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IndustryAirbus Industries is very optimist about the present and future
Toulouse, France - The European consortium is at the head of the world market after its results of the last year
The president and CEO of Airbus Industries, Gustav Humbert, is very optimist about results of latest year. The European industry managed to outperform for the fifth consecutive time Boeing, the American... more
IndustryAirbus beats the rival Boeing for the third year in a row
Paris, France - 378 airplanes delivered in 2005
Airbus delivered 378 aircraft in 2005, Boeing 290. These are the figures that confirm, for the third year in a row, the record of European consortium on that American giant of Seattle. Also for that concerning... more
IndustryThales: a record year with over USD 14bn of orders
Paris, France - Denis Ranque declared it in an interview at "Challenges", the French weekly
Denis Ranque, Thales’ CEO, the French industry that dedicates to defense and electronics linked to the field, has been interviewed by "Challenges", the French weekly. During the interview he has made a... more
IndustryLockheed Martin: US Army cancels the contract for the new spy-airplane's making
New York, Usa - A Pentagon's officer said it
"It has been decided to suspend the contract and the matter can be solved through the negotiations with Lockheed Martin and all involved industries", this is the terse comment by Claude M. Bolton, Pentagon... more
IndustryBoeing began building the 5,000th B-737
Seattle, Usa - The B-737/700, destined for Southwest Airlines, will be delivered next month
Boeing yesterday began final assembly of the 5,000th 737 in the Boeing manufacturing facility in Renton, Wash. The airplane, a 737-700 destined for Southwest Airlines, will be delivered next month. The... more
IndustryBoeing signs an agreement with Mobile Satellite Ventures
Chicago, USA - It's the most important contract of satellite supply of last decade
Boeing Co claimed yesterday an agreement with Mobile Satellite Ventures about avionics satellite supply. The equipment will be addressed to North and South American customers of Boeing: they could enjoy... more
IndustryAirbus (2). Humbert: Airbus is also a little bit Italian
Rome, Italy - That's the comment of Gustav Humbert, president of Airbus, who is in Rome to sign an agreement with AirOne
"The negotiation to establish the Alenia’s stake in Airbus’ project to make the new A-350 are going to end in the first half of 2006. Airbus hopes that Italy and Alenia could give a better aid in the fut... more
IndustryAirbus: Humbert: 2005 was one of the most important year and major success for the industry
Rome, Italy - The president Gustav Humbert, said it in Rome for the agreement with Air One
"2005 was one of the most important year and major success for Airbus. The figures in 2005, that will be unveiled in Paris next Tuesday, are ’near’ to those of Boeing. The A-380 maiden flight and the A-3... more
IndustryNorwegian government sells British BAe Systems' shares
Oslo, Norway - The group could be mixed with Mbda in nuclear missile production
The Norwegian government sold British BAe Systems’ shares and those of six defense companies because maybe they are involved in nuclear weapons’ production. The decision has been taken by ethical council of... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a over 191 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-22 aircraft
Lockheed Martin, Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $191,100,000 (not to exceed) firm fixed price contract modification. This action provides long lead activities and Performance Based... more
IndustryAVIO to overhaul the Olympic's engines
Turin, Italy - AVIO's market share for the PW-100 engines' maintenance goes over the 20% with this contract
AVIO, the Italian society leader in the aerospace propulsion, obtained the tender for the PW-100 engines’ overhaul of the entire regional fleet of Olympic Aviation, an Olympic Airways Group’s society, the... more
IndustryAntitrust gives green light to Alenia Aeronautica to acquire Atitech
Rome, Italy - The Italian competition authorities said it in a press release
Reading the Italian competition and market authorities press release it learns that Alenia Aeronautica obtained the possibility to buy Atitech Grottaglie (see for details AVIONEWS). In a press release... more
IndustryEads: in the next years we aim to become the mondial number one in the sector
Paris, France - Noel Forgeard, the industry's CEO, during a conference said it
"Eads aims to reach a EUR 40bn turn over in a medium time and to become in the next 10 years the world number one in the sector. In the 2005 industry realized EUR 33bn of pay off, against EUR 31,8bn in... more
IndustryA-380: altitude tests in the highest airport in the world
Bogota, Colombia - An aircraft's model landed yesterday at Rio Negro's airport
An A-380’s model, took off from Toulouse, yesterday arrived in Rio Negro, the Colombian Airport. The choice of European consortium to land an A-380 in that airport has not been casual because the air s... more
IndustryBoeing reported fourth quarter and full year deliveries
Chicago, Usa - They are 73 and 290 respectively
The Boeing Company yesterday announced deliveries across its commercial and defense operations for the fourth quarter and full year of 2005. Major Programs (717, 737 Next Generation, 747, 757, 767, 777)... more
IndustryBoeing and JAL turn 747-400BCF options to firm orders
Seattle, Usa - The value of the order agreement will not be released
Boeing and Tokyo-based Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd. (JAL) yesterday announced that JAL is increasing the number of 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighters it has on order to eight, with an additional... more
IndustryAermacchi: first flight in full authority Fly-by-Wire configuration for the M-346 advanced jet trainer
