the number one in Europe, increasingly throw our mutual strong points into the scales – which are process efficiency, service quality, speed, and strategic location – and want to achieve above-average commercial success,” stressed Bender and Lauer.
The common goal will be realized both in strategic and operational areas: Joint modernization of CargoCity North (FRA); Developing a concept for efficiently interlinking Frankfurt's CargoCity North and CargoCity South areas; Joint strategy for quality leadership based on the international Cargo 2000 standard; Joint partnership model with government agencies for optimizing work flows (e.g., German Customs) and joint representation of interests on the national level, including more intensive cooperation within the German Air Transport Initiative; Joint strategy to attract more internationally active and distributing companies, thus strengthening the attractiveness of the FRA hub; Joint investments and utilization of synergies in international growth markets; Coordination and better dovetailing of security processes and philosophies to generate a higher level of security and concurrently optimise the speed of processes on the ground. The goal is to make Frankfurt the world's most secure air cargo hub.
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NEWS IN BRIEF / KURZMELDUNGEN
The Philippine government has made a first partial compensation payment of 3,002,125,000 Philippine pesos (about US$60 million) to PIATCO terminal company, in which Fraport AG holds a 30-percent share. Of this amount, some US$29 million were transferred to Fraport AG's account in Frankfurt today. Part of this amount is the redemption of a loan which Fraport granted to PIATCO. The remainder of this initial payment was used for the reduction of other PIATCO liabilities. The definitive total amount of compensation shall soon be determined with the help of independent experts. "This is a first success in our efforts to get appropriate compensation for our investment in the Philippines," said Fraport AG's executive board chairman Dr. Wilhelm Bender. "The sum remitted can therefore only be a down payment for PIATCO. We are still vigorously pursuing the arbitration procedure before the World Bank in Washington." The full amount of the payment made will have an effect on earnings in the current business year so that Fraport will show additional non-recuring income of about Euro22.6 million
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Through its joint venture partnership with Mediterranean Aviation Company Limited (Medavia), Bristow Helicopters International has secured its first helicopter contract in Libya, supporting Woodside Energy's forthcoming offshore exploration campaign. Working with Medavia, it is anticipated that the exploration programme will start in early 2007 and continue for a minimum period of six months. Bristow will provide one Eurocopter AS332L together with supporting flight and maintenance crew, which will be operated through Medavia and based at Misurata, on the Libyan coast about 200 km East of Tripoli.
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced that its Altair high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) passed the recertification process for the UA airworthiness certificate, experimental category, issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). “Last August Altair received the nation's first airworthiness certificate for an unmanned aircraft system, and a year later it remains the only operating UAS that still carries that distinction,” said Thomas J. Cassidy, Jr., president, Aircraft Systems Group, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. “Altair's recertification is a testament to the ability of our aircraft to meet the FAA's standards and brings us closer to the ultimate goal of enabling routine UA operations in the National Airspace System for emerging commercial and civil applications and military and homeland security missions.” Access to the National Airspace System (NAS) has historically been granted to a UA manufacturer through an FAA-granted Certificate of Authorization (COA). Changes made last fall limit COA issuance to government agencies and specify that the agency must operate a particular UA for a particular purpose in a particular area. In contrast, an airworthiness certificate specifies operating instructions to the aircraft and applies them only to one aircraft, or tail number, for training UA crews in the unrestricted areas where manufacturer airports typically reside. Under Altair's airworthiness certificate, the aircraft can continue to be used for crew training, experimental flight testing and marketing demonstrations at GA-ASI's Gray Butte and El Mirage air fields in Palmdale and Adelanto, CA.
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Bookajet, the UK's most established executive jet operator, has seen nearly 40% growth over the past 12 months as many corporate and high net worth customers turn to private jet travel rather than scheduled airline services in light of recent security risks and airport delays. "We have seen positive growth throughout the year and the events of the last month have highlighted the benefits of private jet travel over scheduled airlines, giving us a considerable jump in charter revenue," said Chris Rooney, Bookajet's Sales Director. He added "On the day of the security alerts, we received hundreds of charter enquiries in the first hours of business but interestingly we've also seen a 50% increase in enquiries from prospective aircraft purchasers over the course of the last month." Bookajet, run by Jonathan Clements 35 and Chris Rooney 40, is the private jet company which has been used by many of Europe's leading corporations, international musicians and celebrities such as the Beckham's, Charlize Theron, Christina Aguilera, Ozzy Osbourne and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Bookajet has a fleet of 12 managed aircraft with plans to increase this number further to 40 aircraft over the next three years.
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A modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite built by Lockheed Martin was launched successfully from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The satellite, designated GPS IIR-15(M), is the second in a series of eight modernized GPS Block IIR spacecraft that Lockheed Martin Navigation Systems is developing for its customer, the Global Positioning Systems Wing, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. The spacecraft are the most technologically advanced GPS satellites ever developed and are designed to provide significantly improved navigation performance for U.S. military and civilian users worldwide. The satellite will join the first modernized IIR satellite, GPS IIR-14(M), successfully launched and declared operational last year and 12 other operational Block IIR satellites currently on-orbit within the overall 29-spacecraft constellation. The Air Force dedicated today's mission to honor American POW/MIAs past and present. The GPS IIR-M spacecraft offer a variety of enhanced features for GPS users, such as a modernized antenna panel that provides increased signal power to receivers on the ground, two new military signals for improved accuracy, enhanced encryption and anti-jamming capabilities for the military, and a second civil signal that will provide users with an open access signal on a different frequency.
