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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
IndustryVolvo Aero will close VAES down
Stockholm, Sweden - The civil aircraft engine revision division
Towards the impossibility to reach enough work volume for its civil aircraft engine revision subsidiary, Volvo Aero decided the gradual close-down of Volvo Aero Engine Services (VAES) during 2007. The... more
IndustryLast test flights for the A-380
Toulouse, France - 17 test days around the world
The Airbus A-380 is leaving today from Toulouse for the last tests before certification. The biggest passenger airplane in the world will point at the East for a series of test flights that will take it... more
IndustryThe first Bombardier Challenger 850 was delivered
Montreal, Canada - The Canadian jet executive
Bombardier Aerospace delivered the first Challenger 850 executive. The airplane, which is the first to be completed by Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg, was purchased by a Russian customer. Launched in May... more
IndustryEADS Socata-IndUS Aviation agreement
Paris, France - For the commercialization of the TBM-700/850 turbines in India
EADS Socata announced an Authorized Sales Representative agreement with IndUS Aviation. This company, which already produces the double-seat Thorp T-211 training aircraft, will market the TBM 700/850 turbines... more
IndustryBoeing ECS for ICBM Minuteman
Washington, USA - The environmental control systems of the intercontinental ballistic missiles
Boeing won a contract of USD 78.2m from Northrop Grumman Mission Systems to deploy, in over 550 Air Force alarm and launch plants for the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM), a new Environmental... more
IndustryEADS: DIC denies its interest
Paris, France - After yesterday's rumors
Dubai International Capital (DIC) denied it intends to purchase shares of European Aerospace and Defense Group EADS, owner of Airbus. However, the CEO of DIC himself, Sameer al-Ansari, had said that a... more
IndustryNorthrop Ship System will build a new amphibious ship for the US Navy
Pascagoula, USA - Billionaire contract
The US Navy placed a $1.4 billion order Monday for the "USS Arlington", a new transport vessel to carry US Marines. The "Arlington" will be the next ship in the San Antonio-class of amphibious transport... more
IndustryChina nourishes orders to Airbus
Toulouse, France - Double portfolio in October
Double orders in October for Airbus, thanks to the China orders. From the beginning of the year the European Society has received orders for 508 aircraft, of which 150 with single aisle of the plane Airbus... more
IndustryAlenia Aeronautica: Sky-X’s first flights in a full automatic mode
Rome, Italy - From the Vidsel Base, near the Arctic Circle
"The Sky-X, technological demonstrator for an unmanned vehicle designed and developed by Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, has made its first flight in a full automatic mode (ATOL, Automatic... more
IndustryNo Exchange drop for EADS
Paris, France - Rumors about Dubai's interest make shares rise
Though EADS' negative performances -net loss of EUR 195 in the third quarter of 2006 (see AVIONEWS for details)- compromise the company's rating, the shares of the European Aerospace and Defence Group... more
IndustryThe moving assembly line for the B-777 has started
Seattle, USA - A new mounting system
The moving final assembly line for the Boeing 777 has entered service in Everett. A tug that attaches around the front landing gear of the airplane pulls it forward through an optical sensor that follows... more
IndustryFinmeccanica-Thales: the EU decision was postponed
Brussels, Belgium - On the purchase of Alcatel Alenia Space and Telespazio
The European Commission extended its examination of the project between Italy's Finmeccanica and France's Thales on the creation of a joint-venture which will purchase Alenia Space SAS from Alcatel. The... more
IndustryFinmeccanica communicates its IPO on Datamat
Rome, Italy - On residual shares after the previous offer
EUR 28.09m is the amount of Finmeccanica's residual IPO on 9.99% of Datamat shares, equal to EUR 9.911 per share. The public offer concerns more than 2.8 million ordinary shares. That is what the Italian... more
IndustryAirbus (2). Guarguaglini: the A-350 was sacrificed to overcome the A-380 problems
Rome, Italy - In the Finmeccanica President's opinion, EADS troubles are also due to the Franco-German leadership
The President of Finmeccanica, Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, joined a meeting of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants yesterday in Rome named "The markets liberalization in Italy: companies competitiveness... more
IndustryAirbus: next Tuesday French Prime Minister, De Villepin, will visit Toulouse plant
Paris, France - The French Government does not want to abandon the company and the employees
French Prime Minister, Dominique De Villepin, has intervened to the National Assembly and has replied to the accusation made by the socialist Party to having given a scarce political assistance to Airbus... more
IndustryGeneral Electric Aircraft Engine awarded of a over 30 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the overhaul and repair of the entire T-700 family of engines
General Electric Aircraft Engine, Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded on Nov. 6, 2006, a $30,147,369 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract to the Corpus Christi Army Depot in their overhaul and repair... more
IndustryStreiff goes to PSA
Paris, France - From Airbus to the car Group
Christian Streiff, ex-CEO of Airbus, will be the new number one of PSA Peugeot-Citroën. The Group's Board of Directors elected him the new company's CEO starting from February 6, 2007, as well as Alan... more
IndustryEADS (7): the other Businesses' performances
Amsterdam, Holland - ATR, EADS EFW, EADS Socata and EADS Sogerma Services
Four more EADS companies, which do not belong to any Divisions, are ATR, EADS EFW, EADS Socata and EADS Sogerma Services. These Business Units totally recorded a negative EBIT of EUR 187m: despite positive... more
IndustryEADS (2): Airbus performances
Amsterdam, Holland - From January to September 2006
The Airbus Division revenues grew by 16% to EUR 18.570bn (16.033bn in 2005) in the first nine months of the year, thanks to 320 aircraft deliveries, while EBIT contracted by 38% (EUR 1.141bn). Facing 226... more
IndustryEADS (3): the Military Transport Aircraft's performances
Amsterdam, Holland - From January to September 2006
The Military Transport Aircraft Division accounted revenues of EUR 1.699bn from January to September 2006 (504m in the same period of 2005) and recorded an EBIT of EUR 22m compared to one million last... more