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IndustryThe air transport future (2): the passenger aircraft demand
Toulouse, France - Strong growth in the next 20 years
According to Airbus' forecasts, the number of passenger airplanes will double over the next 20 years. "From 2000 to date new operators and a strong economic growth, mostly in emerging markets, have almost... more
IndustryFinmeccanica receives Consob authorisation for Datamat offer
Rome, Italy - The document will be made available to the public next Monday
"With regard to the takeover offer to be made by Finmeccanica Società per Azioni on the remaining ordinary shares of Datamat SpA, please note that CONSOB has given authorisation for the publication of... more
IndustryBoeing delivers first upgrade NATO AWACS aircraft
Munich, Germany - The upgrade of the whole fleet will be realized within 2008
NATO has received first specimen of AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) put before Mid-term Modernization Programme, for a value of USD 1,32 billion and sees EADS as partner Boeing and prime-contractor... more
IndustryThe A-380 in China
Guangzhou, China - Another step of its world tour
A new step for the final phase of A-380's final test flights. The biggest passenger airplane is in China for the first time, hosted by China Southern Airlines, its launch customer for the Asian Country. The... more
IndustryThe air transport future: Airbus' estimations
Toulouse, France - 22,700 new aircraft between 2006 and 2025
According to last global market forecasts by Airbus, between 2006 and 2025 airlines will ask for about 22,700 new aircraft for passenger and cargo transport, with a value of USD 2600bn and an increase... more
IndustryPratt and Whitney Inc. awarded of a over 42 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F117-PW-100 engines
Pratt and Whitney Inc., Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $42,207,266 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract. This action provides for 4 install and 1 spare F117-PW-100 engines. At this... more
Industry22,700 the airplanes requests for Airbus
Toulouse, France - Forecasts until 2025
22,700 total passenger airplanes and freighters: this is the amount of aircraft requests that Airbus expects to receive between 2006 and 2025, with a total value of USD 2600bn. The European aeronautic... more
IndustryBoeing adds Air Cruisers, Honeywell and Thales as partners for GoldCare
Seattle, Usa - It is the lifecycle support solution for the 787 "Dreamliner"
"The Boeing Company yesterday named Air Cruisers, Honeywell and Thales as partners for GoldCare, the lifecycle support solution for the 787 Dreamliner. GoldCare helps any airline become a lower-cost... more
IndustryAlenia Aermacchi signed contract for airplanes to Malaysia
Rome, Italy - For EUR 88 million contract
"Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, has signed a contract with the Malaysian Defence Ministry for the supply of eight MB-339 CM aircraft. The contract is worth a total of around EUR 88 million,... more
IndustryEADS: negotiations with the German Government
Berlin, Germany - A group of banks should purchase DaimlerChrysler's shares
Many purchases on Paris Stock Exchange for the EADS share, with a 2.50% gain at EUR 23.4. The boost is caused by some press info, according to which the industrial consortium and the German Government... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a over 8 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the VH-3A aircraft
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded an $8,431,537 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-03-G-0003) for non-recurring engineering... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Corp. awarded of a over 1 USD bn
Washington, Usa - For the F-22 aircraft
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $1,046,165,392 firm-fixed-price contract modification. This action provides for (23) F-22 aircraft and (1) F-22 replacement test aircraft. This... more
IndustryEADS (3): a decision on the A-350 next week?