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The Mars Express spacecraft has emerged from an unusually demanding eclipse season introducing a special, ultra-low-power mode nicknamed 'Sumo' - an innovative configuration aimed at saving the power necessary to ensure spacecraft survival. This mode was developed through tight teamwork between ESOC mission controllers, principal investigators, industry and mission management. In the past weeks, Mars Express faced an unusually demanding solar eclipse season running from end-August until late September. Eclipses are caused by the natural movements of the Earth and Mars - and Mars Express - around the Sun. During this period, the spacecraft spent as long as 75 minutes hidden from the Sun during each approximately 6-hour-long orbit about the Red Planet. During these 'blackouts', the solar panels generated no power and the spacecraft ran on battery power alone. In an eclipse, three lithium-ion batteries previously charged by the solar panels provide power to the spacecraft's on-board scientific instruments and flight systems. The batteries can normally provide more than enough power if they have been fully charged. However, an anomaly identified shortly after the mission's 2 June 2003 launch limits the amount of electricity produced by the panels that can be delivered to the rest of the spacecraft, including the batteries. As a result, mission controllers realised early on that the batteries might not fully recharge after each lengthy blackout during the recent eclipse season, with the ultimate result that the spacecraft might loose all power. Mars Express has already come through several eclipse seasons, but the current one happens to coincide with the spacecraft being at aphelion, the point in its orbit lying the farthest from the Sun. As a result, the power available from the solar arrays drops by a further 20 percent. "This was potentially critical, and we knew we had to devise a solution that wasn't in the manual," said Michel Denis, Spacecraft Operations Manager based at ESOC, ESA's Space Operations Centre, in Darmstadt, Germany.
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Lockheed Martin has received a contract for approximately $10 million to further develop advanced material technology and next-generation hull material for stratospheric airships under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Integrated Sensor Is Structure (ISIS) program. Under the two-year contract, the ISIS program will develop the core technologies necessary to integrate an extremely capable sensor package directly into the structure of stratospheric airships, which operate at approximately 70,000 feet. DARPA solicited ideas in critical technology areas including low areal density, advanced airship hull material, low-power density radar apertures, low power and cost transmit-receive modules, and fully regenerative power systems. "The Lockheed Martin team was chosen to develop this innovative material based on the strength of its scientific and manufacturing expertise," said DARPA program manager Tim Clark. "Once successfully demonstrated, the DARPA material will dramatically reduce the weight and size of airships while improving operational longevity and payload capacity."
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Lockheed Martin successfully performed wind tunnel and wing separation tests of its High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapons Concept (HAAWC) system, intended to enable P-3C aircrews to launch torpedoes from outside the range of enemy air defenses. The HAAWC concept employs the Lockheed Martin LongShot(R) Wing Adapter Kit on the MK-54 torpedo to allow the weapon's launch from high altitudes and long standoff ranges. In the wind tunnel test at the San Diego Air and Space Technology Center's Low-Speed Wind Tunnel, HAAWC demonstrated expected performance that would enable the torpedo to be launched at the maximum desired range from the target.
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EUROCONTOL has now completed an extensive validation of the Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS), and has found that it leads to significant improvements in the efficiency of airport surface movements reducing accident rates by up to 50%. A-SMGCS was first developed as a concept in the late 1980s as a response to the increase in airport traffic and runway incursions. It includes four main functions: surveillance (including position and identification of traffic), conflict detection, efficient routing and guidance. EUROCONTROL's A-SMGCS project concentrates on providing improved situational awareness to controllers and helping them to detect runway incursions and other potentially dangerous situations. The validation of A-SMGCS has involved operational trials at five airports (Paris CDG, London Heathrow, Frankfurt, Vienna & Zurich) combined with real-time simulations. The trials have shown that A-SMCGS could enable a 50% reduction in accident rates in particular by helping controllers detect runway incursions and prevent collisions. Following on from the trials, EUROCONTROL will present concepts and procedures for A-SMGCS to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) at the end of 2006. These will be supported by a generic Safety Case, a Human Factors Case and a Cost Benefit Assessment. "We are very pleased that the results of the trials have been so positive," said Paul Adamson, A-SMGCS Project Manager "It means that we can now make clear proposals to ICAO for how to move forward with implementing this technology which will have clear safety benefits."
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CAE has been awarded contracts for three full-flight simulators: a Boeing 737NG by Continental Airlines; an A320 by Lufthansa Flight Training (LFT) and a Boeing 747 by United Parcel Service (UPS). CAE has also won a series of simulator upgrade contracts with several airline customers around the world. The contracts have a combined list-price value of over C$45 million, including some buyer-furnished equipment and they bring to 13 the total number of full-flight simulator orders announced by CAE for fiscal 2007.
