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Continues a series of articles focusing on aerospace industries in the 21st century. The GEC as targeting the airline market for head-up displays (HUD); Advanced lightweight unit based on military head-up display technology; Testing by `Aviation Week & Space Technology' editor using GEC HUD; Conclusions reached.

Continues a series of articles on aerospace industries in the 21st century. European aircraft and engine manufacturers and research agencies focusing technology research on the reduction of noise emissions generated by commercial transports; Noise related constraints as having a severe impact on major European hubs; Plan to boost traffic at Belgium's Liege-Bierset Airport; What is exacerbating the problem; Growing interest in quieter aircraft.

Reports on the prospects of aerospace company Boeing Co. in 2000. Acquisition of Hughes Aircraft Co.'s space and communications business; Launch of the 777X jetliner; Plans to increase commercial aircraft production; Net earnings for 1999.

Reports on Boeing's launched of Boeing Airplane Services, a modification and engineering services business aimed at attracting additional post delivery work and revenues to its commercial aircraft division. Part of the company's Customer Service organization headed by Tom Schick; Use of existing capabilities and proprietary design data while improving post-sales support to the customer.

Reports that CNA's Pogo flexible tooling system is finding increasing use in aerospace manufacturing. Reduction in tooling costs; Users who can rapidly adapt to component design or engineering changes; Use of electronic data from computer-aided manufacturing and design (CAD/CAM) systems; How Aerochem uses its CNA pogo actuator system.

States that the United States National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) and Boeing are evaluating advanced composite wing stitching techniques at the Marvin B. Dow Stitched Composites Development Center in Huntington Beach, California. Applications; The stitching process; Funding.

Reports that Accutac Inc. of Des Moines, Washington has developed a composite material tack testing machine. Shipment of the first production version; Design; Use; Importance of accurate knowledge of tack levels; Other ways the device can be used.

Focuses on aerospace component suppliers' use of high-speed machining to increase productivity and meet demand for complex monolithic parts. The machines; Spindle speeds; Challenges; Companies Cincinnati Milacron and Remmele Engineering.

Focuses on the 1997 Aerospace North America air show in Abbotsford, British Columbia. The show as focusing on business aircraft and small-to-medium exporters who might not get noticed at larger events; Trade tensions which underscored the show; Disappointing attendance of the event; Bright spots of the show; Photographs of an Airbus A-310, Dassault Falcon, Canadair Challenger, and the Pilatus PC-12.

Reports on the signing of an exclusive-supplier agreement between Boeing Co. and Continental Airlines. The similar agreements Boeing has with Delta Air Lines and Continental Airlines; The repercussions on the Boeing-McDonnell Douglas merger; Deliberations by the European Union; The claims that the pending merger is monopolistic and will hamstring the competitiveness of Europe's aerospace industry.

Discusses the technological advances made in the aviation industry in the sphere of anti-ice and deicing equipment for aircrafts. Views of industry officials on the issue.

Reports on American aerospace manufacturers' search for reduced fabrication costs and an expanded presence in developing Asian markets. Increase use of offset manufacturing agreements in aerospace sales contracts; Potential of the China's market; Japan's relationship with General Electric Aircraft Engines; Licensed production and subcontract agreements.

Surveys airframe manufacturing, and looks at market forecasts by Boeing and McDonnell Douglas that indicate the world air travel market will double by the year 2005 and increase to at least 250 percent of current levels by 2010. Forecasting new transport deliveries through 2011; Asia/Pacific region critical to both manufacturers; Estimates of transport deliveries to North America's 29 carriers over the next 20 years; Future demand; Retirement potential; Reengining; Details.

Presents the updates relevant to the United States' aerospace and aviation industries for the week of September 4, 2000. Regional jet companies targeted for purchase by large international airline alliances; Number of airplanes purchased by Delta Air Lines.

Reports on the financial performance of Boeing Co. for the second quarter of 2000. Net earnings; Company's goal of a ten percent operating margin enterprise-wide; Operating earnings of the commercial airplanes unit.

