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IndustryBISCHOFF, MTU: WE ARE NOT SELLING OUR COMPANY
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Denying the rumours which said that MTu Aero Engines could be sold to Snecma, Manfred Bischoff, chairman of the supervisory board of MTU, company owned by DaimlerChrysler, declared that... more
IndustryPRATT & WHITNEY CANADA IN FULL MOMENTUM WITH THE REVOLUTIONARY PW800 ENGINE FAMILY
LE BOURGET-PARIS, Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (P&WC) is bringing a game changer to the marketplace with its new family of geared turbofan engines, the PW800. Leveraging the vast experience and advanced... more
IndustryWTO DECISION IN CASE BETWEEN BOMBARDIER AND EMBRAER RELEASED WITHIN TWO WEEKS
LE BOURGET, PARIS, From rumours at the Le Bourget Air Show, seems that World Trade Organization, WTO, decision in matter of the reciprocal accusations between Canadian and Brazilian government about illegal... more
IndustryLAST CONCORDOSKI SOLD TO A TEXAN MULTIMILLIONAIRE
USA, The last russian Concordoski, the supersonic plane built in the 60s to compete with Concorde, was sold to a texan multimillionaire over the internet for a price of $11 million. The identity of the... more
IndustryRAYTHEON AIRCRAFT SELLS 35 AIRCRAFT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY PARIS SHOW
LE BOURGET, "Raytheon Aircraft has taken orders for 35 aircraft through noon on Tuesday, June 19, 2001 at the Paris Air Show. Included in the airplanes ordered at Paris are: 1 Hawker Horizon super mid-size... more
IndustryAGREEMENT BETWEEN AIRBUS AND FAIRCHILD DORNIER RECONFIRMED
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Fairchild Dornier and Airbus confirmed their agreement, for which Fairchild Dornier will supply to Toulose based aircraft industry, 1693 subsystems for Airbus aircrafts. The dal worth... more
IndustryILFC SELECTS PRATT ENGINES
PARIS, International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) has selected Pratt & Whitney PW4168A engines for seven new Airbus A330-200 aircraft in a transaction valued at approximately $200 million to the engine... more
IndustryHUSH KITS FOR LANDING GEARS?
LE BOURGET, PARIS, According Louis Le Porz, chairman of Messier-Dowty, the world's largest aircraft landing gear maker, could be started soon the realization of "silenced" landing gears. According studies... more
IndustryMONTI, EC, LASHES OUT THE POLITICAL INTERFERENCE IN HONEYWELL/GE MERGER
LE BOURGET, PARIS, The European competition commissioner, Mario Monti, in a press conference, condamned the political interferences raised over the merger between Honeywell and General Electric, and declared... more
IndustryGE EXPECTS THREE ENGINE CERTIFICATIONS FOR THE FIRST QUARTED OF 2002
LE BOURGET, PARIS, According to General Electric managers declarations, is to be expected for the first quarter of 2002 the certification of three new versions of the well-known CF34 engine, the 8C5, 8D... more
IndustryAAR BECAME EMBRAER AUTHORIZED MAINTENANCE CENTER
LE BOURGET, PARIS, A contract for three years has been signed today between Brazilian air industry Embraer and Aar, Aircraft Component Services division of Aar Corporation, for maintenance and repairs... more
IndustryTHE NEW JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN THALES AND RAYTHEON HAS AMBITIOUS EXPECTS
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Has been officially announced yesterday at Le Bourget Paris Air Show the born of a new joint venture between French Thales (former Thomson csf) and U.S. Raytheon. Managers of the new... more
IndustryAGUSTA WESTLAND TO EYE AN AMERICAN PARTNER TO COMMERCIALIZE EH-101 HELICOPTER
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Agusta Westland is reported to be looking for a commercial agreement with an american company concerned with defense to produce its medum-tactical transport EH-101 helicopter. A model... more
IndustrySINO SWEARINGER SJ30-2 CERTIFICATION TO BE PUT OFF
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 certification is expected to be put off because of several problems the company had to handle with. These troubles caused the sacking of about 100 employees. About... more
IndustryITALY KNOCKS AT EADS DOOR
LE BOURGET, PARIS, According to Finmeccanica managers, the company would work in the next months to define the last items in Emac, European Military Aircraft Company, thus, as declared by Alberto de Benedictis,... more
IndustryVITROCISET AWARDED WITH A NATO CONTRACT FOR NETMA INFORMATION SYSTEM
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Vitrociset, a leading Italian company for logistic systems for Defense, civil aviation and space, has been awarded a three years contract (until May 2004) with an option for further... more
IndustryMANY ORDERS AT LE BOURGET FOR AIRBUS
