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IndustryBell Helicopter awarded of a over 9 USDm contract
USA
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a delivery order amount of $9,583,092 as part of a $56,041,061 firm-fixed-price contract for six TH-67A+ Training Helicopters for use as instructional... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft awarded of a near 7 USDm contract
USA
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a delivery order amount of $6,810,150 as part of a $6,810,150 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance and overhaul of 150 Cat III - main rotor... more
IndustryHoneywell awarded of a over 7 USDm contract
USA
Honeywell Inc., Phoenix is being awarded a $7,570,139 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for gyroscope displacement for the C-12 gyroscope compass system on the C-130 aircraft, 259 each. Total funds... more
IndustryCessna to lay off 1,500 workers
Kansas, Usa - It doesn't stop the barrage of dismissions decided by the company
According to the Cessna management is still not being able to find a way out from the dark period that has involved all aviation fields, and that it has taken a heavy tall of important victims (to see... more
IndustryRBC Inc. awarded of a near 14 USDm contract
USA
RBC, Inc., Alexandria, Va., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $13,810,573 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity, time-and-materials contract (N00421-00-D-0248)... more
IndustryHoneywell awarded of a over 7 USDm contract
USA
Honeywell Inc., Phoenix is being awarded a $7,570,139 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for gyroscope displacement for the C-12 Gyroscope Compass System on the C-130 aircraft, 259 each. Total funds... more
IndustryRolls-Royce delivers its 100th engine for V-22
Indianapolis, Usa - AE 1107C has 20 years of activity in the US Army
Rolls-Royce has carried out today the delivery, to the American Army, of the 100th AE 1107C engine for V-22, the futuristic aircraft that the American Army Forces are developing in the last years. "The... more
IndustryPratt & Whitney opens a training center in China
Beijing, China - Many bet on the Chinese civil aviation
Pratt & Whitney have yesterday inaugurated in Beijing its first training center where all the staff will be formed in order to improve the necessary support to the customers of the mythical American propulsors.... more
IndustryBoeing celebrates its 30 years in China with new plans
Beijing, China - To strengthen the position of the US giant
The conference that has had place in Beijing for the 30 years of the Boeing in China has been also the occasion for the president of the Boeing, Alan Mulally, to trace some guidelines of the American company... more
IndustryGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems awarded of a near 29 USDm contract
USA
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, San Diego is being awarded a $28,819,040 firm-fixed-price contract to provide 12 MQ-1 Block 10 Predator Aircraft. At this time, $21,614,280 of the funds has been... more
IndustryGulfstream Aerospace awarded of a over 59 USDm contract
USA
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., Savannah, Ga., is being awarded a $59,197,934 firm-fixed-price contract. This action is The Peace Lotus III Program and is a Foreign Military Sales Program to furnish the Egyptian... more
IndustryNew contract for Boeing engineers
Kansas, Usa - They will get an increase of 4.5% each year
If the United Airlines workers must fight in order to not accept reductions on their salaries, there are other categories, in the aeronautical market, that see improved their economic condition. It's... more
IndustryControversy KLM-Alitalia: the Dutch carrier condemned by the arbitration college
Amsterdam, Netherlands - The carrier obliged to pay to Alitalia Eur 150m
The arbitration college to solve the issue between KLm and Alitalia has decided the condemn of the Dutch carrier, that now is obliged to pay Eur 150m to the Italian carrier request of damages presnted... more
IndustrySikorsky to lay off 267 workers
Stratford, Usa - Even the Congress adverse to the decision
A provision that has left astonished not only the same employees, but also the trade-unions and the members of the Congress. Indeed the decision of the Sikorsky to give the sack to 267 dependents arrives... more
IndustryBoeing pitches Air-India to buy the new B777
Washington, Usa - The Indian carrier probably will buy Boeing's aircraft
Following Dinesh Kasar's (president of Boeing's trading area of commercial airplanes and vice-president of the sales area of the Boeing company) Air-India will finally decide to buy the new B777 in order... more
IndustrySpeea approves the contract with Boeing
Seattle, Usa - The approvation has been voted Sunday night
SPEEA (Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace) during the night of last Sunday has approved a contract with Boeing previewed to last for three years. Alan Mulally, President of Boeing... more
IndustryAir Wisconsin signs a contract with Bombardier
Toronto, Canada - The contract has a value of USD 140m
