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IndustryBoeing concluded contract negotiations with IAM
Seattle, Usa – The union represents some 25,000 employees in the Seattle area
The Boeing company has announced the conclusion of contract negotiations with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union that represents some 25,000 Boeing employees... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas awarded of a over 7 USDm contract
USA
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $7,544,144 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-00-C-0363)... more
IndustryGoodrich Aircraft awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
USA
Goodrich Aircraft Wheels and Brakes, Troy, Ohio, is being awarded a $6,203,877.38 firm fixed price contract to provide for wheel landing gear on the B-52 aircraft. Total funds have been obligated. Headquarters... more
IndustryRaytheon awarded of a over 26 USDm contract
USA
Raytheon Technical Services Company, Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $26,297,531 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide for repairs to APG-63 and APG-70 radar subassemblies... more
IndustryGeneral Electric awarded of a over 15 USDm contract
USA
General Electric Aircraft Engine, General Electric Company, Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $15,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract for 30 Low Rate Initial Production T58 Engine Reliability Improvement Program... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman awarded of a over 23 USDm contract
USA
Northrop Grumman Corp., Rolling Meadows, Ill., is being awarded a $23,278,573 contract modification to provide for the Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) program. The option shall acquire... more
IndustryGeneral Electric awarded of a over 7 USDm contract
USA
General Electric Aircraft Engines, Lynn, Mass., is being issued a $7,551,696 order under a previously awarded requirements contract (N00393-01-D-004M) for procurement of 421 F-404 engine afterburner flameholders... more
IndustryBAE Systems to take care of NATO's satellite communications
London, Uk - Talon has also recently selected by Astrium
BAE Systems, the British aerospace manufacturer, announced to have completed the delivery of three of the newly designed Talon transportable satellite communications terminals, to the headquarters of NATO's... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft awarded of a over 37 USDm contract
USA
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $37,113,756 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for repair, overhaul, modification and test and evaluation... more
IndustryJ.K Hill and Associates Inc. awarded of a near 6 USDm contract
USA
J.K Hill and Associates Inc., Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $5,880,003 fixed-price-award-fee contract to provide for fiscal year 2003 base supply, fuels and logistic material control activity services... more
IndustryDepartment of the Air Force, the DoC and NASA awarded of a over 4 USDbn contract
USA
The Department of the Air Force, the Department of Commerce (DoC) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are announcing an award of a $4,500,000,000 contract to provide for the National... more
IndustryAirbus Uk at work on A380
Bristol, Uk - The new superjumbo by Airbus
Last August 23, workers at Airbus Uk in Bristol started to make the first rib for the wings of the A380 aircraft, the new superjumbo designed by the Toulouse-based plane maker. "This component will form... more
IndustryRolls-Royce signs ten-year Trent fleet hour agreement with China Eastern Airlines
Darbyshire, Uk - To power the airline's new fleet of Airbus A340-600s
The British motor manufacturer Rolls-Royce and China Eastern Airlines announced today (28 August) to have signed a USD 100m contract for a 10-year fleet hour agreement covering the Trent 500 engines powering... more
IndustryRaytheon awarded of a over 50 USDm contract
USA
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Az., is being awarded a $50,675,955 firm fixed price contract modification to provide foraward of 142 Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missiles (Air Intercept Missile-120 C5 and C7... more
IndustryTri-Industries awarded of a near 7 USDm contract
USA
Tri-Industries, Terre Haute, Ind., is being awarded a $6,983,736 firm-fixed price contract to provide for 204-augmentor nozzle support for the F100 engines applicable to the F-15 and F-16 aircraft. Total... more
IndustryPratt&Whitney awarded of a over 27 USDm contract
USA
Pratt&Whitney, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $27,419,300 ceiling priced order under a Basic Ordering Agreement for 16,129 J-52 engine compressor stator vanes used on EA-6B aircraft.... more
IndustryTRW awarded of a over 868 USDm contract
USA
TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $868,700,000 cost-plus-award contract modification to support the research, development, testing and engineering needed to pursue a capability that... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a over 9 USDm contract