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Forecast International is projecting sales of airborne communications systems for the U.S. military to reach $2 billion over the next 10 years. In its new study, "The Market for U.S. Military Airborne Communications Systems," the first half of the forecast period accounts for $1.34 billion, while the 2011-2015 time period makes up $687 million in projected sales. The Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program is creating uncertainty in the market that should be resolved in the future. Once resolved, orders will be placed and the market value for the second half of the forecast will increase. In the context of this analysis, the leading U.S. military airborne communications program is the Integrated Communications, Navigation and Identification Avionics (ICNIA) system. ICNIA should revolutionize aircraft avionics by combining the communications, navigation, and identification functions into one lightweight, space-saving module. ICNIA accounts for $514 million or 25.32 percent of the market value in this study.
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On 19-22 September 2006, the WEU Assembly and the European Interparliamentary Space Conference joined forces to hold a colloquy on Space, Defence and European Security in Kourou (French Guiana) in association with the European Space Agency (ESA), France's national centre for space studies, the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and Arianespace. The event brought together over a hundred Members of Parliament from European nations along with Members of the European Parliament and senior executives from ESA, CNES, Arianespace and the space industry in Europe. The main aim of the discussions was to examine the space sector in its application to security and defence and assess industrial capabilities in the light of the challenges Europe faces at the present time. The participants noted the gulf between the strategic ambitions Europe had of its space dimension and the level of funds it was prepared to commit to it. There was a risk of Space Europe losing its head start. The President of the Interparliamentary European Security and Defence Assembly (WEU Assembly), Jean-Pierre Masseret emphasised the importance of Europe being able to draw on the full gamut of space-based facilities: earth observation, telecommunications, intelligence, navigation and ballistic missile early warning systems, noting further that this comprehensive range of capabilities played a crucial part in preventing, managing and exiting crises and would guarantee Europe genuinely autonomous powers of decision and action in security and defence matters.
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STAT MedEvac of Pittsburgh, PA – the largest private provider of air emdical services (AMS) helicopter services in the United States – is celebrating AMTC 2006 by taking delivery of an American Eurocopter EC135 at the show. Part of a 2005 order for one EC145 and four EC135s, this EC135 is equipped with “the best in flying technology,” says James Bothwell. He is COO of STAT MedEvac, and winner of the 2000 Honeywell Bendix Trophy for Aviation Safety, for implementing the first IFR interhospital network using GPS approaches and departures by AMS helicopters. “This EC135 has single pilot IFR, night vision goggles, and a ground proximity warning systems,” Bothwell says. “In fact, it has all of the flight safety systems recommended by the FAA and NTSB; thanks to the increased payload capacity of today's EC135.” A longtime EC135 customer, Stat MedEvac's Bothwell continues to be impressed by this helicopter's reliability and safety. “They just keep improving the EC135's airframe,” he says. “I think the reason Eurocopter has been able to do so much with this aircraft is because there are so many EC135 airframes in use today. Having built so many of them, they have gained considerable knowledge of what makes this airframe work, and what to do to make it even better.”
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Aero Dynamix, Inc. (ADI) is pleased to announce that in coordination with American Eurocopter (AELLC), they have recently completed and received a new Supplementary Type Certificate (STC) for the EC-120. This STC is for Night Vision Goggle (NVG) compatible cockpit lighting modifications for the Eurocopter EC-120. This is the 12th STC included in a list of approvals received from the FAA for various platforms. The STC was obtained in support of an American Eurocopter Contract with US Customs and Border Protection. The first aircraft was delivered in July. Fourteen additional aircraft are on contract for delivery through third quarter 2007. Sacramento County Sheriff Department (SCSD) has also recently accepted delivery of a new Eurocopter EC-120 covered by this STC.
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Bell Helicopter delivered the first production AH-1Z attack helicopter and UH-1Y utility helicopter to the U.S. Department of Defense. The H-1 upgrade program calls for a total of 280 upgraded attack helicopters and utility helicopters to be delivered to the United States Marine Corps, providing much-needed modernization for the Corps' aging fleet. Among the many dignitaries attending the ceremony was Dr. Delores Etter, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, who said, “Today's rollout marks another milestone for this program as we begin to arm our service personnel with sorely needed modern equipment that will substantially increase their combat effectiveness.” The rollout of these first two production helicopters marks the beginning of several years of equipping both test and evaluation and operational squadrons with H-1 aircraft.
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328 Support Services GmbH, holder of the Dornier 328 Type Certificate, has obtained EASA Part 145 approval to perform MRO (base and line maintenance) work on the 328 Jet and 328 Turboprop aircraft. 328 Support Services GmbH, based at Oberpfaffenhofen, near Munich in Germany, has also received EN 9100 Quality Management System approval. Wolfgang Walter, with new responsibilities as CEO of 328 Support Services GmbH, will continue to lead his 70-strong team on customer, engineering and TC-support of the Dornier 328 family, as well as all spare parts sales, while Dave Jackson becomes responsible for all the MRO activities at Oberpfaffenhofen. Dave will also oversee the operations of Southampton-based JETS (Jet Engineering Technical Support), UK as its newly appointed CEO, taking over the role from the late Mike Farge, who passed away on 30 August.
