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IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a near 19 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the UH-60L/S-70A
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on June 19, 2006, an $18,917,896 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for Unique Black Hawk helicopters (UH-60L/S-70A) for the Columbian air... more
IndustryInterviews between French Government and EADS' management
Paris, France - European Consortium is in a difficult moment
The difficult moment in which is EADS in these last days, with the problems in the deliveries of the A-380 and the enquiry on the controversial sale of some share by the managers of the groups (see for... more
IndustryEADS: the polemics don't sedate on the society owner of the Airbus consortium
Paris, France - The French Prime Minister gives unadventurous to the socialist opposition's head
After the announcement about the delays in the A-380’s delivery and after that the scandal followed to the blames of insider trading towards one of the two CEOs, for the precision Noel Forgeard. During a... more
IndustryATR today signed a contract with TransAsia Airways
Toulouse, France - For two ATR-72/500 plus one option
ATR and the Taiwan’s TransAsia Airways have signed today a contract for 2 new ATR-72/500 aircraft plus one option. The contract has been signed in the ATR Headquarters in the presence of H. H. Sun, T... more
IndustryAlenia Aeronautica and SCAC sign Russian Regional Jet agreement in Moscow
Rome, Italy - The programme of co-operation is the result of a process begun in 2005
Finmeccanica and Sukhoi Aviation Holding, and their respective subsidiaries Alenia Aeronautica and Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC), have signed an agreement establishing a strategic partnership on... more
IndustryAMF's enquiry on EADS
Toulouse, France - Under investigations the development of the European Consortium's stock market
EADS confirmed that it is in progress an enquiry of the AMF, the French stock exchange authority. The AMF now is investigating in Toulouse facility, Airbus’ headquarters, about the development of the E... more
IndustryRothshild will connect between EADS and BAE Systems
Paris, France - It was announced by French newspaper "Les Echos"
According to French newspaper "Les Echos", it will be Rothshild Bank to determine the value of the 20% share of Airbus’ stock owned by BAE Systems. British industry had announced its intention to sell i... more
IndustryEADS: request for Forgeard resignation?
Munich, Germany - "Handelsblatt" newspaper says that but the company denies
The German newspaper, "Handelsblatt", has today reported that the German part of EADS Board of Directors asked for resignation of CEO, Noel Forgeard, after the crisis of subsidiary Airbus for delays in... more
IndustryMBDA and Saab Bofors Dynamics together for a missile programme
Paris, France - The project involve France, Sweden and UK
Last week, during "Eurosatory" armaments show in Paris, the European missile systems group, MBDA, and Swedish Saab Bofors Dynamics made an agreement to start an industrial partnership in support of a trilateral... more
IndustryBell-Boeing Joint Program Office awarded of a over 89 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the V-22
Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md., is being awarded an $89,321,925 modification to a previously awarded fixed-priced-incentive-fee contract (N00019-99-C-1090) for incorporation of engineering... more
IndustryInsider trading suspects for EADS
Toulouse, France - Because of shares sale by several managers
After sensational announcement by EADS on 6 months postponement of new A-380 deliveries (see AVIONEWS for details), many have suspected shares and stock options sale made by several managers of the European... more
IndustryBoeing Co awarded of a over 8 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-15, F-16, and F-18
Boeing Co, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Division, St Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $8,214,219 cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract modification. This contract document definitizes the Joint... more
IndustryK.O.O. Construction awarded of a over 7 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the C-17
K.O.O. Construction, Inc.*, West Sacramento, Calif., is being awarded a $7,601,528 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of a C-17 training facility at Travis Air Force Base. The work to be performed... more
IndustryBell Helicopter Textron Inc. awarded of a near 8 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the AH-1W and UH-1N aircraft
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $7,860,548 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for repair of various components of the AH-1W and UH-1N aircraft. The contract... more
IndustryMaritime Helicopter Support Co. awarded of a near 205 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the SH-60B, SH-60F, HH-60H, MH-60S and MH-60R
Maritime Helicopter Support Co., Woodbridge, Va., is being awarded a $204,820,575 modification under previously awarded firm-fixed-price requirements contract (N00383-04-D-028N) for performance based logistics... more
IndustryVeltroni: Rome can offer good opportunities to Finmeccanica-Datamat
Rome, Italy - It is necessary to maintain the capabilities of 1,500 workers
Rome’s Major, Walter Veltroni, expressed the hope, commenting the news of the total purchase of Datamat by Finmeccanica (see for details AVIONEWS), that the legacy of capabilities and professionalism o... more
IndustryDaimlerChrysler did not know about A-380 delays
Frankfurt, Germany - According to declarations of EADS majority shareholder
As for delays in A-380 deliveries announced by EADS (see AVIONEWS for details) the German-American car manufacturer, DaimlerChrysler, which is the first shareholder of the French-Spanish-German aeronautic... more
