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IndustryBoeing: six Dreamliners order by Monarch Airlines
Seattle, USA - An option for four more 787s
London-Luton based charter carrier has announced an order to Seattle’s giant, Boeing, of six B-787 Dreamliners and an option for four more planes of the same kind: the contract is worth USD 916m, options e... more
IndustryBombardier announces the building of plants in Mexico
Montreal, Canada - The new structures will be ready in the second half of 2007
Canadian Bombardier Aerospace communicated that next Autumn it will start the building of its plants in Queretaro, Mexico, and that aeronautic works in Aerospace park will begin in the second half of 2007.... more
IndustryBoeing acquires new marine information system "C-Map"
Seattle, Usa - It will become part of Jeppesen marine division
Boeing has announced last Friday its intention to develop the "C-ap", a provider of marine digital cartography, data services and other navigation informations, to add it on the equipment of Jeppesen,... more
IndustryBoeing will close down C-17 production
Long Beach, USA - Because of lack of orders by US Government
Boeing officially announced closure of C-17 production sending 700 letters to aircraft components providers. In office since early Nineties, the C-17 allowed USD 3bn average income per year but, despite... more
IndustryRaytheon Aircraft Co. receives a contract for a value equal to USD 10 millions
Washington, Usa - JPATS for the T-6A of the Navy
Raytheon Aircraft Co., Wichita, Kan., is being awarded a $9,932,738 commercial firm fixed price contract modification. This contract modification provides for Navy Lot 13 JPATS T-6A production aircraft... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Corp. receives a contract for a value of USD 120 millions
Washington, Usa - Logistics Support for F-22A
Lockheed Martin Corp., Ft. Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $119,920,000 firm-fixed price and cost-plus-fixed fee contract modification. This undefinitized contract action increases the current undefinitized... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman Systems Corp. receives a contract equal to USD 10 millions and 800 thousand
Washington, Usa - AN/APN 241 low power color radar for C-130
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Norwalk, Conn., is being awarded a $10,800,000 firm-fixed price contract. This requirements type contract is for interim contractor support for the AN/APN 241 low power... more
IndustryATK Thiokol receives a contract for a value of beyond USD 24 millions
Washington, Usa - Monitoring and assessing's functions of the health and readiness of Peacekeeper Stage I and III rocket motors
ATK Thiokol, Corinne, Utah, is being awarded a $24,300,000 firm-fixed price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract. This is a basic contract with five year ordering period to perform the function... more
IndustryEDO Technical Services Operations receives a contract for a value of the USD 19 millions
Washington, Usa - Purchase of 267 PLM-4 Radar Signal Simulators
EDO Technical Services Operations, Lancaster, Calif., is being awarded a $18,744,201 firm-fixed price contract. This action provides for the purchase of 267 PLM-4 Radar Signal Simulators used to generate... more
IndustryAirbus: first tests for Super-Jumbo A-380
Toulouse, France - The deliver of first A-380 is predicted for the end of the year to the Singapore Airlines
From September 4 to 7, the tests for the Super-Jumbo new A-380, the greatest passengers aircraft of the world, two floor, eclipses its direct competitor, the American Boeing 747, ruler of the last decades... more
IndustryConnexion by Boeing closes down
Seattle, USA - The in-flight wideband service have not received the expected market answer
In 2000 Boeing launched a revolutionary service, Connexion, to supply passengers with wideband internet access. Geostationary satellites and earth reception stations keep connection constant, using a new-conception... more
IndustryBoeing signs a deal with Kaise Aluminium
Seattle, USA- An aeronautical aluminium supply for the realization of aircraft fro civil transport
The aircraft builder industry Boeing has signed an important deal with the American supplier of Aluminium Kaiser, that will see, for a long time, the aeronautical aluminium supply to employ in the realization... more
IndustryUSAF: Lockheed Martin protests for the drop of the C-130J
Washington, Usa - GAO is obligated to render a decisions within 100 working days
Last month. Lockheed Martin has filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for the Army’s decision to drop the company’s C-130J Super Hercules tactical airlifter from consideration to... more
IndustryUSAF: update of the A-10 Thunderbolt
Washington, USA – Activity fulfiled by 508º Aircraft Sustainment Wing and by 309º Aircraft Maintenance Group
USAF is providing to extend the operational life of it’s A-10 Thunderbolt, updating the cockpit and taking to the standard of F-16, and raising the possibilities for using the intelligent weapons, through t... more
IndustryBoeing: positive result for the laser mirror
Seattle, USA - A contract for a value of USD 20 million
Boeing and USAF, inventors of the dell’Aerospace Relay Mirror System (ARMS), have announced to have achieved a successful with the experiment led in the Kirtland Air Force Base, in New Mexico, about t... more
IndustryBoeing and USAF will update Swedish C-130
San Antonio, USA - On the field of AMP program
Boeing and USAF signed an agreement on the update of the first Swedish Air Force C-130, on the field of the Avionics Modernization Program (AMP), with a value of about 20 million dollars. The agreement... more
IndustryEmbraer, Ogma and the Portoguese State signed industrial cooperation agreement
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Aim is to develop aeronautical activities in Portugal