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected Lockheed Martin to support the development of a "Road Map" for introducing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System. Lockheed Martin will assist the FAA's Unmanned Aircraft Program Office in refining its operating plans and budgetary requirements by creating a five- year road map of government and industry UAS initiatives. By applying its technical, programmatic and specialized expertise in air traffic systems and airspace operations, Lockheed Martin will evaluate the current state of UAS mission needs, forecast their near-term demands on airspace capacity and chart a strategic plan to safely integrate their operations into the nation's airspace. "Ultimately, we seek to define the demand curve of unmanned aircraft systems on U.S. airspace -- that is, to clearly understand when customers will want to operate different types of platforms in a variety of operating environments," said Ken Geiselhart, Lockheed Martin project leader. "By identifying the mission needs, operating environments and platforms expected for unmanned aircraft, and then mapping them against manufacturer plans and FAA certification timelines, we seek to provide the FAA with the 'big-picture' of the emerging UAS market and its subsequent impact on the nation's airspace resources." The current UAS market in the United States is primarily driven by government customers at the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, among others. Today, according to FAA, more than 50 manufacturers offer nearly 150 UAS products, with many others poised to enter the commercial marketplace.
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As part of the ongoing selection process for the procurement of the new combat aircraft for the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF), the Danish Defence Minister Søren Gade together with the Chairman of the Defence Committee, Allan Niebuhr, and a delegation of parliamentarians and military experts visited the EADS Military Air Systems Centre at Manching near Munich. The two-day tour of EADS made by Minister Gade and representatives of the Folketing's Defence Committee followed similar previous trips to the U.S. and Sweden. "We are proud to show the decision-makers of our neighbour Denmark the capabilities of both the Eurofighter as the most advanced multi-role combat aircraft in service and of EADS as one of the major partners within the Eurofighter consortium", said Dr. Stefan Zoller, Member of the Executive Committee of EADS and CEO of Defence & Security Systems (DS) in his welcome speech. "Denmark is already an important partner and customer for EADS, and I am confident that the Eurofighter would open another mutually beneficial chapter in this fruitful cooperation.". "When it comes to successful collaboration in technology as well economical terms, the Eurofighter programme is second to none in the next-generation fighter market," stated Johann Heitzmann, CEO of Military Air Systems, the responsible Business Unit within EADS, "With 638 aircraft currently on firm order and 100 already delivered to the air forces of Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK, and with more than 15,000 flying hours booked, the Eurofighter is a proven and fielded product." Heitzmann continued, "In addition to its outstanding operational capabilities and that Eurofighter will be the backbone of NATO and European defence on our continent for decades to come, our programme satisfies not only the RDAF requirements but also offers ample opportunities for Danish industry."
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Air Baltic has chosen to extend the scope of their existing component support agreement covering its fleet of Fokker 50 aircraft to a complete component support solution in a new extended agreement. The contract is valued at approximately 70 MSEK over the term of the agreement. Saab Aerotech together with partner SAS Component have provided component services on ad hoc basis to Air Baltic's Fokker 50 operation for several years. In and expanded agreement, Air Baltic has now chosen to extend this successful relationship by utilizing an option in the current agreement to expand services. Air Baltic's new support solution comprises a total component supply program, including parts exchange, MRO and component engineering services for the entire Fokker 50 fleet at the airline.
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Saab Aerotech has signed a support and maintenance contract with Field Aviation of Canada to provide a support solution for the Swedish Coast Guard's (SCG) new Dash 8 aircraft. The first aircraft is expected to be delivered in early 2007. The contract is valued at 125 MSEK for Saab.
The new support contract is a turn key solution where Saab will provide full integrated logistic support, maintenance and engineering services for the aircraft platform, engines and mission systems. The first aircraft are expected to be delivered in early 2007. With options the support contract can extend through 2014.
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NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity has arrived at the rim of a crater approximately five times wider than a previous stadium-sized one it studied for half a year. Initial images from the rover's first overlook after a 21-month journey to "Victoria Crater" show rugged walls with layers of exposed rock and a floor blanketed with dunes. The far wall is approximately one-half mile from the rover. Opportunity has been exploring Mars since January 2004, more than 10 times longer than its original prime mission of three months. It has driven more than 5.7 miles. Most of that was to get from "Endurance" crater to Victoria, across a flat plain pocked with smaller craters and strewn with sand ripples. Frequent stops to examine intriguing rocks interrupted the journey, and one large sand ripple kept the rover trapped for more than five weeks.
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Rockwell Collins' HGS-4200 Head-up Guidance System (HGS) has been certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Transport Canada (TC) for use on Bombardier CRJ705 and Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft. Rockwell Collins worked with Bombardier and Air Canada Jazz to achieve this certification. Air Canada Jazz provided the flight test aircraft used to conduct certification flights, including 40 HGS approaches into several Canadian and U.S. airfields. Bombardier provided a CRJ900 simulator and related support for the certification effort. The certification program required 335 simulated HGS approaches to be flown in a wide variety of environmental conditions. Lufthansa CityLine (CLH) is equipping its fleet of Bombardier CRJ900s with Rockwell Collins' HGS-4200 Head-up Guidance System (HGS). The HGS will be installed on new aircraft as they are delivered. Lufthansa CityLine currently operates a fleet of 36 CRJ200s and 20 CRJ700s. All are equipped with Head-up Guidance Systems manufactured by Rockwell Collins. Lufthansa became the first airline to take advantage of the low-visibility takeoff capability on a CRJ by taking off in 100M visibility at Milan's Malpensa airport in January 2005.
