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IndustryJapan Airlines tests Airplane Health Management Service on Boeing aircraft
Seattle, Usa - It will add to Air France and American Airlines in the development program
Japan Airlines (JAL) has agreed to be the third developmental partner for a Boeing [NYSE: BA] in-flight airplane monitoring system designed to help airlines reduce flight schedule interruptions. JAL joins... more
IndustryUS Navy charged Boeing with a USD 8,6bn contract
ST. Louis, Usa - It's about the production of 210 F/A-18 Super Hornets
US Navy charged Boeing, with a multiyear procurement contract valued USD 8,6bn, for the production of an additional 210 F/A-18 Super Hornets; the former will purchase 42 aircraft in each of the fiscal... more
IndustryBoeing Wichita Development and Mod Center awarded of a over 17 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the KC-RC-135 aircraft
Boeing Wichita Development and Mod Center, Wichita, Kan., is being awarded a $17,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract modification to provide for four RC-135 re-engine installs for the KC/RC-135 re-engine... more
IndustryBoeing Defense and Space Group awarded of a 22 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the KC-135 aircraft
Boeing Defense and Space Group, Wichita, Kan., is being awarded a $22,000,000 firm-fixed-price time and material contract modification to obtain sustaining engineering services in support of the KC-135... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman Systems Corp. awarded of a over 13 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the E-2C aircraft
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $13,592,609 firm-fixed-priced order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00019-00-G-0280) for integrated logistics... more
IndustryMaritime Helicopter Support Co. awarded of a over 417 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the SH-60B, SH-60F, HH-60H, MH-60S and MH-60R
Maritime Helicopter Support Co., the joint venture company formed between Lockheed Martin Systems Integration and Sikorsky Aircraft Co., Manassas, Va., is being awarded a $417,025,926 fixed-price-incentive... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Systems Integration-Owego awarded of a over 11 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the MH-60S and MH-60R helicopters
Lockheed Martin Systems Integration-Owego, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $11,085,201 cost-plus-incentive-fee delivery order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00019-03-G-0014)... more
IndustryBell Helicopter Textron Inc. awarded of a over 183 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the Super Cobra and Huey helicopters
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $183,799,999 firm-fixed-price contract for the low rate initial production lot for the procurement of three Super Cobra helicopters (AH-1Z)... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Systems Integration awarded of a over 423 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the MH-60R and MH-60S helicopters
Lockheed Martin Systems Integration, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $423,413,424 firm-fixed-priced, multi-year contract for the procurement of 172 common cockpit kits for the MH-60R (71) and MH-60S (101)... more
IndustrySierracin Sylmar Corp. awarded of a over 7 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18 aircraft
Sierracin Sylmar Corp., Sylmar, Calif., is being awarded a $7,201,920 requirements contract for the repair of day vision and night vision windscreens that are part of the F/A-18 aircraft. This contract... more
IndustryPratt and Whitney Military Aftermarket Services awarded of a near 73 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-15 and F-16 aircraft
Pratt and Whitney Military Aftermarket Services, San Antonio, Texas, is being awarded a $72,896,408 firm fixed price contract to provide for Overhaul and Repair of F100-PW-100/200/220/220E/229 engine modules... more
IndustryThe Boeing Co. awarded of a near 14 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the CH-47G aircraft
The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded on Dec. 19, 2003, a $13,900,000 modification to a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Improved Cargo Helicopter Low Rate Initial Production Component Recapitalization... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas Corp. awarded of a near 167 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the C-17 aircraft
McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $166,732,000 firm fixed price contract modification to provide for sustainment of the fleet of C-17 aircraft from January through February... more
IndustryThe new Boeing 777-300ER completed the ETOPS certification tests
Seattle, United States - The certification is fixed for March
The new Boeing 777-300ER has exceeded all ETOPS certification tests, proving the superior reliability of the airplane and its two General Electric engines. The aircraft made 38 flights totaling 267 flight... more
IndustryBell Helicopter Textron awarded of a over 14 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the H-1 helicopter
Bell Helicopter Textron, Hurst, Texas, is being awarded a $14,550,000 firm-fixed-price delivery order for purchase of 97 main rotor blades used to support the H-1 helicopter. Work will be performed in... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co awarded of a 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the AH-64A/D Apache helicopter
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded on Dec. 18, 2003, a delivery order amount of $5,000,000 as part of a $5,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for assessments, replacement solutions... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the AH-64 helicopter