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Great satisfactions for Airbus at the 44th Paris Air Show. The French industry received yesterday orders for a total of 66 aircraft, worth over 5USDbn. According to Airbus sources,... more
IndustryPROBABLY AN EH-101 WILL BE THENEXT POPE HELO
LE BOURGET, PARIS, An AgustaWestland EH-101 will be probably the next helicopter which will be used by the Pope for his travel. Up to date, has been used aircraft from Italian Air Force 31th Air Wing based... more
IndustryFORGEARD, AIRBUS, FEELS ''POISONED'' BY STONECIPHER, BOEING DECLARATIONS
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Declarations of Harry Stonecipher, Boeing vice chairman about the fact that would be Airbus to try to damage the GE-Honeywell merger, have raised the tension between the two industries,... more
IndustryCHINA WILL BUILT REGIONAL PLANES BY ALLIANCE AIRCRAFT
LE BOURGET, PARIS, According to an agreement signed in the secnd opening day at Le Bourget Paris Air Show, AVIC II, a Chinese aeronautical industry willl built in China the Alliance aircraft regional plane... more
IndustryNORTHROP SUPPLY EGYPT WITH A EC-2 HAWKEYE
USA, Northrop Grumman signed a contract with Egypt for the supply of a EC-2 Hawkeye 2000 aircraft in export configuration. In the contract, worth 163 USDm,is comprised also the upgrade of another Egyptian... more
IndustryDSF TO BUY 50 CRJ AIRCRAFTS FROM BOMBARDIER
PARIS, Bombardier Aerospace today sai, during Paris air show, that Deutsche Structured Finance (DSF) intended to buy 50 of its CRJ series aircraft. The $1.5 billion deal covers 30 70-seat CRJ700s and 20... more
IndustryBOEING: THE SONIC CRUISER ISN'T A ''PAPER PLANE''
LE BOURGET, PARIGI, In a interview released at Le Bourget Air Show, Boeing commercial airplanes division President, Alan Mulally, declared that the Sonic Cruiser, the Boeing project for an aircraft capable... more
IndustryALSO LUFTHANSA IN BOEING'S CUSTOMERS WALLET FOR INTERNET CONNECTIONS
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Is Lufthansa the first customer outside United States to have signed a contract with Boeing to use its Connexxion Internet access system on board own aircrafts. Boeing yet signed contracts... more
IndustryNOT YET READY THE ROCKWELL/SMITHS REPLY TO GE/HONEYWELL MERGER
LE BOURGET, PARIS, In a interview released at Le Bourget Paris Air Show, officials of Rockwell Collins and Smiths Group Plc have not been able to give futher information about possibility that forecasted... more
IndustryAIRBUS CONFIDENT TO REACH 100 ORDERS FOR A380 AIRCRAFT BY THE END OF THE YEAR
PARIS, Noel Forgeard, Airbus Industrie's ceo, yesterday said to be confident that the french aviation industry will reach the "100-firm-order milestone" for the A380 by year end, "plus or minus three months".... more
IndustryBEEL OPENS BELLAERO
LE BOURGET, PARIS, Bell Helicopter opened a new maintenance support division called BellAero, which will supply to all military helicopters customers the technical support, maintenance and design and production... more
IndustryBOEING PRESENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME ITS NEW 737-900
LE BOURGET, PARIS, After less than a month of the first delivery of a 737-900 at launch customer Alaska Airlines, Boeing presented, for the first time in an AirShow, its aircraft to the public, which has... more
IndustryBOMBARDIER SHOWS ITS NEW CRJ900 AT PARIS AIR SHOW
PARIS, Bombardier yesterday unveiled its new 86-seat CRJ900. The aircraft has Mesa Air Group as launch customer that has already ordered 20 planes and another 10 were ordered from GECAS. Certification... more
IndustryEC ASK GE TO DISMISS HONEYWELL ACTIVITIES FOR 2,2 USDBN
LE BOURGET, PARIS, According General Electric sources, European Commission for competition would ask GE to dismiss activities in Honeywell, which GE want to acquire, for a value of about 2,2 USDbn. This... more
IndustryEC SUSPENDS DECISIONS FOR GE IN HONEYWELL ACQUISITION
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Seem that an agreement between European Commission and General Electric on GE's proposed acquisition of Honeywell International is still were far from to be reached. Concerning about... more
IndustryAIRBUS REPLY TO BOEING FOR ''AIRBORNE INTERNET''
TOULOSE, FRANCE, Aeronautical French industry Airbus, in reply to Boeing's Connexxion on board internet connection system, announced that has acquired a 30% stake in Seattle-based (as Boeing) Tenzing Communications.... more
IndustryLOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED A NEAR 211 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Lockheed Martin Technology Service Group, Cherry Hill, N.J., is being awarded a near 211 USDm contract to provide for operational and maintenance of the Air Combat Command's Tethered Aerostat Radar... more