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Regional Express (Rex) will embark on a massive fleet modernization and expansion programme in which the airline will add 25 of the latest generation Saab 340Bplus supplied by Saab Aircraft Leasing. Regional Express (Rex), the largest independent regional airline in Australia, has reached an agreement with Saab Aircraft Leasing to enter into a long-term lease for 25 latest generation Saab 340Bplus aircraft. The Saab 340Bplus aircraft features a redesigned extended wing which increases flight performance capabilities as well as improves on fuel efficiency. Passenger comfort is also greatly enhanced in the cabin which comes equipped with state-of-the-art active noise canceling system, larger stow away compartments and modern interiors and lighting. The aircraft also has a bigger baggage and cargo hold.
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Raytheon Company's Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) has successfully completed the required objectives and task requirements for conducting risk reduction activities for the U.S. Air Force Space Fence S-band Radar program. The scope of the effort included performing analyses, evaluations, prototyping, modeling and other technical activities to support the program's concept studies phase. Raytheon provided a final presentation to the Air Force and its contractor support team late last month. The Space Fence program will provide a radar system operating in the S-band frequency range to detect and report orbiting space objects. The detection and mission processing function is currently being performed by the existing Air Force Space Surveillance System very high frequency (VHF) "Fence" radar. Operating for more than 40 years, the existing VHF Fence radar is becoming obsolete and does not meet current and future requirements for space situational awareness. "Air Force Space Fence is a critical program for the Air Force as it moves forward to improve its space situational awareness capabilities with greater sensitivity, accuracy, and timeliness to meet warfighter requirements," said Mary Petryszyn, Raytheon IDS vice president of Joint Battlespace Integration. "This risk reduction phase of the program was an important step for our customer as it prepares for a system requirements review and ultimately the system development phase of the program. Raytheon IDS was able to demonstrate leadership in this critical mission area."
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Lockheed Martin hosted a ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 14, to mark the delivery of the first upgraded KC-130T aerial refueling aircraft to the United States Marine Corps at its Donaldson Site Operations facility in Greenville, S.C. The ceremony was attended by representatives from Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, the Defense Contract Management Agency, and Lockheed Martin Aircraft & Logistics Centers (LMALC). The upgrades involved the installation of defensive systems that provide protection against hostile ground threats. This is the first of several aircraft to be similarly modified at the Greenville facility.
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Raytheon has delivered its next-generation F-15 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system to the U.S. Air Force. Following the successful integration of the radar at Boeing's F-15 facility in St. Louis, the program now enters its final phase of developmental testing. This entails multiple flight tests during the coming months designed to establish the AESA radar system is meeting expected performance requirements. "The F-15C (V)3 AESA radar flight testing with the Air Force is the next critical step in a long and successful relationship between Boeing and Raytheon providing F-15 pilots world-class, air-to-air radar and weapon system capability. This mid-life upgrade to the F-15C weapon system will maintain the Eagle's role as a key asset in our nation's defense force," says Jim Means, director for Boeing Global Strike Systems Proprietary Programs.
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Following three years of exhaustive studies, the Airbus A380 Wake Vortex Steering Group has rendered its conclusions and is now in a position to recommend more specific guidance, based on a unique and very extensive flight test programme. The Steering Group comprised representatives from the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA), Eurocontrol, US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and Airbus. The study has demonstrated that en route the A380 is very similar to the Boeing 747. In cruise and when flying in a “holding pattern”, the A380 is considered to be identical to any other aircraft, both for vertical and horizontal spacing between it and any following aircraft. The study has also established that there are no wake constraints for the A380 following any other aircraft, including another A380. On approach, the spacing for the following aircraft is increased compared with the existing separation rules for aircraft currently in service, by two nm for another “heavy”, by three nm for a “medium” sized aircraft, and by four nm for a “light” aircraft. However, because there are no constraints for the A380 following another aircraft, the A380 can land as close as practicable to the preceding aircraft. This can compensate for the additional spacing required for the following one. On departures, a “heavy” aircraft following the A380 will have to wait two minutes, and the “medium” sized and “light” aircraft will have to wait three minutes. But here again, the A380 can take-off as close as possible to any preceding airliner. Though not specifically addressed, flight tests provided no indication of impact on parallel runway operations for runways separated by more than 760 m (2500 ft). This should be monitored in operational service for verification. These values are subject to review and possible reduction based on further study or changes in aircraft categories and operational experience. A significant aspect of this new guidance is that it has revealed the need for a future review of the existing aircraft categories, also taking into account operational experience.
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International Communications Group (ICG) announced the introduction of the new AeroCom 1100 cabin telecommunications unit (CTU) that provides an automated integrated package of telephone, fax and data services for small- to medium-sized business jets. The AeroCom 1100 is designed to replicate the convenience of a contemporary executive office communications suite in the aircraft's cabin. It supports up to eight separate extensions in the cabin and provides the full range of familiar switched telephone services, such as call on-hold, call transfer, intercom, conferencing and voice prompts. Familiar telephone audio tones are used for busy signal, ringing and dial tone, and voice prompts and status messages can be recorded in any language. Communication circuit selection and transceiver control is fully automatic and transparent to the caller. Circuit connections to transceivers can be either 2-wire telco, 4-wire audio systems or digital CEPT-E1. Calls from the ground can be direct-dialed to any cabin extension via DISA mode, and incoming fax calls are automatically detected and routed to the onboard fax machine.