USA
Lockheed Martin Federal Systems, Owego, N.Y., is being issued a $9,248,725 ceiling-priced order for 14 types of spare parts to be used on SH-60R and CH-60 helicopters. These 69 items include flight management... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman awarded of a near 9 USDm contract
USA
Northrop Grumman Corp., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded an $8,720,419 firm-fixed-price order for 211 aircraft rudders used on F-18 C/D aircraft. Work will be performed in El Segundo, Calif., and... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a near 184 USDm contract
USA
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $183,700,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to procure a maximum of 1,212 retrofit kits for the F-16 C and D Block 25/30/32/40/50/52... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas awarded of a near 10 USDbn contract
USA
McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $9,762,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for 60 C-17 aircraft (P121-P180). This effort will begin with advance procurement encompassing... more
IndustryDynamic Gunver Technology awarded of a over 7 USDm contract
USA
Dynamic Gunver Technology, Manchester, Conn., is being awarded a $7,228,393 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for Convergent Nozzle Segment Assembly applicable to F100 Pratt and Whitney 100/200/220... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a over 8 USDm contract
USA
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $8,281,484 firm-fixed-price contract modification to provide for 1,099 each, Pilot Production Kits Spares for the F-16 Block A/B/C/D aircraft... more
IndustryRobertson Aviation awarded of a 375 USDm contract
USA
Robertson Aviation, Tempe, Ariz., is being awarded, a delivery order amount of $21,139,230 with a cumulative total of $375,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for a Crashworthy External Fuel System and related... more
IndustryBoeing released the 900X variant of the 737
Seattle, Usa - Strengthened wing and body structure will allow the plane to carry 12 more passengers
The Boeing Company recently released the 900X version of the 737. Thanks to reinforced wing and body structures, the new version will allow to carry 12 more passengers than the preceding ones. Moreover... more
IndustryJames N. Gray Company awarded of a over 10 USDm contract
USA
James N. Gray Company, Lexington, Ky., is being awarded a $10,171,018 for firm-fixed-price Task Order H101 under an indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity, multiple award construction contract for... more
IndustryGE Capital Aviation Training received JAA Level D ZFT certification
London, Uk - On its flight simulators for A330/340
GE Capital Aviation Training, the firm specialized in commercial aviation training with professional training centres at hubs in London and Hong Kong, received JAA Level D ZFT certification of its A330/A340... more
IndustryBoeing awarded of a over 13 USDm contract
USA
The Boeing Co., McDonnell Aerospace Division, St. Louis is being awarded a $13,057,115 firm-fixed price contract modification to provide for an engineering change proposal (ECP) to the Avionics Upgrade... more
IndustryTitan Linkabit awarded of a over 5USDm contract
USA
Titan Linkabit Wireless, San Diego is being awarded a $5,250,916 ceiling-price-order under a basic ordering agreement (N00383-99-G-023G) for purchase of 19 AN/USC-42A(v)3 Mini-DAMA (Demand Assigned Multiple... more
IndustryBoeing awarded of a 132USDm contract
USA
Boeing Military Aircraft and Missile Systems Group, Philadelphia is being awarded a $132,000,000 firm-fixed-price remanufacture and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for remanufacture of six Egyptian CH-47C... more
IndustryITT Corp. awarded of a over 51 USDm contract
USA
ITT Corp., ITT Avionics Division, Clifton, N.J., is being awarded a $51,653,708 firm-fixed price, time and materials contract to provide for the Foreign Military Sale of the ALQ-211 (V)4, Advanced Integrated... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a near 11 USDm contract
USA
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $10,800,000 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for incorporation of Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare System for... more
IndustryUnited Technologies awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
USA
United Technologies, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $5,662,369 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-01-C-0024) for the Special Progressive... more
IndustryAmerada Hoss Corp. awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
USA
Amerada Hoss Corp.*, Woodbridge, N.J., is being awarded $6,361,075 fixed-price with economic-price adjustment type contract for 9,514,714 gallons of gasoline, fuel oil, and diesel fuel for the U.S. Army,... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a near 7 USDm contract
USA
