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Contents I - Industry News Newsletter February 1998 Volume 14 No 2 CONTENTS I - INDUSTRY NEWS I - INDUSTRY NEWS 0ABIPA Abipa....................... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Abipa, specialized in precision machining, assembly and metal finishing of parts for the aerospace industry, is building a new 2000 Aérocorp Technologies ......................................1 m2 factory in Laval. The move is scheduled to take place in July Air Canada ..........................................................1 1998. The company has also recently bought a third CNC machining centre and a 100 tonne press, as well as a laser cutting machine and Air Transat...........................................................1 a digitally controlled metal forming machine. Avcorp Industries ................................................1 Bell Helicopter .....................................................2 1AÉROCORP TECHNOLOGIES Bombardier..........................................................2 The Canadian Space Agency has awarded Aérocorp a $900,000 contract for the development of a remote manipulation system. This Bomem ................................................................2 system can remotely activate and deactivate robotic instruments Cae Électronique ................................................2 using a feedback system based on visual, auditory, inertial and tactile signals. The project will result in the creation of three new jobs and Centre de matériaux composites.......................3 the retention of seven others. Eurocopter Canada.............................................3 2AIR CANADA Héroux .................... Erreur ! Signet non défini. Marconi Canada..... Erreur ! Signet non défini. • M. Robin Wohnsigl has joined Air Canada from U.S. Airways and assumes the position of vice-president, technical operations. Oerlikon Aérospatiale .........................................3 Pratt & Whitney Canada.....................................3 3AIR TRANSAT Rolls-Royce .........................................................3 Two new Airbus aircraft Spar Aérospatiale...............................................4 Virtual Prototypes ...............................................4 Air Transat has concluded an agreement with ILFC for the lease and operation of two A330-200 aircraft, to be delivered in February and II - INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT April 1999. They will be powered by Rolls-Royce 772B engines. Air Transat will specify the cabin configuration, and each aircraft will accommodate 362 passengers. QUALITY .............................................................4 III - MANPOWER AND TRAINING 4AVCORP INDUSTRIES École de technologie supérieure .......................4 Boeing École de formation professionnelle Pierre- Boeing has awarded Avcorp Industries contracts with a total value Dupuy .................................................................... of $53 M, and extending over a four-year period. These orders are a result of changes in production rates of certain Boeing models. Boeing has requested an increase in production rate and contract IV - TECHNOLOGY extensions for B767 and B777 floor trusses, as well as for machined and sheet metal parts for ceiling and side panels of all the other Quasi-crystals .....................................................5 Boeing models. Winnipeg based Boeing Canada Technology has also The icy manipulator ............................................5 increased the value of its contracts with Avcorp, resulting in an additional $25 M of revenues for the aerostructures and metal V - SHOWS, EXHIBITIONS AND SYMPOSIA products divisions. IHO-AÉRO 1998 .................................................5 Club Aérospatial dinner-meetings .....................5 CONTACTING US 5 5BELL HELICOPTER CL-215: Bombardier has received a $5.7 M contract from the Department of Energy and Natural Resources of the State of North Carolina for a five-year lease of one CL-215 firefighting aircraft. First flight of Bell 427 Global Express: Bombardier Aerospace has begun the interior The new Bell 427 twin helicopter, which is powered by two completion of the first ultra-long range Global Express business PW206D engines, has made its first flight at Mirabel. The Bell 427 is aircraft. 