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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
IndustryAn aerospace district in Piedmont
Turin, Italy - The supporter panel wants to release it within five years
Piedmont, North-West Italian Region, will have an aerospace technological district too, as such as Lazio and Campania. Alenia Aeronautica CEO, Giovanni Bertolone, said that. The Piedmontese industrial... more
IndustryLear Siegler Logistics International Inc. awarded of a 142 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the C-47, T-33, T-37, C-130, F-111, F-4, F-5 and the F-16
Lear Siegler Logistics International Inc., Gaithersburg, Md., is being awarded a $142,000,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity with fixed price award fee and cost reimbursable contract line items... more
IndustryCEF Industries awarded of a over 8 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the C-130 aircraft
CEF Industries, Addison, Ill., is being awarded a $8,247,486 firm fixed price contract. This action provides for 1,677 ballscrew assemblies in support of the C-130 aircraft. At this time, total funds... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co. awarded of a near 41 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the AH-64D Apache Longbow aircraft
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded on May 25, 2006, a $ 40,913,761 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of AH-64D Apache Longbow aircraft. Work will be performed... more
IndustryBoeing began assembling the first B-737/900ER
Seattle, Usa - The model destined to the launch customer Lion Air
Boeing yesterday began final assembly of the first 737-900ER (Extended Range), the newest member of the world’s most successful single-aisle airplane family. The wings and landing gear are being joined t... more
IndustryCessna: two novelties for Citation operators
Wichita, USA - Presented during a conference
During a conference in Wichita, Kansas, Cessna Aircraft Company presented two novelties for Citation business jet customers of the US aeronautic industry. The first novelty is EVS (Enhanced Vision System),... more
IndustrySikorsky Support Services, Inc. awarded of a over 22 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the T-34, T-44, and T-6 aircraft
Sikorsky Support Services, Inc., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded an estimated $22,098,062 firm-fixed-priced, cost-reimbursable and labor hour indefinite-delivery requirements contract to provide contractor... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a near 23 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the VH-3D/VH-60N presidential helicopter
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $22,928,733 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-03-C-0006) to extend the period of performance of the special... more
IndustryATR: PIA takes delivery of its first ATR-42/500 aircraft
Toulouse, France - The carrier will take delivery of two other aircraft in November and December 2006 and four more until May 2007
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) today took delivery of its first ATR-42/500 aircraft. This aircraft is the first to be delivered following the signature of a contract for seven new ATR-42/500s unveiled... more
IndustryGalileo Avionica at "Hemus 2006"
Rome, Italy - It will take place in Bulgaria from today to next Saturday
"Galileo Avionica, a Finmeccanica company, participates at ’Hemus 2006’ to be held from 31 May to 3 June at Plovdiv, Bulgaria, displaying at the Finmeccanica stand (Pavilion 3-3D1) its most advanced pro... more
IndustryAgreement between Alenia Aeronautica and Hellenic Aerospace Industry
Athens,Greece - Greek industry will cooperate to assembly the B-787 cargo
Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI), the most important Greek industry of the aerospace sector, signed yesterday an agreement with Alenia Aeronautica (Finmeccanica Group), to partecipate to the assembly... more
IndustryTurbomeca Asia Pacific: a new regional office in Malaysia
Singapore, Republic of Singapore - During the Police Air Show the industry announced it
During the Police Air Show (24-26 May, Beijing, China), Turbomeca announced that Turbomeca Asia Pacific has decided to open a Regional Office in Malaysia and upgraded its Regional Office in the Philippines.... more
IndustryTurin's Major asked to Finmeccanica to re-launch the aerospace city's industry
Turin, Italy - The Italian Industry prefers to invest in Southern Italy
Turin major Chiamparino said to be disposed to make possible that the municipality bought out the closed facilities of Finmeccanica in the city, in the areas of which it should have to pass the new city... more
IndustryBell-Boeing Joint Program Office awarded of a over 9 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the V-22
Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md. , is being awarded a $9,633,457 delivery order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00019-04-G-0007) for engineering and technical... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a over 40 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the MH-60R helicopters
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on May 18, 2006, a $40,163,297 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for advance procurement funding for the MH-60R Helicopters. Work will... more
IndustryAt the goal the agreement between Finmeccanica and Sukhoi
Rome, Italy - It was announced by the Italian industry's responsible of the Aerospace and Defense sectors Giorgio Zappa
The negotiation for the agreement between Finmeccanica and Sukhoi for the construction of the new Russian regional jet are in the final phase (see for details AVIONEWS 1, 2 and 3). Giorgio Zappa, Director... more
IndustryBoeing delivered final 717s and concluded commercial production in California
Long Beach, Usa - More than 15,000 airplanes have been produced in the Long Beach factory
Boeing yesterday delivered its final two 717 airplanes to Midwest Airlines and AirTran Airways in a ceremony before thousands of employees, retirees and dignitaries in Long Beach, Calif. The deliveries... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: shareholders’ assembly approves 2005 annual results and dividend
Rome, Italy - New board of auditors appointed
"The shareholders of Finmeccanica SpA, who met yesterday in Rome, have approved the company’s annual results for 2005 and viewed a presentation of the consolidated figures. The results were positive a... more
IndustryBoeing 787 reached 25 per cent release milestone
Washington, Usa - The model is scheduled for delivery beginning in 2008
Boeing announced last Sunday that it has reached a major milestone in the design of the all-new 787 Dreamliner. The team has completed 25 percent of the releases required for the program. This means that... more
IndustryEADS will close the facility of Merignac
Paris, France - The workers will be not axed
EADS’ Board of Director decided, after a serious examination to close the facility of its subsidiary Sogerma at Merignac. The industry has not the intention to discharge its employs, to whom it was offered a... more
IndustryFinmeccanica more and more indipendent by Italy
Rome, Italy - It is raising the importance of the US and British markets
The international role of Finmeccanica is raising. The Italian industry of aerospace and defense sector will decrease progressively its dependence by Italy bringing it to the 40% in 2008, it was of the... more
IndustryA new logo for Finmeccanica
Rome, Italy - The industry wants to raise more and more on the international field
On the occasion of the assembly convoked also the approve the budget, the president and ceo of Finmeccanica, Pierfrancesco Guarguaglini, announced that since next May 25 the companies of the aerospace... more
IndustryUnited Technologies Corp. awarded of a over 16 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-15/16 aircraft
United Technologies Corp, Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Group, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $16,588,344 contract. This effort is for contractor engineering technical services in support of the... more
IndustryGeneral Electric Aircraft Engines awarded of a over 15 USDm order
Washington, Usa - For the T-64 engine on the H-53 aircraft
General Electric Aircraft Engines, Lynn, Mass, is being awarded $15,475,298 for a priced order (GB25) under a basic ordering agreement (FA8104-05-G-0003) for repair of various quantities of repairable... more
IndustryFour new clients for Galileo Italia
Rome, Italy - They are Turkish Airlines, Air Seychelles, Jet Airlines and Lot Polish Airlines
Galileo Italia has recently increased the number of its clients. Contracts have in fact been signed, for the supply of the e-ticketing with Turkish Airlines, Air Seychelles, Jet Airlines and Lot Polish... more
IndustryDatamat' managers want to buy by Finmeccanica the bank-finance-insurance sector
Rome, Italy - The sector has an annual turnover of EUR 40 million
The managers of Datamat, a Roman company of Defense and aerospace communication purchased last year by Finmeccanica (see for details AVIONEWS), offered to the group leader to buy the bank-finance-insurance... more
IndustryUnited Technologies Corp. awarded of a 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For 40 F-119 engines, in support of the F-22 aircraft
United Technologies Corp., East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $5,000,000 firm fixed price contract. This action provides for advanced procurement for 40 F119 engines, in support of the F-22 aircraft.... more
IndustryLynuxWorks' Real-Time Operating System chosen for the F-35
Washington, USA - The system will guarantee an easy governability of the aircraft
LynuxWorks today announced that L-3 Communications Display Systems has chosen its Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) to power a portion of the Panoramic Cockpit Display (PCD) subsystem for the Lockheed... more