IndustryBoeing and ANA signed for the delivery of three new airplanes
Seattle, Usa - They are a B-777/300ER, followed by the 737-700 and 777-200ER
ANA (All Nippon Airways) President & CEO, Mineo Yamamoto, and Boeing Commercial Airplanes President & CEO, Alan Mulally, celebrated the long relationship with a ceremonial signing during an airplane delivery... more
IndustryRockwell Collins Government Systems awarded of a over 8 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the S-92 aircraft
Rockwell Collins Government Systems, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded an $8,565,326 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-05-C-0050) to exercise an option for AN/ARC-210(V)... more
IndustryBoeing concluded purchase of Carmen Systems
Seattle, Usa - It will become part of Jeppesen
The Boeing Company announced it has concluded its purchase of Carmen Systems. The acquisition supports Boeing’s strategy of providing its customers with innovative products and services to help them r... more
IndustryFinmeccanica will launch a residual take over bid on Datamat
Milan, Italy – The announcement after to have surpassed the 90% of the company’s stock
Finmeccanica made known to have purchased on June 12, 272,000 shares of Datamat, equal to the 0.959% of the stock. In this way the industry led by Guarguaglini owns now 25,523,779 Datamat’s shares, which a... more
IndustryB-787: journalists' tour arrived in Alenia Aeronautica's facility of Grottaglie
Taranto, Italy - Next stop will be the Japanese facility in which the wings and the front part of the plane's fuselage are produced
Alenia Aeronautica’s facility of Grottaglie received on Tuesday the visit of a big group of US journalists who are travelling all around the world to see the structures where they are produced the parts o... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Corp. awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the Apache aircraft
Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Fla., was awarded on June 13, 2006, a $5,080,150 firm-fixed-price contract for post production system support and contractor field service rep for the Modernized Target... more
IndustryEmbraer inaugurated new European headquarters near Paris
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The new facility occupies 67,866 square feet
Embraer’s offices in Europe have moved to a new building in Villepinte, close to the Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, a few miles North of Paris. The new facilities will group Embraer’s activities, pre... more
IndustryAirbus postponed the delivery of the first A-380
Toulouse, France - EADS' share collapsed at Paris' Stock Exchange
EADS, European Consortium which owns the 80% of Airbus, announced a 6 month postponement of the delivery of the first delivery of the A-380 (see for details AVIONEWS). The news made collapse at Paris’ S... more
IndustryGrottaglie: the launch of works for the "Dreamliner" production in September
Foggia, Italy - The first delivery scheduled for January 2007
This morning, in a joint press conference Alenia Aeronautica (Finmeccanica Group) and Boeing, held in Grottaglie (Taranto), has been announced that the fuselage’s production in carbon fibre of the B-787 D... more
IndustryBoeing and Nippon Cargo: agreement for additional B-747/400 Freighter purchase
Seattle, Usa - The order is valued at approximately USD 460 million
The Boeing Company and Nippon Cargo Airlines yesterday confirmed they have finalized an agreement for the cargo carrier’s purchase of two additional Boeing 747-400 Freighters. The order, valued at approximately $... more
IndustryFinmeccanica. Guarguaglini: the agreement with French Thales could be completed within June
Paris, France - It was declared to the journalists presented at the European Defense show Pierfrancesco Guarguaglini
"The negotiations with Thales could be completed within June. I am not in a hurry. We talk in tranquillity. The agreement is possible within June", it was declared by Finmenccanica’s President and CEO, P... more
IndustryA-380: bumpies created by engines wake are causing many doubts in international aeronautic authorities
New York, USA - ICAO is issuing provisional security measures
The wakes of A-380 engines turbines could cause control loss by other aircraft nearby. A research, which is still in progress, made by European and American experts on Airbus giant’s navigation stated t... more
IndustryProdi in Paris will propose a French-Italian alliance in the defense electronic sector
Paris, France - It was reported by French newspaper "La Tribune"
After to have met in Vienna the Austrian Prime Minister Schuessel, Italian Prime Minister Prodi went in Paris to meet President Chirac and the head of the French executive De Villepin. According to French... more
IndustryGalileo Avionica: successful first flight of Picosar airborne radar
Rome, Italy - On an ASS-355 Twin Squirrel helicopter
"SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems (SELEX S&AS), a Finmeccanica company, is delighted to announce the successful first flight of its latest lightweight radar product known as PicoSAR. Flying on an ASS-355... more
IndustrySelex announces staff cuts
Cisterna, Italy - Because of drastically reduced Defense orders
Selex, the world giant in military and civil communication devices sector belonging to Finmeccanica Group, announced that the important Defense cuts have been making an orders portfolio reorganization... more
IndustryBoeing: Virgin Blue announced order of nine Next-Generation 737s
Seattle, Usa - It is valued at USD 634.5 million
The Boeing Company identified Virgin Blue Airlines as the carrier that last month exercised purchase rights for nine Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes. Deliveries of these airplanes to the Brisbane, Queensland,... more