Presents news items concerning the aerospace industries as of December 6, 1999. Includes Australia's deal with the United States to a cooperative experiment that involves flying the Global Hawk long-endurance unmanned reconnaissance aircraft; US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness certification received by the first MD-90 built in China; Number of transactions being processed by Boeing's Part Page Web site.

Reports on the merger of Daewoo Heavy Industries, Samsung Aerospace and Hyundai Space and Aircraft to become Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI). Company's lack of a business plan; Potential foreign investors in the company.

Reports on Boeing's winning of defense and space contracts in the United States as of October 11, 1999. Role played by aerospace companies acquired by Boeing in winning the contracts.

Reports on news and developments pertaining to aerospace manufacturer Boeing Co. in the United States as of August 1999.

Presents an update on the effort of AirLiance Materials to reach $200 million in inventory by the end of 2000. Relocation into a facility at Chicago, Illinois' O'Hare International Airport.

Reports on AlliedSignal Aerospace's forecasts on the revenue of its Defense & Space group. Shortfalls in United States military readiness and inventory; Untapped military business opportunities.

Reports on AlliedSignal Aerospace's forecasts on the growth of its aerospace business for 1999.

Reports that Australia has committed $2.5 million to store 11 F-111G bombers, 130 Pratt & Whitney TF-30 engines, ALR-621 radar warning reciever systems and support equipment in Arizona.

Reports that Japan's aerospace industry has logged record sales in 1998 despite decreasing defense demand. Total 1998 revenues; Expectations in year 2000.

Reports that Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group PLC is in talks with Polish aerospace and defense firms to expand its ties with the local aerospace industry. Details regarding the discussions between Rolls-Royce and various local industry players.

Focuses on a research conducted at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico on bone-shaped fibers that may result to stronger and cheaper aerospace composites. Need for a more expensive manufacturing techniques to achieve strength and toughness of the composites.

Reports on the plan of FlightSafety Boeing to focus on maintenance training business. Factors attributed to the projected growth of maintenance training business; Scheduling of geographically convenient maintenance training classes worldwide; Capability of Boeing to provide maintenance training to the aeronautics industry.

Discusses data compiled by Flight Dynamics and released by Boeing's Airplane Safety Engineering which showed the cost-effectiveness to airlines of installing head-up guidance systems (HGS) on 737s. Annual savings through lower accident rates; Estimated economic value for lost corporate goodwill.

Features the operation of Ontic Engineering and Manufacturing of North Hollywood, California as licensed manufacturer of aerospace systems and components.

Focuses on the high-velocity machining (HVM) techniques used by aerospace manufacturers and component makers. Significance of the technique; Comment from Bert Casper, vice president of marketing for Remmele Engineering Inc.; Use of monolithic aluminum structures.

Reports on the negotiations entered by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries with Europe's Airbus Industrie regarding Mitsubishi's plans to participate in Airbus programs. Participation of Mitsubishi in Boeing programs; Purpose of working with Airbus programs; Major aerospace manufacturers in Japan.

States that the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has certified FlightSafety International's Cat. 3 Low-Visibility Training Program for the Dassault Falcon 2000. Certification dependent on the use of Flight Dynamics' head-up guidance system installed in the Level D Falcon 2000 simulator; FAA standards for low-visibility operations.

States that Honeywell is endeavoring to buttress its expansion into the airborne information field. Its new data center in Phoenix, Arizona; How the facility will be able to quickly transfer large uploads; Number of data links which will be available for the service.

States that Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) has changed its name to DaimlerChrysler Aerospace. How the company will retain its DASA acronym; The new corporate identity as evidence of DaimlerChrysler's commitment to the aerospace business; Approval of the name change by shareholders.

Announces that Boeing Co. has replaced the head of its commercial transport division, Ron Woodard. The discovery of cost problems at the company's Wichita, Kansas factory, which led to his replacement; Other executives who will be replaced as a result; Comments of Boyd Givan, former Boeing chief financial officer.

Focuses on Multifunction Dexterous Boro-Robots. The robots, which are comprised of multiple lightweight, rigid tubular links. How they may aid critical inspection, troubleshooting and repair tasks in future aerospace and surgical fields; Maneuverability; Joint-demonstration of a larger two-link prototype by the University of New Mexico; Challenges.