33 cm longer than the Bell 407, and has accommodations for one pilot and seven passengers. Its performance makes it equally suited to a variety of roles, from regional transport to freight transport and TAG Aeronautics Group medical evacuation. Certification is scheduled for December 1998. Bombardier has signed a $350 M contract with Paris-based TAG for The 427 is being developed in co-operation with Samsung of South the sale of five Global Express and five Challenger 604 business Korea, which manufactures the cabin and tail. Bell has already aircraft. First deliveries are scheduled for the end of 1999. TAG is logged 70 orders for the helicopter. the exclusive representative and distributor for Bombardier Aerospace in 22 Middle East countries. Bombardier’s order book includes more than 70 firm orders for the 6BOMBARDIER Global Express. CRJ sales European maintenance centre Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA), a Dulles, Virginia based carrier, Bombardier and Lufthansa Technik have formed a joint venture, has placed six firm and six conditional CRJ orders with Bombardier Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Service GmbH (LBAS). The new Regional Aircraft. The firm orders are valued at $176.8 M and centre, located at Berlin-Schönefeld airport, offers servicing, deliveries will begin in October 1998. maintenance and repair services for all Bombardier’s European customers. COMAIR: Cincinnati Ohio-based Comair has placed 12 firm orders with Bombardier for the CRJ series 100LR. Value of the contract is $353.6 M. Deliveries will begin in October 1998 and end in May UK maintenance centre 1999. Bombardier has appointed Inflite Engineering Services, based at Mesa Air Group: Bombardier has signed a firm purchase Stansted airport near London, as a recognised service facility for the agreement for 32 CRJs with Mesa Air Group, based in Farmington, maintenance of Challenger business jets operating in the United New Mexico. Kingdom. This is the second independent recognised service facility in the UK, the other being Heathrow-based Metro Business. Tyrolean Airways: Bombardier Regional Aircraft has received a $139.6 M order from Tyrolean Airways of Austria for two 50-seat Dash 8Q, series 300s, one Dash 8Q, series 400B and two CRJ 200B LRs. 7BOMEM As of 31 January 1998, 218 CRJs were in service with 133 more still to be delivered. ITT Aerospace Communications Québed-based Bomem has been awarded a $1.75 M contract by ITT News in brief Aerospace Communications of Fort Wayne, Indiana, for the AMR COMBS: Bombardier has recently increased its ownership in development of the infra-red sensor primary sub-system destined for the Flexjet fractional ownership business by purchasing the interests the latest generation of meteorological satellites. The space-based of AMR COMBS. sensor will measure temperature and humidity in the various layers of the atmosphere. It will be installed on the new generation National The U. S. Navy has awarded Bombardier a $2.5 M contract for the Polarorbiting Operational Environmental Series Satellites (NPOESS). testing of take-off and landing characteristics of its Unmanned Air Bomem currently has 150 employees. Vehicles (UAV). Delivery of 400th Challenger: Bombardier has delivered the 400th 8CAE ÉLECTRONIQUE Challenger, a 604, to a corporate customer in Mexico. It will be used for regional and international travel. The Challenger is the best Distribution centre selling aircraft in its category. CL 327: Bombardier has reached a milestone with the successful CAE Électronique has opened a new Distribution Centre in the first flight of its CL 327 Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) at Lawton Dubai airport Free Zone, United Arab Emirates. The centre will be Fort Sill in Oklahoma. used to supply CAE’s customers in the Gulf, Middle East and Indian Sub-continent. CL-604: Bombardier has signed a purchase agreement with the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) for one Challenger 604 and options for two more. MAXVUE Plus (TM) CL-415: Bombardier has signed a contract with the Department of Civil Protection of the Government of Italy for two CL-415 aircraft, Federal Express has ordered two MAXVUE Plus (TM) visual together with an option for four more. Delivery is scheduled for the systems from CAE Électronique, together with an option to purchase summer of 1998. additional systems at a later date. Nine MAXVUE (TM) systems were sold in 1997. 2 German Army American Airlines has ordered more CMA-2102s for its Boeing- 767-200ER/300ER, MD11 and Airbus A-300-600 fleets. This brings CAE Électronique has signed a contract valued at around $6.4 M to more than 80 the total number of CMA-2102s ordered by with the German Army Supply Office for the upgrade of its combat American. simulation systems. International Lease Finance Company (ILFC) has selected the CMA-2102 for two B777s which it will lease out. New contracts A total of more than 600 CMA-2102 antennas has been delivered to Northwest Airlines has ordered an A320 Full Flight Simulator • customers throughout the world. (FSS). It will be located at Northwest’s NATCO training centre in Eagan, Minnesota. • KLM has ordered a B-737-800 Full Flight Simulator (FSS). It will Aero-1 SATCOM be located at KLM’s pilot training centre at Schipol, Amsterdam, Holland. Marconi Canada’s Aero-1 SATCOM antenna system has been approved by INMARSAT and
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