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IndustrySierra Nevada Corp. awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the AN/SPN245 radar system
Sierra Nevada Corp.*, Sparks, Nev., is being awarded a $5,209,440 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-05-D-0010) to exercise... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Systems Integration-Owego awarded of a near 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the MH-60R and MH-60S
Lockheed Martin Systems Integration-Owego, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $5,909,718 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-03-G-0014) for continued... more
IndustryGeneral Electric Aircraft Engines awarded of a over 8 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-414 engine, powering the F/A-18 E/F aircraft
General Electric Aircraft Engines, Lynn, Mass., is being awarded an $8,041,740 priced order under the existing Basic Ordering Agreement contract (FA8140-05-G-0003) for procurement of rotors used on the... more
IndustryAirbus: Alitalia will install the new European maker's navigation system
Milan, Italy - The Future Navigation System B (Fans B) on 23 A-321 aircraft
"Alitalia will use the new data-link navigation system for the air traffic control. The Italian carrier to install on 23 A-321 airplanes the new Airbus Future Navigation System B (Fans B), purchased last... more
IndustryBoeing forecast sees air cargo strength continuing
Seattle, Usa - Industry will rely increasingly on large freighters
The global air cargo market, currently showing significant strength through a flurry of new freighter orders, is poised for strong 20-year growth, during which The Boeing Company forecasts that the world... more
IndustryLear Siegler Services awarded of a over 30 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the T-37, T-38, T-38C and AT-38B
Lear Siegler Services, Austin Williamson County, Texas, is being awarded a $30,581,169 fixed price incentive firm target with award fee contract modification to provide for Aircraft Maintenance and related... more
IndustryRaytheon Technical Services Co. awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A 18 aircraft
Raytheon Technical Services Co., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded $5,600,000 firm-fixed-price contract to support the Shared Reconnaissance Pod Program in support of the F/A 18 aircraft. Work will... more
IndustryRaytheon Co. awarded of a near 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18E/F aircraft
Raytheon Co., Electronics Systems, Goleta, Calif., is being awarded a $5,833,008 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-04-C-0123) to exercise an option for the seventh... more
IndustryEmbraer: first EMB-190 delivered to JetBlue
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The carrier has placed firm orders for 101 airplanes
Embraer yesterday celebrated delivery of the first EMBRAER 190 to launch customer JetBlue Airways during a ceremony held at the manufacturer’s headquarters in São José dos Campos, Brazil. JetBlue has pla... more
IndustryBP West Coast Products LLC awarded of a near 588 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the JP8 and F-76 fuel
BP West Coast Products LLC, La Palma, Calif., is being awarded a maximum $587,804,938 fixed price with economic price adjustment for JP8 Turbine Fuel and F-76 Fuel for Defense Energy Support Center. The... more
IndustryBoeing-Lockheed Martin: the two makers' alliance do not convince US Government
New York, USA - As stated by "Wall Street Journal"
US Government would not prove convinced about costs. The joint-venture, made to produce rockets for Air Force, is experiencing more and more difficulties in achieving a go-ahead by Administration and military... more
IndustryMIG: a 40% of managerial staff to be cut
Moscow, Russia - A measure decided in order to better re-allocate available resources while waiting for the foundation of the great Russian aerospace holding
While waiting for the concrete creation of a single aerospace holding in Russia as scheduled by Government, MIG group is planning a great reorganization work concerning employment. The well known Russian... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: EUR 300m worth projects with Hellenic Aerospace
Thessaloniki, Greece - A letter of intent has been signed at the 70th Thessaloniki Exhibition
The letter of intent between Finmeccanica and Hellenic Aerospace has been signed by Finmeccanica’s Deputy President, Giuseppe Maresca, and by Hellenic’s Executive Director, Costas Karamanlis, in the pre... more
IndustryGeorgia Technical Applied Research Corp. awarded of a 15 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the MH-53M helicopter
Georgia Technical Applied Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga., is being awarded a $15,000,000 cost-plus fixed-fee contract to provide for Engineering Services for software simulation support for the Integrated... more
IndustryBoeing Wichita Development awarded of a near 39 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the VC-25A aircraft
Boeing Wichita Development, Wichita, Kan., is being awarded a $38,929,861 time and material contract modification. This effort is for scheduled depot level heavy maintenance on the VC-25A aircraft. There... more
IndustryBell-Boeing Joint Program Office awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the CV-22 Osprey
Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md., is being awarded $6,220,576 for delivery order 0053 under previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00383-03-G-001B) for the procurement of fiscal... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas Corp. awarded of a near 7 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18 A/B/C/D aircraft
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo. is being awarded a $6,947,725 firm-fixed-priced order against a previously awarded Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-03-G-0009)... more