IndustryBOEING UNVEILS PLANS FOR ITS ''AIRBORNE INTERNET''
SEATTLE, USA, U.S. aeronautical industry Boeing unveiled some details of its Connexxion system to allow passengers to connect to Internet when on board aircrafts. Three major U.S. airlines, American Airlines,... more
IndustryNORTHROP AWARDED A OVER 20 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Northrop Grumman Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an over 20 USDm contract to provide for long lead parts/advanced procurement in support of low rate initial production of two Global Hawk... more
IndustryNEW ANTICOLLISION SYSTEMSA FROM OXLEY
GREAT BRITAIN, Oxley Avionics, the UK based specialist avionics manufacturer, announces the launch of EZELED, an LED-based "NVG friendly" lighting system for military aircraft, which replaces unreliable... more
IndustryROLLS-ROYCE AND EMBRAER CELEBRATE 1000TH AE 3007 ENGINE DELIVERY
CHANTILLY, Rolls-Royce today handed over its 1000th AE 3007 engine to Embraer at the aircraft maker's facilities in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil. The event was attended by senior representatives from... more
IndustryBOEING ACQUIRES A NEAR 23 USDM CONTRACT FOR C-17 UPGRADE
USA, The Boeing Co., Long Beach, Calif., was awarded a $22,902,083 modification time and materials contract by the Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to provide for various... more
IndustryMCDONNEL DOUGLAS ACQUIRE A OVER 9 USDM CONTRACT
USA, McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems/The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., is being awarded a $9,213,327 firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, for various AH-64 Apache spares.... more
IndustryMEGADATA SIGNS CONTRACT WITH BRITISH AIRWAYS
GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT, Megadata Corporation announced today that British Airways has contracted for the use of Megadata's PASSUR (Passive Secondary Surveillance Radar) flight tracking information service,... more
IndustryBOEING READY TO SIGN INTERNET AGREEMENT WITH THREE MAJOR U.S. AIRLINES
SEATTLE, USA, Boeing Co.'s announced it's read to siign an agreement to provide e-mail and Internet access to airline with three of the largest U.S. carriers. Th eairline involved with this agreement... more
IndustryIMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR AGUSTA WESTLAND AT LE BOURGET AIRSHOW
PARIS, FRANCE, During the Paris Le Bourget Air Show, Agusta Westland will be present on the stage with a large static helicopter exposition, in front of A389 chalet, in which on June 19th, at 11,30 a.m.... more
IndustryWIRE SABOTAGE AT BOEING'S PLANT
RENTON, USA, Boeing has detected a sabotage of wiring on at least seven 737 jets under construction at its plant of Rento. Boeing in a statement said that damages were detected during functional testing... more
IndustryHEAD INC. AWARDED A OVER 6 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Head Inc., Columbus, Ohio, is being awarded a USD 6,394,000 contract for taxiway extension and lights and airfield recapitalization, Chambers Field Naval Station, Norfolk. Work is expected to be... more
IndustryLOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED A OVER 5 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Lockheed Martin Corp., Tactical Defense Systems, St. Paul, Minn., is being awarded a over USD 5m contract by the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., for the full-rate production of 11... more
IndustryJOINT STRIKE FIGHTER ENGINE AGREEMENT SIGNED
USA, Officials from Pratt & Whitney (P&W) and GE Aircraft Engines (GEAE) signed an agreement to work together on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) engines program. Signing on behalf of P&W was Steve Finger,... more
IndustryHARRIS WINS USD300M CONTRACT
USA, Harris Corp., Palm Bay, Florida, is being awarded a $300,000,000 contract to provide for development and production satellite multi-band terminals. These modular terminals will provide dual hub... more
IndustryEXXON WINS CONTRACT WORTH OVER 28 USDM
USA, Exxon Mobil Fuels Marketing Co., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a USD 28,114,014 contract for delivery of 26,240,000 U.S. gallons of JP5-grade turbine fuel. This delivery will be to the Sicily,... more
IndustryBOEING AWARDED A 1USDBN CONTRACT FOR C-130 AVIONIC UPGRADE
USA, Boeing Co. St. Louis, is being selected to receive a USD1,000,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts contingent upon approval by the Defense Acquisition Board. to support the... more
IndustryAIRBUS: 62 ORDINI FOR A380 AIRCRAFT
TOULOUSE, Airbus Industrie said it has collected 62 orders for the superjumbo A380. Qantas Airways ordered 12 aircrafts, Air France 10, Singapore Airlines 10, Fedex Corp 10, Virgin Atlantic 6, Emirates... more