On Monday the carrier Air Wisconsin has signed a contract of the value of USD 140m with Bombardier for the supply of 6 regional jets CRJ200. Enthusiast the comment of the chairman of the Us carrier, present... more
IndustryRolls-Royce signs deal with Lufthansa for USD 139m
London, UK - The engines' maintenance will be committed to the English industry
The Rolls-Royce has signed an important agreement of USD 139m with the German airline Lufthansa for the cure of the new engines of its A340-600 that will operate long-hauls. A deal that reinforces the... more
IndustryIntroduced in Hungary the new L-159B aircraft
Budapest,, Hungary - The aircraft has been introduced in the Air Force base of Kecskemet
In the Hungarian Air Force base of Kecskemet it has been introduced the new training aircraft L-159B produced by the Aero Vodochody. The aircraft will be produced in two principal versions. "A" version... more
IndustryAviastar concludes the largest deal in Russian aviation history
Moscow, Russia - Great chance to relaunch the industry
Aviastar has signed a contract of USD 355m with the Egyptian airline Sirocco Aerospace International for the delivery of 25 Tu-204-120; they will participate to the construction of the airplane also the... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a near 17 USDm contract
USA
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $16,714,976 firm-fixed-price, time and materials contract for the Special Progressive Aircraft Rework (SPAR) Program for the VH-3D and VH-60N... more
IndustryBoeing, completed the tests for the aircraft without the pilot: the X-45A
Saint Louis, Usa - They have been made on experimental models
In the last days have been completed the proofs on the second prototype of the X-45 UCAV (Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle) built by Boeing company and happily tested for the first time in the Nasa's Research... more
IndustryBoeing sells a plant in the Usa
Seattle, Usa - The ceding will be real in January 1st, 2003
Boeing, the giant of the US aeronautical and aerospace industry, has announced of having sold one of its plants in Washington State, to Triumph industry. The cession will be real after the next January... more
IndustryPratt & Whitney dominates the European market for the engines helicopter
Quebec, Canada - The engines of the Canadian industry are the most-wanted by European operators
The position of the Canadian industry Pratt & Whitney in the European market is reinforced, thanks to the undoubted reliability demonstrated by its engines. In fact almost all the operators of emergency... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Space Systems awarded of a over 11 USDm contract
USA
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a $11,007,665 cost-plus award-fee contract modification to provide for personnel, material and facilities required to support all... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a near 13 USDm contract
USA
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $12,817,300 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification to provide an extension of the support for F-16 DT&E tests at Edwards Air Force Base and... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas awarded of a over 16 USDm contract
USA
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $16,266,430 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Post Production System Support for the 30 Royal Netherlands Air Force... more
IndustryRussia likes more Airbus than Boeing
Moscow, Russia - US disappointed to this new sudden choice
The indebtedness of the Russian carrier flagship Aeroflot would not allow the purchase of aircraft Boeing as it had been planned. The choice of the carrier has fallen on the more economic Airbus aircraft... more
IndustryBoeing to drop the "Sonic cruiser" plan
Washington, Usa - Carriers are not disposable to invest
There has still not been an official declaration but it seems Boeing has the will to set aside the program of the supersonic plane. Surely it influences the unfavorable economic conjuncture at world-wide... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas awarded of a over 12 USDm contract
USA
McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis is being awarded a $12,412,400 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-02-C-3236) to exercise an option for engineering, maintenance... more
IndustrySymetrics Industries awarded of a over 34 USDm contract
USA
Symetrics Industries*, Melbourne, Fla., is being awarded a ceiling-priced $34,482,060 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of four first article and... more
IndustryRaytheon Aircraft awarded of a near 170 USDm contract
USA
Raytheon Aircraft Co., Wichita, Kan., is being awarded a $169,987,608 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for Lot X option exercise; Joint Primary Aircraft Trainer System T-6A Production Aircraft Lot... more
IndustryDassault previews a loss in production rates
Paris, France - The prevision is valid for the next year
The French industry Dassault Aviation previews for the next year a loss of the orders after the positive year 2002 when the French Defense Minister has requested more times military aircraft. The industry... more
IndustryBoeing 767 new series goes to direct production