Industry"AIVA" is the name of the first airplane with no joints and wires
Minho, Portugal - It is a prototype assembled with fly-by-wireless technology
A group of researches from Minho University, Portugal, developed an ultralight robot-aircraft prototype, which was built without mechanical joints or wires: all the connections among navigation systems,... more
IndustryBoeing has celebrated the delivery of the 600th airplane to ILFC
Seattle, Usa - It has been leased to Shanghai Airlines
The Boeing Company, in conjunction with International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC), held delivery ceremonies last Wednesday with Shanghai Airlines for the airline’s newest Next-Generation 737-800. The a... more
IndustryThe A-380 arrives Heathrow for the first time
London, United Kingdom - The Pier 6 of Terminal 3 was expressly built for this huge aircraft
The new Airbus A-380 touched English ground for the first time. The largest passenger aircraft in the world, which can carry from 555 up to 800 people, took off yesterday afternoon from "ILA 2006 Berlin... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman Systems Corp. awarded of a over 22 USDm order
Washington, Usa - For the EA-6B aircraft
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $ 22,131,688 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-06-D-0014)... more
IndustryBoeing to Install Class 3 Electronic Flight Bags on New Jet Airways 777-300ERs
Seattle, Usa - Delivery of the planes is set to begin in early 2007
Boeing and Jet Airways of Mumbai, India, yesterday announced an order to install Boeing’s Class 3 Electronic Flight Bag on 10 new 777-300ERs. Delivery of the planes is set to begin in early 2007. Jet A... more
IndustryEADS: Finmeccanica will not join Airbus
Munich, Germany - French-Spanish-German consortium Ceo said it to "Il Giornale"
EADS is getting ready to purchase the Airbus’ 20% stock owned by BAE Systems, the British industry that last month declared to be not interested to continue the cooperation in the European consortium. F... more
IndustryFinmeccanica will not reduce Elsag-Datamat's personnel
Rome, Italy - It was made known in a statement by Guarguaglini's group
Finmeccanica made known yesterday through a statement that it has not in program any jobs’ cut, denying in this way FIOM-CGIL (an Italian union) which talked about 1000 workers of Elsag-Datamat (a company o... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the MH-60S
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $6,295,459 firm-fixed-price order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-03-G-0003) for non-recurring engineering required... more
IndustryAVIONEWS special. "ILA 2006 Berlin Air Show" (10): ASD: 2005 was a very good year for European aerospace industry
Berlin, Germany - President Tom Enders at the annual press conference
At the annual press conference held in Berlin today, ASD (AeroSpace and Defence Industry Association of Europe) President, Tom Enders, has presented the overall situation of aerospace and defense industry... more
IndustryBoeing names Smiths Aerospace as supplier for 747-8 Program
Seattle, Usa - For the thrust reverser actuator system
The Boeing Company today announced the selection of Smiths Aerospace to supply the thrust reverser actuator system (TRAS) for the new Boeing 747-8 airplane. The London-based supplier will design a TRAS... more
IndustryIt could be necessary an help of the European Government to modify the A-350
Munich, Germany - The decision about the aircraft's modifications will be taken within June
EADS is completing the plan to modify the A-350, the aircraft that in the last months received critics by many carriers because the think it will not able to be a real competitor for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner,... more
IndustryEmbraer signed a five-year contract with Nigerian State
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Rivers State government of Nigeria operates one Legacy 600
The Rivers State government of Nigeria has signed a product support contract with Embraer to provide maintenance support for its Legacy 600 jet, which it has owned since in June 2005. The five-year agreement... more
IndustryATR sign a contract with Ecuatorial Guinea
Toulouse, France - For three aircraft, one ATR-42/500 and two ATR-72/500
The regional aircraft manufacturer ATR and the Government of Ecuatorial Guinea have signed today a deal for 3 new ATR aircraft (1 ATR-42/500 and 2 ATR-72/500). The deal has been signed in the ATR Headquarters... more
IndustryGalileo Avionica involved in the "Prisma" robot satellites development
Rome, Italy - They to be put into orbit by 2008
"Galileo Avionica is involved in the Swedish project ’Prisma Rendezvous Robots’ which plans for a principal satellite, and a smaller ’target’ one, to be put into orbit by 2008. The two satellites will ca... more