Embraer, OGMA - Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal, S.A., and the Portuguese State through the Portuguese Investment Agency (Agência Portuguesa para o Investimento - API) signed yesterday a protocol of... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: Goldman Sachs to 3,282% of the capital
Milan, Italy - It learns it from the periodic communications of Consob on the important participations
The merchant Bank Goldman Sachs Asset Management, branch of the Goldman sachs, according to retailed the periodic communications of Consob, the National Committee for Society and Stock Exchange agrees... more
IndustryBoeing: delivered the 501th Apache Longbow
Seattle, USA - Deliver of a contract of the second mid of last decade
Boeing has delivered to US Army the 501th combat helicopter AH-64D Apache Longbow, built on the strength of two five-year contracts of the second mid of last decade. The production will continue with... more
IndustryAssociated Aerospace Activities awarded of a over 22 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-16 fighter aircraft
Associated Aerospace Activities, Inc., San Leandro, Calif. is being awarded a $22,409,592 firm-fixed price contract, five year requirement contract (three year basic with two, one-year options. This contract... more
IndustryAlenia's C-27J is near US Armed Forces order winnings
Washington, USA - Tete-a-tete with the Raytheon-EADS's C-295
Good news for Alenia Aeronautica, which has joined the tender of a new military transport aircraft for US Army and Air Force. A first selection by the Pentagon has eliminated both Lockheed Martin’s C-130J a... more
IndustryBoeing started to build the 100th F-22 Raptor fuselage
Seattle, USA - The final assembly in October
Boeing announced it has started to build the 100th F-22 Raptor fighter fuselage. According to Seattle’s aeronautic manufacturer, which makes a part of the aircraft for Lockheed Martin, work hours are t... more
IndustryHonda Aircraft Company was born for HondaJet production
Greensboro, USA - The jet will be distributed starting from 2010
The first aircraft produced by Honda motor will be launched onto market starting from 2010 and, to this purpose, the Japanese company has just opened a US branch, Honda Aircraft Company, based in Greensboro,... more
IndustryBoeing unveiled newest single-aisle airplane, the B-737/900ER
Seattle, Usa - To the Indonesian launch customer, Lion Air
Boeing yesterday unveiled the new 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplane before thousands of employees and guests at the company’s Renton, Wash., manufacturing facility. Indonesian dancers escorted the n... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. awarded of a over 19 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-22A aircraft
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $19,600,000 million firm-fixed-price contract. This undefinitized contract action is for advanced procurement for titanium in support... more
IndustryLockheed Martin: systems RFI for US Army and United Arab Emirates
Washington, USA - A contract for a value equal to USD 16 millions
Lockheed Martin has won a contract for a value of the USD 16 millions for supply 37 systems of Radar Frequency Interferometer-RFI) AN/APR-48A for the AH-64D Apache Longbow and Kiowa Warrior Oh-58D helicopters,... more
IndustryLockheed Martin: demonstration of the RATTLRS system
Washington, USA – Resolution of the complex dynamic flow associated with a supersonic weapon
Lockheed Martin has completed with successful a series of tests for the demonstration of its system Revolutionary Approach To Time-critical Long Range Strike (RATTLRS), that is developing in the field... more
IndustryVinci sells World Flight Services for EUR 315 million
Paris, France - It will reduce its indebtedness of EUR 300m
Vinci, global group of building and associated services, has sold its airport services WFS (World Flight Services) to the French Fund LBO (Leveraged Buy Out) for EUR 315 million. The relinquishment returns... more
IndustryEmbraer proposes Super Tucano for Turkish trainer aircraft bid
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Proposal includes significant industry cooperation and technology transfer involving Turkey’s defense companies
Embraer announced yesterday that it presented a proposal to the Turkish government on July 14, 2006 to sell between 36 and 55 Super Tucano trainer aircraft. The proposal submitted is associated with a... more
IndustryIsrael-Lebanon: USA impose sanctions to Russian war industry
Moscow, Russia - Also Israel accuses Moscow to provide Hezbollah with weapons
Washington imposed unilateral sanctions against two Russian war industry giants, airplane manufacturer Sukhoi and State export agency Rosoboronexport. The former is accused to have sold SU-17, SU-24 and... more
IndustryFinmeccanica-Avio: its share has been sold to Cinven
Rome, Italy - The Italian industrial group will re-buy 15% of Avio
Finmeccanica makes known it sold its 30% share in Avio to Cinven, so that it will get about EUR 430m, three times more the initial investment with a gaining of more annual 50%. Finmeccanica will also re-buy... more
IndustryATR signs a new contract with Precision Air Services
Toulouse, France - For a value of USD 97 million
The regional aircraft manufacturer ATR and the Tanzanian carrier Precision Air Services have signed today a deal for 6 new ATR aircraft (3 ATR-42/500 and 3 ATR-72/500). The deal, valuated at USD 97 million,... more
IndustryAlenia Aeronautica will enlarge its plant in Pomigliano d'Arco
Naples, Italy - A EUR 44.3m investment
Alenia Aeronautica and Sviluppo Italia started an enlargement project of Alenia’s plant in Pomigliano d’Arco, near Naples, Southern Italy. In addition to the extension and renewing of some existing wor... more
IndustryBell-Boeing Joint Program Office awarded of a over 200 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For three MV-22 tiltrotor aircraft
Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $200,100,000 undefinitized contract action to begin fabrication and delivery of three MV-22 tiltrotor production aircraft. Work will... more
IndustryGeneral Dynamics Armament and Technical Products awarded of a over 12 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18E/F aircraft
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Burlington, Vt., is being awarded a $12,481,289 modification to definitize the previously awarded letter contract (N00421-05-C-0110) to a firm-fixed-price.... more
IndustryBoeing: Continental Airlines signed agreement for 12 B-737/900ERs
Seattle, Usa - Airline is launch customer in the Americas and the first two-class carrier to order newest Next- Generation 737 family member
Boeing and Continental Airlines yesterday announced that Continental will become the first airline in the Americas and the first two-class model to operate Boeing’s newest and largest-capacity member o... more
IndustryBoeing and SIA Engineering Company sign a contract for Integrated Materials Management solution
Seattle, USA – The airplane turnaround times will improve and reduce operation costs
The American industry has signed a contract with Sia Engineering Company, based in Singapore, with which will improve airplane turnaround times and reduce operation costs. SIAEC is first company that... more
IndustryKawasaki Heavy Industries leaves Airbus
Tokyo, Japan - It will produce factors for Boeing
Yesterday, journalistic sources have made known that from next May 2007, the Japanese Industry Kawasaki Heavy will produce no more the panels of the Airbus A-321’s wings. Kawasaki has decided to interrupt t... more
IndustryBoeing: world cargo fleet will double in 2025
Seattle, USA – Wide-body aircraft will be the most demanded on the market
The Boeing Current Market Outlook (CMO) 2006 has estimated that global cargo market will keep on growing in the next years, leading to a doubling of the current 1789 airplane world fleet in 2025. About... more
IndustryB-747/8 will have within 2008 a new environmental control system
Washington, Usa - It will be provided by Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS
Boeing has announced that within 2006 the deliveries for the new environmental control system should begin. The system will be supplied by Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS, part of Liebherr Group which... more
IndustryIt is started the certification campaign of Embraer 190 for London City Airport
Sao José dos Campos – Conclusion aimed for the end of 2008
In last days, Embraer (Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica) has announced that another member of its E-Jet Family, the Embraer 190, has formally started the certification campaign for London City Airport,... more
IndustryCentral European Aerospace is Embraer sales representative
Sao Josè dos Campos, Brazil – For Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary
Brazilian manufacturer Embraer announced it named Central European Aerospace as authorized sales representative for its executive jets Legacy 600, Legacy Shuttle, Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 in Czech Republic,... more
IndustryLockheed Martin: contract with US Air Force for Raider
Washington, Usa - New radar systems
The American industry, Lockheed Martin, has wan a contract with US Air Force for a value of USD 7.8 m for the planning, realization and testing of its multi-sensor system Real-time Active Imaging in 3-D... more
Industry"La Tribune": Finmeccanica wants to conquer Anglo-Saxon and Russian markets
Paris, France - To that purpose, it would be eager to release its non-strategic assets
According to French newspaper "La Tribune", Finmeccanica is interested to purchase an Anglo-Saxon small-medium sized defense electronics company, for example British Cogham or Meggit. In order to fund... more
IndustryRAAF will receive four C-17 Globemaster III
Seattle, USA - Contract for Boeing for a value of USD 780 million
From last news bulletin of the contract of Department of Defense it shows that Boeing will receive a contract for a value equal to USD 780 million for four strategic transporters C-17 Globemaster III to... more
IndustryBoeing: missiles Harpoon for five States
Seattle, USA - The deliver within 2007
Boeing wins a contract for a value of more than USD 44 million for the sale of missiles Harpoon Block II to five States, severally: ten at Chile, ten at Pakistan, four specimens for training at Canada,... more
IndustrySelex Communications workers mobilization tomorrow
Genoa, Italy - Against Redundancy Fund proposal
The start of mobilization by Selex Communications Genoa’s plants workers (Finmeccanica Group), which involves Ote and Selenia Mobile as well, is expected tomorrow. The employees of the defense and professional c... more
IndustryArab Emirates order UH-60M to Sikorsky
Washington, USA - An order of the value equal to USD 808 million
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has informed the Congress of a sale of 26 helicopters UH-60M Black Hawk, more spare and repair parts, and support equipment to Arab Emirates. The sale, that should... more
IndustryNew military programmes for Saudi Arabia
Washington, USA - Updates of helicopters and sale of tanks
After to have announced last week the sale of armaments to Saudi Arabia for a total import of more than USD six billions, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency has informed the Congress of other two... more
IndustryEmbraer sells five Phenom 100 jets to Gold Aviation Services
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Customer contract also includes 10 options for the Phenom aircraft
Embraer yesterday announced the sale of five Phenom 100 jets to Gold Aviation Services of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The contract includes options for 10 additional Phenom 100 or Phenom 300 jets. The Phenom... more