Lockheed Martin, Orlando, Fla., was awarded on Dec. 18, 2003, a delivery order amount of $5,050,606 as part of a $688,957,118 firm-fixed-price contract for multiple spares applicable to Target Acquisition... more
IndustryGeneral Electric awarded of a near 27 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18E/F aircraft
General Electric Co., Aircraft Engines Business Group, Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $26,749,487 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-99-C-1175) for F414-GE-400 depot... more
IndustryBoeing: an end of the year among successes and scandals
Washington, Usa - The society risk to pay a heavy fine for having stolen documents from Lockheed
Successes and scandals in this end of the year for Boeing, the main Usa industry in the aerial field. After the recent scandal that caused the firing of the financial director, of one top manager and the... more
IndustryEmbraer and Air Canada sign agreement for EMB-190s
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The contract would include 45 options for the same aircraft model
Embraer and Air Canada have signed a commercial proposal for the sale of 45 Embraer 190s, with the possibility of options for 45 additional Embraer 190s. Under the agreement, deliveries of the two-class... more
IndustrySingapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airlines interested in new Boeing 7E7
Washington, Usa - The contacts began soon after the go-ahead
The go-ahead was given only some day ago, but the new Boeing 7E7 seems to have already two airlines interested in the purchase: Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airlines. For the moment, however,... more
IndustryHoneywell International Inc. awarded of a over 13 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18C and AV-8B aircraft
Honeywell International Inc. Defense Avionics Systems, Defense & Space Electronic Systems, Albuquerque, N.M., is being awarded a $13,392,221 firm-fixed-price contract for the full rate production of 161... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman Systems Corp. awarded of a over 42 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the EA-6B aircraft
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Integrated Systems Sector, Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $42,478,866 firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of 17 wing center sections for the EA-6B aircraft. Work... more
IndustryBoeing 7E7 given the go-ahead to begin offering for sale to the airlines
Seattle, Usa - Everett is the final assembly location of the aircraft
The Boeing Board of Directors has given the company's Commercial Airplanes unit the go-ahead to begin offering for sale the new 7E7 Dreamliner passenger airplane to airlines around the world. "The 7E7... more
IndustryBoeing reports a quarterly dividend of 17% per share
Chicago, Usa - It will be payable in March
The Boeing Board of Directors stated, after a meeting occurred last Tuesday, that the company recorded a quarterly dividend of 17% per share, which will be payable March 5, 2004 to shareholders at the... more
IndustryEUR 120m contract for Thales
Paris, France - It will have to provide avionics for the Malaysian government
The electronics and defence French group Thales has been commissioned by the Malaysian government with a EUR 120m contract to provide avionics for its 18 Sukhoi 30 MKM. The integration will be carried... more
IndustryRaytheon Co. awarded of a over 298 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18 aircraft
Raytheon Co., Electronic Systems, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $298,218,000 ceiling amount modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-03-C-0364) for the procurement... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas Corp. awarded of a near 11 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18 aircraft
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $10,943,469 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-02-C-3236)... more
IndustryTestore: "In February the decision about Finmeccanica 2"
Turin, Italy - When the activities of the work group are to be finished
Within February of the next year it is to know if there will be a Finmeccanica 2. The news was released last Monday by the general executive manager and general manager of the society, Roberto Testore.... more
IndustryThe new Pratt & Whitney's PW615 turbine engine takes off
Quebec, Canada - Certification is scheduled for 2005
The new Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW615 turbine engine still in the developping phase has succesfully achieved its first 8 hour- run and completed a number of performance and characterization tests. The... more
IndustryNext year the new Safire jet will fly for the first time
Opa-Locka, Usa - It passed the wind tunnel testing
The new Safire jet passed all the wind tunnel tests and will be ready to fly by next year, while deliveries are foreseen for 2006. The new aircraft will cost USD 1.395m, it represents the new generation... more
IndustryEmbraer presented the new F-5BR
Sao Jose, Brazil - The supersonic fighter has a crucial role for Brazilian Air Force
Recently the new supersonic fighter Embraer F-5BR was officially presented in a ceremony, which saw the participation of the high-ranked Brazilian Air Force (FAB) officers, representatives of partners... more
IndustryRaytheon Co. awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18E/F, F-16 and B-1B aircraft
Raytheon Co., Electronic Systems, Goleta, Calif., is being awarded a $6,315,238 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-03-C-0056) for the full rate production of integrated... more
IndustryX-43C: a very futuristic aircraft
Chicago, Usa - Boeing, Nasa and Usa Air Force Research Laboratory are collaborating to the project