IndustryBoeing: bound for a plea-bargaining, worth USD 500m
Seattle, USA - Story stemmed from a well known industrial spying matter damaging Lockheed Martin
Boeing is about to resort to a plea-bargaining worth USD 500m with US Justice Department. "Wall Street Journal" stated it, citing well informed sources. This matter stemmed from an industrial spying operation... more
IndustryAirborne radars: lighter, smaller, high-powered
Brussels, Belgium - Exigencies put forward by the air forces, most of all the NATO's ones, with a European market worth over USD 5bn by 2014
European airborne military radar market will be worth around USD 5.44bn between 2005 and 2014. Analysts’ forecasts talk about a significant growth in the sector due to the need to adapt to operational e... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: US Coast Guard to use the Italian Group's radar system
Rome, Italy - It was the Seaspray 7500E radar fitting the HC-130H patrol aircraft
It is the last version of radar developed by the Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems -a company owned by Finmeccanica Group-the Seaspray 7500E radar system. It will be used by US Coast Guard’s patroller p... more
IndustryRaytheon Systems Co. awarded of a over 31 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the Predator and MH-60
Raytheon Systems Co., McKinney, Texas, is being awarded a $31,402,406 firm-fixed-price task order under previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00164-00-G-0007) for Multi-Spectral Targeting System... more
IndustryBoeing and LOT Polish Airlines announced order for up to 14 B-787s
Warsaw, Poland - Deliveries begin in 2008
Boeing and LOT Polish Airlines yesterday reached an agreement for up to 14 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, making LOT the first global network carrier in Europe to operate the world’s newest and most technologically a... more
IndustryRaytheon Co. awarded of a over 92 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18E/F aircraft
Raytheon Co., Space and Airborne Systems, Electronic Warfare Systems, Goleta, Calif., is being awarded a $92,371,418 five-year order option contract for Performance Based Logistics support of the ALR-67(v)3... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman Systems Corp. awarded of a 20 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the T-38 and F-5
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $20,000,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide for T-38 and F-5 Weapon Systems Engineering Services. At... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Corp. awarded of a over 395 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-22
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $395,069,277 cost-plus fixed-fee contract modification. This effort supports F/A-22 Lot 5 Production Aircraft. This modification definitizes... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: from "Underperform" to "In-line"
New York, USA - US Goldman Sachs gave the assessment
Thanks to the US rating and brokering agency Goldman Sachs Finmeccanica’s operating assessment passed to "In line" from "Underperform". Together with Bae Systems and Thales, it has the major appreciation p... more
IndustryBAe proves stronger in the market thanks most of all to military sector
London, UK - Revenue increased up to more than a 13% in the first half 2005
Results achieved during the first half this year appear more than satisfying for British Aerospace. A more than +13% increase in revenue compared to the same period in 2004 are most of all stemming from... more
IndustryBoeing Helicopter awarded of a over 14 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the Chinook CH-47 helicopters
Boeing Helicopter, Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded on Sept. 2, 2005, a delivery order amount of $14,103,648 as part of a $14,103,648 firm-fixed-price contract for Rotary Wing Heads for the Chinook CH-47... more
IndustryGeneral Electric Aircraft Engine awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the H-46E
General Electric Aircraft Engine, General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $5,453,950 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-02-C-3021) for the procurement... more
IndustryRaytheon Systems dba Raytheon Systems Co. awarded of a over 17 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For 150 AIM-9M/9X tactical missiles
Raytheon Systems dba Raytheon Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $17,140,440 ceiling-priced modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed price contract (N00019-03-C-0003) for 150 AIM-9M/9X... more
IndustryFreeman Holdings of Louisiana dba Million Air Alexandria awarded of a over 12 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For jet fuel
Freeman Holdings of Louisiana dba Million Air Alexandria* (Veteran Owned Small Business), Alexandria, La., is being awarded a $12,070,217 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for jet fuel... more
IndustryEmbraer 190 jet awarded type certificate by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Deliveries to begin to U.S. customers
Embraer announced yesterday that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued Friday the type certificate for the 100-seat EMBRAER 190 airliner, allowing Embraer to start deliveries to launch-customer... more
IndustryEmbraer signed the final contract for six EMB-190LR jets with Régional
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne to become the first operator of the type in Europe
Embraer and Régional, a fully owned subsidiary of Air France, have announced the signature of the final contract for the purchase of six EMBRAER 190 LR aircraft with six additional options of the same... more
IndustryEADS Secure Networks: Nokia radio communications section has been acquired