Paris, France - "Les Echos" writes that
The announcement of the A-350 launch by EADS should occur next week, according to French economic newspaper "Les Echos". The newspaper specifies that the decision will be taken next Friday during a meeting... more
IndustryOn the march the ITER project
Paris, France - It is considered a model of international cooperation in XXI century
Today, in the Elisée Palace of Paris has taken place the signature of the deal on the construction of the ITER first International experimental nuclear reactor of thermonuclear fusion. In the International... more
IndustryTo be broken for the first time a B-777/200 aircraft
Memphis, USA - It belonged to the Brazilian Varig Airline
The first Boeing 777 to be broken is a specimen of the B-777/200 planes series, belonged to the Brazilian Company Varig. The aircraft, nr 27190, goes back to the beginning of the production. It is the... more
IndustryMBDA: final qualification firing successfully completed for Aster Samp/T
Rome, Italy - The industry's air defence system
On 14th November 2006, the third and final qualification firing of the Franco-Italian Aster SAMP/T ground-based air defence system was successfully completed at the French DGA’s CELM (Centre d’Essai de... more
IndustryRFID tags on the new Boeing and Airbus airplanes
Toronto, Canada - In order to shorten check times for replaceable parts
During the "RFID Journal Live!" conference in Toronto, Boeing and Airbus showed a project which counts to use RFID tags on the planes replaceable parts in order to shorten aircraft check times before its... more
IndustryAirbus will increase its A-320 production
Toulouse, France - It will pass from 30 to 36 monthly airplanes
Airbus intends to produce 36 A-320 aircraft per month by December of 2008, compared to current 30 airplanes. Such increase is due to high demand levels but also to raise profits for the A-380 program... more
IndustryThe US Government gives the go ahead to the Alcatel-Lucent merger
Washington, USA - The operation will be completed by the end of the month
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) approved the Alcatel-Lucent Technologies merger that was announced on April 2, 2006. The two companies had summitted their agreement to... more
IndustryThe US aerospace industry will keep on growing
Washington, USA - A research by Standard & Poor’s
The "Aerospace & Defense: Industry Survey", published by Standard & Poor’s (an economic research agency), reports that the Democrats victory in the Congress elections will not have any impacts on aerospace i... more
IndustryThe A-380 in South Korea
Incheon, South Korea - Second step of its test flights
In its tour that it is making for the last test flights, the A-380 landed at Incheon airport, South Korea, the first Far Eastern airport that the Airbus-made double-decked superjumbo ever touched. The... more
IndustryCanada is the aerospace sector leader
Ottawa, Canada - According to the KPMG report 2006
The KPMG report 2006 puts Canada at the highest ranking as for commercial situation in the world aerospace sector. The Canadian aerospace industry, in fact, doubled sales in the last ten years and 80%... more
IndustryJapan Airlines receives its first Boeing 737 Next Generation
Seattle, USA - Fuel efficiency and low operating costs
Yesterday, first Boeing 737/800 Next Generation by 165 seats delivered to Japan Airlines (JAL). The airplane is one of 30 737/800s that the Japanese Airlines ordered to American industry in May 2005. The... more
IndustryEADS denies negotiations with foreigners
Paris, France - As "Les Echos" reported yesterday
EADS denied it intends to open the Airbus capital stock to new foreign shareholders, as French newspaper "Les Echos" wrote yesterday (see AVIONEWS for details). The European Defense and Aerospace Group... more
IndustryKilgore Flares Co. awarded of a over 18 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-22 aircraft
Kilgore Flares Co., LLC, Toone, Tenn., is being awarded an $18,515,596 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract award is to procure replenishment spares for the F-22 aircraft. The products purchased... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp, awarded of a over 138 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For 12 MH-60R
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $138,543,800 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-04-C-0115) for the procurement of 12 MH-60R full rate production... more
IndustryLockheed Martin: United Airlines selects the flight planning technology
Rockville, USA - To increase efficiency and generate cost savings
Lockheed Martin will supply United Airlines with advanced flight planning technology designed to optimize flight routes, increase efficiency and generate cost savings. The systems integrator will provide... more
IndustryAirbus A-380 passes the test in extreme wind conditions
Reykyavik , Island - Five aircraft have flown until today
The Airbus A-380, the world's greatest aircraft able to transport 555 passengers, has concluded with successful in the Keflavik airport, in Island, the tests in extreme wind conditions. To achieve the... more
IndustryLockheed Martin: signed agreement for the next phase of F-35 program
Washington, Usa - The Netherlands became the first of the F-35 partner nations
"The Netherlands became the first of the F-35 partner nations to extend its participation into the production and support phase of the Joint Strike Fighter program. Netherlands Deputy Secretary for Defence... more
IndustryLockheed Martin: the "Program Excellence 2006" award to the Atlas carriers
Denver, Usa - In June 2007 the program will celebrate the 50 years from first launch
Lockheed Martin’s Atlas launch vehicle program has received the 2006 "Aviation Week & Space Technology" 2006 "Program Excellence Award". The award was announced at the publication’s Aerospace and Defense Con... more
IndustryBoeing awarded contract to upgrade radar on Japan's Awacs Fleet
St. Louis, USA - Kit realized from Northrop Grumman
Boeing has been awarded a USD 108 million contract to deliver Radar System Improvement Program (RSIP) kits to Japan's fleet of four E-767 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. RSIP... more
IndustryEmbraer: ERJ-145 jets family reached ten million flight hour milestone
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The industry’s regional aircraft completes 10 years of operation