Lockheed Martin Systems Integration - Owego, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $6,981,623 firm-fixed-price order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N68335-02-G-3023) for the design, development... more
IndustryBAE Systems awarded of a near 12 USDm contract
USA
BAE Systems Aerospace Electronics, Inc., Lansdale, Pa., is being awarded an $11,821,992 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 12 Band 9/10 Transmitters for the EA-6B aircraft. Work will be... more
IndustryRaytheon awarded of a over 14 USDm contract
USA
Raytheon Co., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $14,403,065 firm-fixed-price supply contract to provide for 41 line items of F-15 APG-70 radar spares for the Israeli Air Force. Total funds have been... more
IndustryUnited Technologies Corp. awarded of a over 42 USDm contract
USA
United Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Group, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $42,484,930 cost-plus-fixed fee contract modification to provide support for the F-22 Air Vehicle Flight... more
IndustryBombardier revised its financial targets for 200/2003
Montreal, Canada - Because of the "persistent weakness of the US economy"
Because of the "severe downturn" which affects the international air transport industry also worsened by the "persistent weakness of the US economy", the Canadian regional jets maker Bombardier revised... more
IndustryBoeing to modernize China Southern Airlines' fleet
Seattle. Usa - Delivered the first of 20 B737-800s
Boeing Co., the Seattle-based aerospace industry, has delivered the first of 20 B737-800s to the main People's Republic airline China Southern Airlines. "We are bullish on Boeing. The 737-800 is a wonderful... more
IndustryMeirelles Resigns from Raytheon Board
Lexcington, Usa - To Pursue Political Office in Brazil
Raytheon Company, the Us firm specialized in global technology in defense, government and commercial electronics, and business and special mission aircraft, announced in a press release that Henrique de... more
IndustryConnexion by Boeing SM to bolster north Atlantic satellite coverage
Seattle, Usa - With the addition of Intelsat 709
In a yesterday's press release, the Us plane maker Boeing announced that Connexion by BoeingSM, its mobile information services provider, has signed a contract with Intelsat for transponder capacity onboard... more
IndustryRolls-Royce still pays for September 11
London, Uk - Pre tax profit down by a 45% in the first 6 months of 2002
Bad news for the British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce PLC, as in fact it announced underlying pretax profit in the six months to June was down some 45%, as the downturn in the civil air transport sector... more
IndustryBoeing to deliver its new B747-400ER freighter
Seattle, Usa - The cargo version of the recently tested passengers aircraft
After having recently carried out flight tests for its new B747-400ER, Boeing is now close to roll out and to test the cargo version of the same aircraft, whose first operative specimen presumably, will... more
IndustryBoeing and USAF signed a USD 9,7bn worth contract
St. Louis, Usa - For the supply of 60 C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft
The Us aerospace industry Boeing and the Us Air Force (USAF) signed a USD 9,7bn worth contract for the supply of 60 C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft. "This contract defines the C-17 as the new global... more
IndustryMoving assembly for 757
Seattle, Usa - The new moving line method will significantly reduce delivery times
The Boeing Company began assembling 757s on a moving assembly line this week in Renton, Washington. The moving line method, thanks to the continuous 24ft-per-day (about 8 meters) movement, will allow to... more
IndustryMore hand baggage on 757-300
Seattle, Usa – The new Boeing BigBins will allow to store up to 60% more hand baggage
The new version of Boeing 757-300 named BigBins went into production this week and will increase the stowage capacity up to 60%. In this way it will be eliminated the competition for free space in the... more
IndustryMB-XX preliminary tests successfully completed
Tokyo, Japan – The new combustion chamber tested in Japan
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Mhi) and Rocket Propulsion & Power unit of Boeing Company have successfully completed preliminary tests for the MB-XX full-scale combustion chamber prototype. Tests have been... more
IndustryV-22 on tests to evaluate rotors vulnerability
Washington, USA – The STOL aircraft will have to prove its reliability to remain in service
V-22 project, the revolutionary aircraft which blends qualities of a helicopter and a plane, risks to stall. It is able to take off as a helicopter and fly as an airplane by tilting the two wingtip rotors,... more
IndustryBoeing will develop the new X-45B
Washington, USA – It awarded the contract to produce the new unmanned stealth bomber
The U.S. aerospace giant Boeing will study and produce the new unmanned X-45B aircraft, Pentagon spokesmen announced. The prototype represents the answer to the need of unmanned bombers in order to reduce... more