Amsterdam, Holland - The European holding reinforced so its own capabilities in the security sector
The new European aerospace and defence group EADS’ section devoted to radio communications in the security field is called EADS Secure Networks. Its foundation is a result of the acquisition by the holding o... more
IndustryBell-Boeing Joint Program Office awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the CV-22 Osprey
Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md., is being awarded a $6,220,576 ceiling priced order under previously awarded contract (N00383-03-G-001B) for procurement of additional Special Operations... more
IndustryBell-Boeing Joint Program Office awarded of a near 13 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the CV-22 Osprey
Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md., is being awarded a $12,806,217 ceiling priced order contract procurement of additional U.S. Special Operation Command spares for the CV-22 Osprey.... more
IndustryBoeing Co. awarded of a near 7 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For E-4B aircraft
Boeing Co., Wichita, Kan., is being awarded a $6,797,000 cost-plus fixed-fee contract modification to provide for mod block one engineering change for E-4B aircraft, tail number #73-1677. At this time,... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas Corp. awarded of a over 15 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the C-17
McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $15,457,620 firm fixed price with economic price adjustment contract modification. This is a modification to the C-17 production contract... more
IndustryBurns & McDonnell Engineering awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the construction of an air traffic control training complex
Burns & McDonnell Engineering, Kansas City, Mo., was awarded on Aug. 31, 2005, a $6,080,364 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of an air traffic control training complex. Work will be performed... more
IndustryEmbraer: Legacy jet to operate at higher-altitude airports
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Permission granted by Brazilian and U.S. airworthiness authorities
Embraer announced its Legacy jet was approved to operate at airports located at up to 9,500 feet above sea level. Approval was granted by Brazilian and U.S. airworthiness authorities Centro Técnico Aeroespacial... more
IndustryThe Boeing Co. awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the EA-18G aircraft
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded an estimated value $6,354,009 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-04-C-0005) to develop, integrate, test and deliver... more
IndustryBoeing: struggle with the unions on pensions and health care
Washington, USA – Unions could call for an impressive strike if a solution is not found by the end of this week
Unions representing many Boeing’s employees could decide to resort to an impressive strike in case a series of requests related to the new contract are not met by the company. Hundreds workers would h... more
IndustryEmbraer 190 airliner awarded type certification by CTA
São José dos Campos, Brazil - US certification is expected shortly, allowing deliveries to commence for JetBlue
Embraer announced last Tuesday it has been granted type certification for the 100-seat EMBRAER 190 airliner on schedule from the Brazilian certification authority Centro Técnico Aeroespacial (CTA). The... more
IndustryLockheed Martin: new job cuts for the F-16 programme
Fort Worth, USA - Despite the international success of the aircraft, it appears necessary to lower costs and keep its price competitive
The F-16 Fighting Falcon is always one of the most successful combat airplane in the international market but Lockheed Martin stated that it it anyway forced to confirm also in 2006 ther need to resort... more
IndustryLitton Systems Inc. awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the C-130 and VP-3A aircraft
Litton Systems Inc., Navigation Systems Division, Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded a $6,248,439 two-year firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for repair of the LTN-72... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a over 10 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the MH-60R
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $10,767,906 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-03-C-0011) for the development and installation of an Active... more
IndustryEmbraer: China Eastern Airlines took delivery of its first ERJ-145 jet
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Aircraft manufactured by Harbin Embraer Aircraft Industry Co., Ltd. joins one of the largest fleets in China
Harbin Embraer Aircraft Industry Co., Ltd. (HEAI) last Monday announced that China Eastern Airlines Jiangsu Ltd. took delivery of the first of five 50-seat ERJ-145s it placed on order. Completion of deliveries... more
IndustrySignature Flight Support awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For jet fuel for Army, Navy, Air Force
Signature Flight Support, Savannah, Ga., is being awarded a maximum $6,031,410 fixed price with economic price adjustment for jet fuel for Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies.... more
IndustryRobertson Aviation LLC awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the AH-64 helicopter
Robertson Aviation L.L.C.*, Tempe, Ariz., was awarded on Aug. 23, 2005, a $5,420,981 firm-fixed-price contract for AH-64 A Kits, Combo-Pak B Kits, Storage Cradles, Apache Magazine and Auxiliary Tank Transfer... more
IndustryThe Boeing Co. awarded of a over 53 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For two CH-47F helicopters
The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded on Aug. 25, 2005, a $53,393,269 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for Two CH-47F Helicopters. Work will be performed in Ridley Park, Pa., and is... more