Embraer announced that the ERJ-145 platform has reached an historical ten million flight-hour milestone after a decade in service. The total number of cycles (take-off and landing procedures) is around... more
IndustryEADS: Airbus shares to foreign investors
Paris, France - Negotiations with Arabs according to "Les Echos"
EADS wants to open Airbus capital stock to Arab Emirates' investment funds, in order to increase the liquid assets it needs to finance a part of the A-350 program. French economic-financial newspaper "Les... more
IndustryFinmeccanica (2): the operating profit of first nine months of 2006
Rome, Italy - The investments' growth increased of 9%
The operating profit of Finmeccanica, in first nine months of 2006, is risen 16%, equal to EUR 472 million, drawn by the positive results of the business' different sectors: helicopters, energy and transports,... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: the revenue of first nine months of 2006
Rome, Italy - Net profit EUR 612 million
Finmeccanica has recorded first nine months of 2006 with a net profit in growth EUR 612 million, an increase of 180 million respect to the same period of last year, also thanks to the capital gains connected... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman Electronic Systems awarded of a over 99 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-16 aircraft
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, Linthicum Heights, Md., is being awarded a $99,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract. This action provides for government furnished property for the Government of Pakistan... more
IndustryASD: the intervention by its President, Charles Edelstenne, at SDA
Brussels , Belgium - He stressed the necessity of maintaining a strong EDTIB
In his intervention at the Strategic Defence Agenda (SDA) debate on "Challenges for the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base", Mr Charles Edelstenne, President of the AeroSpace and Defence... more
IndustryBoeing: new vice-President of Business Strategy & Marketing
Seattle, USA - For Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Mike Cave is the new vice-President of Business Strategy & Marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), replacing Nicole Piasecki, who has been named vice-President of Boeing International and Presidente... more
IndustryBoeing delivers Air China its 150th Boeing airplane
Beijing, China - The first to take the logo of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Boeing and Air China yesterday celebrated the delivery of the 150th Boeing airplane to Air China. The new Boeing Next-Generation 737/800 is the first airplane in China to feature the Beijing 2008 Olympic... more
IndustryBoeing, Aeroméxico announces 737-700 and 787 Dreamliner orders
Seattle, USA - An unidentified customer made known from the American manufacturer
The Boeing Company and Aeroméxico, Mexico's largest airline, yesterday announced the carrier ordered two more 787/800 Dreamliners and 10 more Next-Generation 737/700s. This Dreamliner order brings... more
IndustryThe A-380 in Singapore
Singapore, Singapore - The world tour for the last test flights
The A-380 landed yesterday at 10:25am (local time) in Singapore, making the first step of its world tour for test flights, as formerly announced (see AVIONEWS for details). The airplane left Monday from... more
IndustryFrance: State aids to the aeronautic industry
Paris, France - Mainly to support Airbus and its suppliers
The French Government decided to support its national aeronautic industry. Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin, talked about an economic aid plan aiming to support Airbus and its suppliers network: total... more
IndustryUSA-Europe battle for the Airbus A-350
Geneva, Switzerland - Today the meeting to WTO
Airbus will decide within the end of the year its new aircraft at medium haul A-350, with 270-350 seats, which will be in competition with Boeing B-787. The project for the assembly of airplane predicts... more
IndustryWTO: tomorrow the USA will present the accusations to EU
Geneva, Switzerland - About the public aids to Airbus
The USA will present to WTO - World Trade Organization in Geneva, the accusations against European Union about the public aids to Airbus. The end to present the acts proving the contrary behaviour to the... more
IndustryEmbraer forecasts a growth of 10% in Asia
Sao José dos Campos, Brazil - Construction of a logistic center for the spares
Embraer, Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica, one of the biggest aircraft maker in the world, expects to boost sales from the Asia-Pacific region to account for about more than 10% of its total revenue in... more
Industry6 A-320s for ALAFCO
Kuwait City, Kuwait - The aircraft leasing company aims at Airbus
Aviation Lease and Finance Company (ALAFCO) aims at Airbus to increase its leasing airplane fleet. The Kuwait-based international company signed a contract for six A-320 aircraft. The contract follows... more
IndustryAgreement Russia-China to modernise the Chinese fighters' engines
Saint Petersburg, Russia - The deal will be signed within December 2006
A Russian plant in Saint Petersburg will operate the modernisation of the engines of the Chinese FC-1 fighters; it has been announced by the plant director during a press conference, and he also added... more
IndustryMBDA: new success for the "Teseo" anti-ship programme
Rome, Italy - It has reached a major milestone of its development with the successful launch
"On October 31, 2006, Teseo MK2/A, the latest evolution of MBDA’s Teseo anti-ship missile, met a major programme development milestone with the fully successful launch of an instrumented MT1 missile f... more
IndustryUnited Technologies Corp. awarded of a over 30 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-117-PW-100 install engines
United Technologies Corp., East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $30,709,440 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract modification. This action provides for FY2007 Interim Economic Price... more
IndustrySecond Boeing EA-18G Growler Takes to the Air
St. Louis, USA - Destined to the Naval Air Station Patuxent River
The Boeing Company has flown the second EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack (AEA) aircraft for the first time, and like the first aircraft, the flight took place ahead of schedule. The second... more