Reports that Japan's Aerospace Industry Council will recommend to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) the formal termination of development work on YS-X, a 100-seat jet transport. McDonnell Douglas as advancing the MD-95 as its 100-seat regional; Expectations on when a subsidy program will begin.

Focuses on Boeing Co.'s efforts to streamline manufacturing, office and warehouse space by 2000 and to centralize its fighter, satellite space transportation and military activities. Plans to open a new 737 production line in Long Beach, California; Solidification of plans to build a new Joint Strike Fighter; Cost goals; Expected job cuts; Most of the changes which will impact Kansas, Missouri and California; Mention of the joint manufacture of the F-22 Raptor fighter with Lockheed Martin.

Reports that Japanese Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma has found that Japan Aviation Electronics Industry overbilled the Japanese Defense Agency in fiscal 1997. The company making autopilots, inertial navigation systems, connectors, switches and other electronic systems; Other contracts being investigated.

States that researchers at Ohio State University in Columbus have developed a technique that creates near net-shape complex ceramic parts. Applications in building improved radomes and high-heat-resistant rocket nozzle parts; Aspects of the technique.

Informs that Boeing Co. is staffing its management team for Aero Vodochody. Aspects of the joint venture in the Czech Republic; The three top executives assigned; Boeing's advertising of a wide range of Czech-based job openings; Range of jobs available; Number of trainer and light attack jets the aerospace manufacturer is under contract to provide.

States that Flight Visions of Sugar Grove, Illinois, is doubling its production floor space to 6,000 sq. ft. Expansion as a way to meet increased demand for cockpit head-up display (HUD) systems; Order from the United States Navy to retrofit the F14B fighter with the company's Sparrow Hawk HUD and FV-3000 Modular Mission Display Processor System; Delivery of the units; Number of HUD's made per month.

Announces that scientists at the United States Air Force Research Laboratory's Material and Manufacturing Directorate near Dayton, Ohio, have developed a hybrid part-cleaning chamber that virtually eliminates hazardous waste. Use of a dry ice pellet to `pre-clean' and illumination from a strong ultraviolet (UV) light; How contaminants on the part surface absorb and are broken down by the UV light; Elimination of the need to dispose of organic solvents or blast cleaning media used by conventional parts-cleaning techniques.

States that Hunting Plc. is concentrating on its defense and oil activities after selling Hunting Cargo Airlines in 1998. Purchase of the airline by Companie Belge and Safair; Negotiations with other parties to sell the company's five Lockheed Electra transports; Restructurization.

Focuses on discussions between Sweden and Finland over a joint procurement of helicopters. How Denmark and Norway are cancelling plans to procure a 5-ton utility/transport helicopter; How Sweden's armed forces are looking to narrow their inventory to two helicopter types.

States that Bombardier Aerospace has amassed a $6.8-billion order backlog. How business has not been affected by the Asian economic crisis; Production for the Global Express; Cost; Plans to build 38 Challenger 604 large business jets per year in 1998 and 1999.

Presents news related to Boeing Co. for the week of June 29, 1998. Boeing's discussions with three Japanese aircraft manufacturers over joining production of the 717 transport; Hyundai's facility in South Korea; Concerns of Ron Woodard, president of Boeing Commercial Airplane Group; How the Seattle-based company is looking for suppliers to back up components for the entire aircraft; Interest of Japanese manufacturers.

Discusses the efforts of Aerotech Engineering and Research Corp. of Lawrence, Kansas, in procuring commercial applications for ultrasonic motor technology. The refinement of the technology under contract to the United States Ballistic Missile Defense Office; Potential of the motors to act as lightweight missile actuators; Military applications; Cost.

States that Boeing Co. will phase-out production of the MD-11 transport line. Inheritance of the line in 1997's merger with McDonnell Douglas; Reasons; Efforts to find work for employees who will be displaced by the phase-out.

Reports on Boeing Company's efforts to address problems that are slowing production of its next-generation 737 transports. Effects of the economy in Asia that are taking a toll on demand and may force a mid-1999 slowdown in production; Number of transports delivered; Signs that production is increasing.