The Boeing Phantom Works has been the last company to have recently joined the project for the X-43C aircraft, a very futuristico airplane that will employ a particularly advanced technology in order to... more
IndustryGeneral Electric-Pratt&Whitney team awarded commission worth USD 1,5 bn
New York, Usa - For the supplying of 100 engines to the Emirates Airlines
The team formed by General Electric and Pratt&Whitney was awarded a commission by the airline of the United Arab Emirates, the Emirates Airlines, for the supply of 100 engines GP-7200 for the A-380 aircraft.... more
IndustryAlcatel-Alenia Spazio agreement is nearer
Paris, France - It has been declared by the general executive manager of Finmeccanica during an interview
According to what has been declared during a recent interview released to a French daily paper by the general executive manager and general manager of Finmeccanica, Roberto Testore, the negotiations for... more
IndustryAirbus collects information about Boeing's state aids
Paris, France - All the information will be sent to the Ue Commission
Airbus suspects that Boeing has received state aids for the construction of the new 7E7 (that should begin the test fly in 2007 and be delivered starting from 2008, NdR) violating an agreement signed... more
IndustryHonda: from motorcycle to the aircraft motors (2). The technical sheet of the Honda-jet
Tokyo, Japan - The aircraft's data
The new Honda-jet introduces a particular configuration of the motors that, as it can be seen from the photo, are placed over the wings. In this way it is earned the space of the aft fuselage (realized... more
IndustryHonda: from motorcycle to the aircraft motors
Tokyo, Japan - A jet will take off for the 100th anniversary of the motor flight
There are only a few days left for the centenarian of the first motor flight carried out by the Wright brothers, whose celebration are scheduled for next December 17. That day, among the other initiatives,... more
IndustryThe Guardian: slush funds permit to Bae the signing of contracts
London, Uk - It is the accusation emerged by a journalistic inquiry of the British daily paper
According to a journalistic inquiry published some days ago by the British daily paper "The Guardian" the Bae Systems, the English colossus of the aerospace and defense fields, use a system of slush funds... more
IndustryBoeing Military Aircraft awarded of a near 280 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For 16 MH-47G aircraft
Boeing Military Aircraft and Missile Systems Group, Philadelphia, Pa., was awarded on Dec. 5, 2003, a $278,628,423 modification to a cost-plus-incentive-fee/cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for 16 MH-47G aircraft.... more
IndustryEmbraer attends the Dubai 2003 Airshow
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - With the Embraer 170 and two Legacy aircraft
Embraer attends Dubai 2003, the 8th International Aerospace Exhibition held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on December 7-11, one of the most important international events in the Middle East with the... more
IndustryLitton Systems, Inc. awarded of a near 8 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18 E/F aircraft
Litton Systems, Inc., Navigation Systems Division, Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded a $7,856,862 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00421-01-C-0260) to exercise an... more
IndustryHupp Aerospace awarded of a near 20 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For aircraft parts for the Army
Hupp Aerospace, New Haven, Ind., is being awarded a $19,900,653 firm-fixed-price with indefinite-quantity delivery type of contract for aircraft parts for the Army. Performance completion date is expected... more
IndustryThe Boeing Co. awarded of a over 151 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the CH-47F helicopters
The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded on Dec. 2, 2003, a $151,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract for seven CH-47F new build helicopters. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pa., and is expected... more
IndustryAirbus expects to deliver more aircraft than Boeing
Munich, Germany - That is what Eads' Ceo Rainer Hertrich stated
Eads' Ceo, Rainer Hertrich, stated that the European Airbus group expects to deliver more planes than the American giant Boeing, becoming therefore the market leader for the next 6-10 years. For this year... more
IndustryNew society in Russia for Eads
Paris, France - It will enhance its presence in the country
To enhance its successful business activities in Russia, Eads will set up a new company operational in January 2004. The Executive Committee has appointed Vadim Vlasov, 38, to head the new society, created... more
IndustryPentagon suspends the Boeing commission
New York, Usa - For suspected use of illegitimate means in its allocation to the company
The Pentagon has decided to suspend the commission for 100 aircraft for the in-flight refuelling of the jet of the American Air Force that was at first adjudicated to Boeing. The decision, that follows... more
IndustryBoeing, as well, will take part to the project for the manufacturing of the X-43C hypersonic aircraft
Rome, Italy - It will be seven times faster than sound speed
Boeing, jointly with Nasa and US Air Force, will take part to the new X-43C aircraft project concerning the construction of three prototypes between 2003 and 2005. For the manufacturing of this plane,... more
IndustryThe Boeing Co awarded of a near 9 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the CH-47 helicopters
The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded on Nov. 25, 2003, a delivery order amount of $8,721,399 as part of a $17,062,366 firm-fixed-price contract for spare parts for the CH-47 Chinook Helicopters.... more