Washington, Usa - The project goes from the transition to the operative phase
Following the words of the vice president of the production line of Boeing 767, the new series of these aircraft will go in a short time from the transitional phase to the direct production. John Quinlan... more
IndustryRaytheon signs a contract with Boeing
Saint Louis, Usa - The approval has arrived in the last days
Raytheon signs a contract with the Boeing company for the supply of a radar called APG-79 Active Electronical Scanned Array (AESA) that will integrate the electronic systems provided on board of the new... more
IndustryRaytheon Systems awarded of a over 9 USDm contract
USA
Raytheon Systems Co., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $9,278,260 firm-fixed-price supply contract with two priced out year options modification to provide for forty antenna array applicable to the... more
IndustryBoeing names a new president for the Chinese division
Chicago, Usa - The appointment has been decided in the 30th anniversary of activity in China
David Wang has been named in the last days president of the Chinese division of Boeing industry, the giant of aeronautical and aerospace industry that has customers among the carriers of 145 countries... more
IndustryNorthrop reduces the previsions about the incomes for the year 2002
Washington, Usa - The cause is the acquisition of TRW
Northrop industry, in spite of the really positive news coming from the market, reduces of an half point by share the income of the shareholders. The reduction, following society's official sources, is... more
IndustryA-400M: Germany to reduce its order of 13 planes
Berlin, Germany - Antonov to be taken to cover the leak
The German financial crisis, admonished in these days also by the European Union, would not allow the maintenance of the official order of 73 A-400M planes. About this issue AVIONEWS had already dealt... more
IndustryHoneywell International awarded of a over 24 USDm contract
USA
Honeywell International Inc., Tempe, Ariz., was awarded a $24,646,373 firm-fixed-price contract for upgrade, overhaul, and re-capitalization of 60 T55-L-712 engines applicable to the CH-47 Chinook Helicopters... more
IndustryVeridian Engineering awarded of a over 23 USDm contract
USA
Veridian Engineering, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y., is being awarded an estimated $23,266,220 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, multiple award delivery order contract for technical... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
USA
Northrop Grumman Corp., Melbourne, Fla., is being awarded $6,371,200 fixed-price-incentive-firm contract to procure satellite communications equipment for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System... more
IndustryBoeing Satellite Systems awarded of a 150 USDm contract
USA
Boeing Satellite Systems, Los Angeles is being awarded a $150,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract modification to provide for 12-space segment options item (E) Satellite 3 production for the Wideband Gapfiller... more
IndustryBoeing will dismiss 5000 employees during next year
Washington, Usa - The new job cuts will add to the 30.000 already programmed for this year
Boeing will dismiss 5000 that will add to the 30000 already announced for this year. The new dismissals are programmed for year 2003. A spokesman of the industry says: "This 5000 new dismissals announced... more
IndustrySigned a contract between Datamat and Lockheed Martin
Milan, Italy - The contract will have a value of EUR 5,6m
Signed a contract of a value of EUR 5,6m between Datamat and Lockheed Martin. The contract, that will be operative starting from January 2003 with a five years period, previews the supply in outsourcing... more
IndustryBoeing launches on the market a new version of B-777
Washington, Usa - The new aircraft has been presented in the United States
Presented in the USA the Boeing 777's new model. It will be the fourth model to be put on the market of the series of five previewed from the project of the American industry. The new aircraft will be... more
IndustryBoeing Aerospace awarded of a over 19 USDm contract
USA
Boeing Aerospace Operations, Midwest City, Okla., is being awarded a $19,561,400 modification to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-01-C-0110) to exercise an option for the maintenance... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft awarded of a 34 USDm contract
USA
Sikorsky Aircraft, Shelton Facility, Shelton, Conn., is receiving a $34,000,000 five-year long-term contract for overhaul and repair of various components of the H-60 aircraft. This contract contains... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a over 36 USDm contract
USA
Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $36,091,724 firm-fixed-price contract modification to provide for Lot 2, 100 Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missiles with warranties and costs for... more
IndustryRolls Royce awarded of a 44 USDm contract
USA
Rolls Royce Corp., Indianapolis is being awarded a $44,000,000 cost-plus fixed-fee contract to provide for Component Improvement Program for T56 engines and components. The workload includes the effort... more