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Delta Air Lines appointed Farehk “Frank” Jahangir as its new staff vice president of Sales and Affairs for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Jahangir will support Delta's international sales organisation and will oversee the Atlantic Region and its growing network of routes in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. He will be based at Delta's Atlantic Region Offices in west London.
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Raytheons High-Speed Anti-radiation Missile (HARM) Targeting System (HTS) program reached a contract milestone with the delivery of the first R7 pod to the U.S. Air Force. The R7 HTS pod is mounted to the side of F-16 aircraft and provides critical combat identification capabilities to pilots as they patrol the air above the battlefield. Using the HTS, a pilot is able to detect, locate and identify ground-based emitters. Armed with this data, the pilot can then decide to avoid the area or engage the emitter by attacking and destroying the site. The R7 brings the latest technology to the battlefield by employing advanced tactical targeting technology that enables the user to pinpoint the precise location of the emission source using multi-ship techniques. This capability then allows the use of precision guided munitions to destroy the target. Equipped with upgraded hardware that features a GPS receiver, a digital receiver, a new power supply and a redesigned software load, the R7 is compatible with the latest currently fielded M3.4+ F-16 operational flight program (OFP) software and will enable pilots to destroy hostile emitters once employed with the upcoming M4.2+ OFP release.
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British military personnel in southern Iraq have taken delivery of a cutting edge new surveillance device which it is hoped will greatly assist their efforts to reconstruct the country. Raven, a sophisticated airborne "eye in the sky", is a Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MUAV) capable of flying up to 10 km from the operator, utilising GPS, and can fly at altitudes of up to 1,000 feet (305 m). Weighing only 1.8 kg and measuring 1.2 m in length, Raven will be integrated into the force protection for troops in theatre and used in the support of patrols on the ground. The aircraft helps foot patrols detect improvised explosive devices and insurgent firing points. TV images are fed back to both the operator on the ground and if needed, to a remote unit held by the patrol. Its infrared, thermal imaging and video cameras can operate during night or day and broadcast astonishingly clear pictures in real-time. The robust device has a range of front and side-mounted cameras for different views, and the Kevlar coating ensures rugged performance; on one occasion a drone suffered four AK-47 bullet holes that the operator had not detected until the craft landed.
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Bombardier Aerospace announced that My Way Airlines of Vicenza, Italy has placed a firm order for 19 CRJ900 aircraft. Should Bombardier launch its CRJ900X program, 15 of these firm orders will be converted into CRJ900X aircraft. In the event program launch does not proceed, the firm order remains for 19 CRJ900 jets. The value of the contract based on the CRJ900 aircraft list price is approximately $702 million US. My Way Airlines serves scheduled destinations in Europe and the Middle East with a fleet of five Airbus A320 jets, and its wholly owned subsidiary, LTE, offers charter flights with its own fleet. The Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft will be operated on domestic and regional routes.
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The nose section of the first A400M left the Airbus France Méaulte site, where it is manufactured, for delivery to the Saint-Nazaire plant where equipment (hydraulic, electrical, systems, avionics and commercial furnishing) will be installed. The design and assembly of the nose section of the very first A400M has benefited from the industrial processes and technologies already developed and used by Airbus on its civil aircraft programmes. In industrial terms, production of this part of the aircraft requires a perfect mastery of the technologies associated with the machining and assembly of complex parts, with high-level requirements in terms of aerodynamics, sealing, and material strength. The Méaulte plant assembles all the Airbus nose sections and has developed innovative technologies and industrial processes such as high- speed machining and flexible workshops for automatic riveting, nose section assembly by spatial positioning and assembly of the lower fuselage sections.
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Boeing installed the final Block E avionics modification kit on the U.S. Air Force's active fleet of 67 B-1B Lancer long-range heavy bombers, completing a five-year, $680 million contract for enhanced computer hardware, software and weapons delivery capability. The installation concluded the third phase of the Conventional Mission Upgrade Program (CMUP) undertaken in 1993 to convert the B-1 from a nuclear to a conventional role. A small number of CMUP-equipped Lancers delivered more tonnage of ordnance while flying fewer sorties than any other aircraft during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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South Korea has extended the deadline for price negotiations with U.S. aviation giant Boeing over the purchase of surveillance aircraft until the end of November, Seoul's defense procurement agency said Wednesday (Sept. 27). "We had planned to wrap up price negotiations by the end of September. But the negotiations did not go smoothly and we thought we needed more time, so the deadline is extended until the end of November," said Lee Yong-chul, deputy commissioner of the Defense Acquisition Program Agency (DAPA). In August, Korea chose Boeing as the sole bidder for its big-ticket project to procure surveillance aircraft, dropping Israel's IAI ELTA out of the competition. However, the DAPA will not be able to announce whether Boeing is the winner of the project until the two sides complete price negotiations for the contract. Successful price negotiations would enable Boeing to win the 2 trillion won ($2 billion) E-X project, which aims to introduce four surveillance planes to Korea by 2012. Both sides refused to reveal the range of prices addressed in the last two rounds of negotiations.