Varese, Italy - This flight gave start to an intensive test campaign aiming at achieving the initial operative qualification of the aircraft, expected by the end of this year
"The M-346 advanced jet trainer of Aermacchi performed its first flight with the Fly-by-Wire flight control system in full authority configuration. The flight allowed to verify the accuracy of the control... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman Corp. awarded of a over 24 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the Navy F/A-18A/B/C/D aircraft
Northrop Grumman Corp., Air Combat Systems, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $24,776,756 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0080) for the procurement of 37... more
IndustryBoeing ended 2005 with new records for airplane orders
Seattle, Usa - 1,002 net orders surpassed 877 net orders reached in 1988
The Boeing Company recorded 1,002 net commercial airplane orders during 2005, setting a new Boeing record for total orders in a single year. The 2005 total surpasses the previous Boeing record of 877... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corporation awarded of a 25 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the MH-60S helicopters
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a ceiling $25,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery contract for highly specialized engineering and design... more
IndustryFinmeccanica: the first order in 2006 coming from USA
Rome, Italy - It would relate the C-27J realized with Lockheed Martin
Finmeccanica is on the point of to obtain a maxi-order in USA that, specifically, would relate the delivery of new military transport aircraft to US Army. The US Army has in fact decided to replace the... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a over 8 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the CH-53
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded an $8,390,020 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the initial system development and demonstration of the Marine Corps’ CH-53 Heavy Lift Replacement (... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control awarded of a over 7 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the Apache aircraft
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Fla., was awarded on Dec. 22, 2005, a $ 7,303,166 firm-fixed-price contract for the modernized target acquisition designation sight/pilots night vision... more
IndustryHoneywell International Inc. awarded of a near 75 USDm order
Washington, Usa - For the CH-47D Chinook helicopter
Honeywell International Inc., Tempe, Ariz., was awarded on Dec. 29, 2005, a delivery order amount of $74,999,000 as part of a $74,999,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the commercial maintenance and overhaul... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman Corp. awarded of a near 7 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the AV-8B Harrier II
Northrop Grumman Corp., Electronic Sensors and Systems Sector, Defensive Systems Division, Rolling Meadows, Ill., is being awarded a $6,792,915 firm fixed price contract modification. The supplies and... more
IndustryBoeing logs order for four additional 777 Freighters from Avion Group
Seattle, Usa - The first aircraft is scheduled for delivery in February 2009
The Boeing Company and Avion Group, based in Iceland, have signed a contract for the purchase of four 777 Freighters. The airplanes are in addition to an order for four 777 Freighters that Avion Group... 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 $9,601,392 delivery order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00019-04-G-0007) for engineering and technical... more
IndustryRaytheon Space and Airborne Systems awarded of a over 43 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18 aircraft
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $43,700,690 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract (N00019-06-C-0310) to acquire 69 line items of spares... more
IndustryBoeing Military Aircraft and Missile System Group awarded of a over 98 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the MH-47G Aircraft
Boeing Military Aircraft and Missile System Group, Philadelphia, Pa., was awarded on Dec. 23, 2005, a delivery order amount of $98,517,965 as part of a $377,959,138 fixed-price-incentive-fee contract for... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Corp. awarded of a 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the P-3
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Marietta, Ga., is being awarded a $5,000,000 modification to a previously awarded ceiling-priced indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, Time and... more
IndustryThe Boeing Co. awarded of a 30 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the B-52 fleet
The Boeing Co., Wichita, Kan., is being awarded a $30,000,000 time and materials firm fixed price contract modification. This action provides for B-52 fleet support. At this time $1,301,048 has been... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. awarded of a over 99 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-16 aircraft
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Ft Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $99,700,000 (not to exceed) firm fixed price & time and materials contract. This procurement of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) F-16C/D... more
IndustryRaytheon Aircraft Co. awarded of a near 269 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the T-6A production aircraft
Raytheon Aircraft Co., Wichita, Kan., is being awarded a $268,994,493.60 commercial firm-fixed price contract modification. This action provides for Lot 13 option exercise, JPATS T-6A production aircraft... more