IndustryBoeing delivered first B-737/800 to Atlas Blue
Seattle, Usa - The Moroccan low-cost carrier launched in 2004
Boeing yesterday announced that it has delivered the first Next-Generation 737-800 airplane to Atlas Blue, a low-cost carrier based in Marrakech, Morocco. Atlas Blue’s newest and most advanced jetliner l... more
IndustryBoeing Aerospace Operations Inc. awarded of a over 9 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-15/F-16/F-22A fighter aircraft
Boeing Aerospace Operations Inc., Oklahoma City, Okla., is being awarded a $9,562,952 firm fixed price contract. This action provides for courseware development and aircrew training services for the F-15/F-16/F-22A... more
IndustryBombardier: an USD 84m order by Tassili Airlines
Montreal, Canada - Four 70-seat passenger airplanes
Canadian aeronautic manufacturer, Bombardier, signed an USD 84m contract to supply four 70-seat passenger aircraft to Tassili Airlines, an affiliate of Sonatrach, Algerian State-owned energy group. Airbus... more
IndustryEmbraer delivered first EMB-190 to Tame
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Number of E-Jets in carrier’s fleet has risen to three
Embraer last Friday delivered the third E-Jet to Ecuadorian airline TAME Línea Aérea del Ecuador. The 104-seat EMBRAER 190 will fly in the colors of Ecuador’s most important carrier. TAME flies 3,500 pas... more
IndustryThe A-350 could change its name
Toulouse, France - It was made known Airbus' sources
Airbus internal sources, which wanted to remain anonymous, made known that the A-350 could change its name in A-370, to underline the numerous modifications improved on the aircraft after the critics arrived... more
IndustryThe B-787 Dreamliner failed a test
New York, USA - Boeing's share decrease at the Stock Exchange
The news of the failure of a test on the new B-787 Dreamliner’s fuselage provoked, at New York Stock Exchange, a Boeing’s share decrease of the 0.78%. Seattle’s industry anyway excluded a postponement of th... more
IndustryJP Morgan: Finmeccanica recovers on the stock exchange
Milan, Italy - Thanks to Avio's balance sheet and future joint-venture with France
Avio, Italian company in aerospace propulsion controlled for 70% by Carlyle fund and by Finmeccanica by 30%, made known its 2006 first quarter budget, which is clearly positive. Revenues equal to EUR 218.4... more
IndustryBoeing: Sky Airlines as first European B-737/900ER customer
Seattle, Usa - In addition, the Turkish carrier secured purchase rights for two additional models
Boeing and Sky Airlines of Turkey announced yesterday an order for three Boeing Next-Generation 737-900ERs with advanced-technology Blended Winglets, becoming the first European carrier to order the model.... more
IndustryVitrociset: FIOM asks for confrontation with the Government
Rome, Italy - Economic and employment prospects and agreement with ENAV are the main themes
The FIOM (Italian Metallurgic Workers Federation) national coordination of employees in Vitrociset, the ATC (Air Traffic Control) services company, asked for an urgent meeting with the Italian Minister... more
IndustryBoeing delivered Sunwing Airlines' first new B-737/800
Seattle, Usa - The new airplane took off to Toronto-Pearson airport
Boeing delivered a new 737-800 to Canada’s Sunwing Airlines. It is the first new Next-Generation 737 received by the airline, which flies passengers for the company’s travel arm, Sunwing Vacations. The 737... more
IndustryNegative May for Airbus
Toulouse, France - There are not orders by carriers for the wide-body aircraft
May was very negative for Airbus this year. Toulouse industry received only six orders, the worse result by the beginning of the year. Moreover, for the second running month, there were not orders for... more
IndustryLongbow LLC awarded of a over 125 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the AH-64D Apache helicopter
Longbow L.L.C., Orlando, Fla., was awarded on May 31, 2006, a $125,800,109 firm-fixed-price contract for production of fire control radars for the AH-64D Apache helicopter. Work will be performed in Orlando,... more
IndustryBAE Systems exercised today its put option to sell its Airbus stock
Munich, Germany - It was made known by EADS
BAE Systems, the British aeronautical, aerospace and defense industry, made known today officially to want exercise its put option to sell its 20% share of Airbus’ stock (see for details AVIONEWS). Now t... more
IndustryBoeing: Continental ordered 10 more B-787s and 24 more B-737s
Seattle, Usa - The entire value is approximately USD 3 bn
The Boeing Company and Continental Airlines yesterday announced the airline ordered another 10 787-8 Dreamliners and an undisclosed mix of 24 Next-Generation 737s as part of Continental’s ongoing growth p... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a over 385 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the Apache aircraft
Lockheed Martin, Orlando, Fla., was awarded on June 1, 2006, a $385,576,594 firm-fixed-price contract for the modernized target acquisition designation sight/pilot’s night vision sensor for the Apache a... more
IndustryInternational standards for the new facility of Alenia Aeronautica near Grottaglie
Taranto, Italy - The works' times will be respected
"Alenia Aeronautica expects a lot from this facility". It was declared by Alenia President and Finmeccanica General Director, Giorgio Zappa, in a meeting of DS, an Italian party, talking about the new... more
IndustryBoeing: Cathay Pacific Airways finalized agreement for additional B-777/300ER
Seattle, Usa - Two models will be delivered in 2008
The Boeing Company and Cathay Pacific Airways have signed an agreement for the purchase of two additional Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range) jetliners, exercising existing purchase rights and bringing the... more