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Following approval by French defense procurement agency DGA, Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chief Executive Officer of Arianespace, and Yannick d'Escatha, President of French space agency CNES, signed the launch contract for the Helios IIB military satellite. The contract was signed during the European space, defense and security symposium jointly organized by the Western European Union and the European Interparliamentary Commission on Space. Weighing about 4,200 kg at liftoff, Helios IIB will be launched by an Ariane 5 into Sun-synchronous polar orbit in the first half of 2009 from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Helios IIB is the second satellite of the second-generation observation system for defense and security, led by France in collaboration with Belgium, Spain and Italy. The program is managed by French defense procurement agency DGA (Délégation Générale pour l'Armement), part of the Ministry of Defense. The DGA assigned responsibility for the space segment to French space agency CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales). Helios IIB, like the Helios IIA satellite launched by an Ariane 5 in December 2004, is built by Astrium as prime contractor. Astrium is leading a number of European subcontractors, including Alcatel Alenia Space, in charge of the high resolution instrument in particular. CNES also oversees the development and operation of the orbital positioning and control +++
The US Air Force is looking to get a "next generation" long-range bomber by 2018, according to the commander of Air Combat Command. During the Air Force Association's 2006 Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition here Sept. 27, Gen. Ronald E. Keys, the ACC commander, told reporters the command is funded for a bomber, and it likely would be put together using some of the same advanced technology currently in the B-2 Spirit, the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II. "We have a lot of those technologies and you put those together into something that will look much like what you know as an airplane," he said. "And you can make a next generation long range strike (aircraft.) In order to make 2018, you have to use the far end of the technology you have your hands on." The general said the Air Force would not see the next "great leap" in bomber technology until around the 2030 to 2040 timeframe. Then, he said, the Air Force may see "hypersonic" capability -- aircraft capable of flying at a speed of about Mach 5. For other weapons systems that use hypersonic technology, the general said the command would have to consider cost verses benefit before making a commitment to buy. "Hypersonics are cool things, but what do I get out of it," he asked. "If I am there, with my persistent force, I can engage anything in seven minutes. If I had hypersonics, it would get me down to three minutes. But the people I want to kill can get away in the first two minutes. Am I willing to pay x billions of dollars for hypersonic weapons that don't solve my problem? Those are the harsh decisions we have to make when people come to us with great technology."
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U.S. Senator Jim Talent (R-Mo.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced that he has secured funding for 10 additional C-17s, totaling $2.1 billion, extending the production line of the aircraft. Sen. Talent's request, in addition to the eight planes requested by the President, is included in the Senate-House Defense Appropriations Conference Report for FY2007. Sen. Talent said that the bill will bring the Air Force inventory to 191, and foreign sales will bring total production to nearly 205. The new C-17s will be bought as "attrition" aircraft to replace older transports that have been over flown. "This is a huge victory for our military, our nation and Missouri," said Sen. Talent, Chairman of the Seapower Subcommittee, which oversees the C-17 program. "There are few systems more important to our armed forces than this aircraft. The C-17 is the transport of choice, able to carry troops, vehicles and supplies to any point on the globe making its reliability and versatility unmatched. The purchase of these additional C-17s provides needed aircraft to our military and will keep the line open for our highly skilled workers in Missouri."
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Thales announces the disposal of all of its shares (2.2%) in Embraer. This sale of 15.7 million shares has been completed through daily on-going sales on the market followed by a placement of shares for a total amount of 331 million reals proceeds (about 119 million euros). This decision does not question Thales' industrial development projects in Brazil, nor its cooperation with Embraer. Thales remains strongly committed to its Brazilian customers, confirmed by Thales' recent acquisition of a majority stake in Omnisys Engenharia Lta.
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Volvo Aero has formed a partnership with the US engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney to demonstrate new technology for the aircraft engine of the future, "Geared Turbofan Technology." It does not involve any agreement regarding a new engine program, but the new cooperation is still an important step toward a new engine undertaking for Volvo Aero. Pratt & Whitney's coming geared turbofan engines involve a new technology leap for commercial aircraft engines. The intention is that it will be used in the next generation of medium-class (single-aisle) aircraft, which will replace today's Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320. It is projected that the new engines will provide for 12% less fuel burn and that the noise level will be 30 decibels lower than the so-called Stage 3 requirements. The first ground tests are scheduled for the second half of 2007 and thereafter the engines will be test flown.
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The regional aircraft manufacturer ATR announced the sale of four new ATR 72-500s that will be operated by NAYSA, a regional operator based in the Canary Islands. The announcement has been made at the European Regions Airlines Association annual meeting currently being held in Barcelona. The total value of the contract is about $ 71 million. The four new ATR aircraft will be delivered between 2008 and 2009 and will be equipped with the new “Elegance Cabin” and with newest technological innovations in the field of communications and navigation aid tools. NAYSA is currently operating Beech 1900 aircraft and judged the ATR 72-500 the most adapted aircraft for their network based upon its superior comfort and low operating costs. Furthermore, with the new ATR 72-500 NAYSA would develop its already existing commercial agreement with Binter Canarias on some inter-island connexions.