IndustrySmiths Aerospace Mechanical Systems awarded of a over 13 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18E/F aircraft
Smiths Aerospace Mechanical Systems - Santa Ana Inc., Santa Ana, Calif., is being awarded a $13,088,583 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00421-00-C-0433) to exercise an... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Systems Integration-Owego awarded of a over 16 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the MH-60S
Lockheed Martin Systems Integration-Owego, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $16,405,000 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-05-C-0048) for non-recurring engineering... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman Systems Corp. awarded of a over 17 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the E-2C
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $17,167,474 firm-fixed priced delivery order against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-04-G-0003) for sustaining engineering... more
IndustryRaytheon Co. awarded of a over 75 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18E/F aircraft
Raytheon Co., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $75,602,728 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 38 Full Rate Production Lot 4 Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) pods... more
IndustryBell-Boeing Joint Program Office awarded of a over USD 1bn contract
Washington, Usa - For the CV-22 aircraft
Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md., is being awarded an advance acquisition contract for long lead components associated with the manufacture and delivery of 14 fiscal 2007 Lot 11 MV-22... more
IndustrySmiths Aerospace Inc. awarded of a near 13 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the AV-8B
Smiths Aerospace Inc., Electronic Systems, Grand Rapids, Mich., is being awarded a $12,862,995 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously awarded requirements contract (N00019-04-D-0080) for... more
IndustryPratt & Whitney Aircraft Group awarded of a over 17 USDm order
Washington, Usa - For the EA-6B aircraft
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Group, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $17,043,769 delivery order under previously awarded firm- fixed-price contract (N00383-04-G-003M) for the repair of nine line items... more
IndustryAvio: EUR 400m contract for the Ariane 5's boosters
Turin, Italy - The company's press release content
EADS-Space Trasportation and Europropulsion, as a company with a Avio’s 50% stake, signed a contract for the production of 30 booster couples, devoted to the Ariane 5 rocket carrier. It is worth EUR 9... more
IndustryAirbus: orders for Russian-manufactured structural components have doubled
Moscow, Russia - Industrial relations between the European consortium and the Russian aviation sector prove sounder and sounder
Industrial relations between Airbus and the Russian aviation sector prove sounder and sounder. Orders by the European consortium addressed to Russian firms, with which agreements for the provision of components... more
IndustryGeneral Electric Engine Services awarded of a over 17 USDm order
Washington, Usa - For the UH-60 Black Hawk and AH-64 Apache Helicopters
General Electric Engine Services, Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded on Dec. 21, 2005, a delivery order amount of $17,517,490 as part of a $92,769,335 firm-fixed-price contract for Overhaul/Recapitalization... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a over 11 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the MH-60S aircraft
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded an $11,041,184 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00019-03-G-0003) for nonrecurring retrofit... more
IndustryRolls Royce Engine Services awarded of a over 11 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the E-2 aircraft
Rolls Royce Engine Services, Oakland, Calif., is being awarded an estimated value $11,098,010 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-05-D-0011) for... more
IndustryRolls-Royce Corp. awarded of a near 59 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the AE1107C engines
Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $58,723,200 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-95-C-0209) to exercise an option for the fiscal 2006 procurement... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas Corp. awarded of a 995 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18E/F aircraft
McDonnell Douglas Corp.,St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $995,000,000 firm-fixed-price requirements performance based logistics contract for performance based logistics support for the F/A-18E/F aircraft. This... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman Corp. awarded of a near 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the US Navy F/A-18A/B/C/D aircraft
Northrop Grumman Corp., Air Combat Systems, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $5,868,875 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 37 shipsets of Center Barrel Replacement Plus (CBR+) loose... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Corp. awarded of a over 32 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the KC-130J and C-130J aircraft
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Marietta, Ga., is being awarded a $32,799,358 not-to-exceed modification to a previous awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-04-D-0001)... more
IndustryGeneral Electric Transportation (GET) Aircraft Engines awarded of a 34 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18 aircraft
General Electric Transportation (GET) Aircraft Engines, Lynn, Mass. is being awarded a $34,000,000 delivery order issued under a previously awarded Basic Ordering Agreement (FA8104-05-G-0003) for repair... more