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Boeing and Ryanair announced an order for 32 Next-Generation 737-800s. Deliveries for this order to the Dublin-based carrier, valued at $2.25 billion at list prices, are scheduled to begin in 2008. The order involves exercising options included in a previous purchase contract. Ryanair is the largest European operator of 737s and operates one of the youngest fleets in Europe, composed entirely of 737-800s. To date, Ryanair has ordered 281 737-800s.
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Swiss European pilots returned to flight duties. Although a further 14 morning flights had to be cancelled as a direct consequence of yesterday's strike, SWISS flight operations are now completely back to normal. The strike organised yesterday by the Swiss Pilots union severely impaired SWISS flight operations in Europe. The effects of the strike carried over to this morning with the cancellation of another 14 flights. In total, SWISS was forced to cancel 142 flights (or 71 round trips) within Europe. The strike by Swiss European Pilots disrupted the travel of approximately 8900 passengers. To limit the impact on travellers as much as possible, SWISS rebooked them on to other flights, purchased capacity from other airlines, distributed railway tickets and deployed larger aircraft on heavily travelled routes. Hotel accommodation was found for the 120 people who could not reach their destination yesterday.
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Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline announced its biggest ever expansion from Barcelona Girona. From March 2007, Ryanair will invest $280M in 4 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft and 17 new routes that will deliver 1M additional passengers p.a. This expansion brings to 40 the number of Ryanair routes from Barcelona. Announcing this expansion in Barcelona, Michael Cawley, Ryanair's Deputy CEO said: “Ryanair's Barcelona base has performed very strongly this summer and has firmly established itself as an important driver of both tourism and business in the region. Today's 17 new route announcements will allow Catalan passengers to enjoy the lowest fares and best punctuality to even more destinations. Ryanair now connects Barcelona to 40 destinations, delivering 4M passengers p.a. and sustaining 4,000 Catalan jobs. As part of this expansion, Ryanair will also add a 3 rd daily flight on its routes to Paris, Milan and Rome which will increase to 1M passengers per annum the number of passengers travelling from Barcelona with Ryanair to these cities alone.
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The European Union approved a new set of airline security rules that will restrict the amount of liquid allowed to be taken onboard planes, limit the size of cabin baggage, require passengers to remove coats at security checkpoints and other similar measures. The EU Regulatory Committee for Civil Aviation Security, representing all 25 Member States, approved the measures, proposed by the European Commission, to address the new threat of liquid explosives. "I warmly welcome the results of the Committee meeting, which strike the necessary balance between a tough approach on security, the comfort of passengers and the needs of the industry," said EU Commission Vice-President, Jacques Barrot. "I expect this to be adopted in the course of next week." The new rules will come into effect in early November after they have been officially published by the European Commission. However, the new carry-on luggage size rules will come into force later to allow operators solid preparation. The proposed new rules would: Limit the individual quantities of liquids allowed to be carried by passengers to 100 ml per container; require that the number of containers fit in one transparent re-sealable plastic bag of a maximum size of 1 liter; Require passengers to present the plastic bag at security checkpoints; limit the size of cabin baggage allowed to a maximum of 56 cm x 45 cm x 25 cm, with possibilities for some exemptions e.g. for musical instruments.
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A new report from Telecom, Media and Finance Associates, Inc. (TMF Associates), "The Market for In-Flight Passenger Communications: Lessons from Connexion," forecasts that widespread deployment of in-flight cellular services could be limited to those airlines who can justify investment in passenger connectivity as a service differentiator, since many airlines may be unable to demonstrate a compelling direct return on investment in these services. While rapid deployment of in-flight cellular could produce annual end-user revenues of more than $600M from 4500 equipped planes by 2016, a failure to generate sufficient ROI for airlines may result in revenues of less than $200M from under 1800 equipped planes. Tim Farrar, author of the report, commented, "A key lesson from the failure of the Connexion-by-Boeing system was that low usage, leading to insufficient revenue per equipped aircraft, results in airlines having to subsidize the cost of equipment. We estimate that the in-flight cellular services offered by OnAir and AeroMobile, using Inmarsat satellite equipment, will need to generate much higher end-user revenues than the $100,000 per plane achieved by Connexion before the service reaches breakeven for airlines on a standalone basis. Only then will it start to become attractive to low- cost carriers. This represents a challenging objective since in-flight cellular calling will remain a premium-priced service, targeted primarily at the limited number of frequent business travelers who need to remain constantly in touch. However, terrestrially based Air-To-Ground (ATG) systems, such as that planned by AirCell in the US, are expected to use lighter, cheaper equipment and thus may be profitable at much lower levels of end-user revenue. As a result, widespread deployment of in-flight Internet access may be easier for US airlines to justify."
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Innovative Solutions & Support Inc. announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the 10"Cockpit/IP Flat Panel Display System in the Pilatus PC-12. The Cockpit/IP Flat Panel Display System from IS&S significantly improves flight safety and security, streamlines vital in-flight information, and offers PC-12 pilots, passengers, and owners 'Part 25' performance capabilities at less than 'Part 23' costs. Installation of the 10" state-of-the-art displays is available through IS&S partners, Western Aircraft and Epps Aviation, who specialize in Pilatus aircraft avionics modifications and maintenance.
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