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IndustryUnited Technologies Corp. awarded of a over 24 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the EA-6B aircraft
United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Group, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded $24,037,573 (not to exceed) for Task Order 0005 under previously awarded contract (N00383-04-G-003M) for... more
IndustryDenel: many programmes, few successes
Cape Town, South Africa - The South African aerospace company goes on finding losses and aims to solve all its own problems as soon as possible
Denel, as the major South African aerospace company, is probably one among the few cases when it is difficult to grow in the aeronautics and defence market in a country with a sufficiently good economic... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Corp. awarded of a over 8 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the purchase of seven C-130E aircraft
Lockheed Martin Corp., Marietta, Ga., is being awarded a $8,400,000 firm fixed price contract. This acquisition is for the purchase of seven each C-130E aircraft for the Pakistan Air Force. This effort... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Corp. awarded of a over 55 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the C-130E aircraft
Lockheed Martin Corp., Bethesda, Md., is being awarded a $55,587,085 firm fixed price contract modification. This acquisition is for the procurement of Programmed Depot Maintenance, modification and upgrade... more
IndustryITT Industries Avionics Div. awarded of a over 63 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18E/F
ITT Industries Avionics Div., Clifton, N. J., is being awarded a $63,677,442 firm-fixed-price contract for the first full rate production and delivery of 19 AN/ALQ-214(V)2 Integrated Defensive Electronic... more
IndustryEADS: the future of the aerospace sector is in the linkage between university and industry
Paris, France - CEO Philippe Camus would be convinced of it and he asks governments a greater effort for research
Philippe Camus, EADS' CEO, has recently pointed out the importance of a more significant research policy in Europe, a necessary one in order to keep a high competitiveness and furtherly increase it in... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a over 11 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the aircraft
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Aug. 27, 2004, a delivery order amount of $11,601,501 as part of a $44,273,379 firm fixed price contract for crash damage material in support of... more
IndustryRegional transport airplanes market is increasing
Washington, USA - Bombardier and Embraer appear destinated to lead the international scenario by their respective products
A recent survey carried out by Forecast International would have revealed that the regional transport airplanes market is destinated to grow in a relevant manner by 2013, both for the so called regional... more
IndustryAustralia, 12 NH-90s to face the terroristic threat (2): EADS' growth in the Asia Pacific area
Amsterdam, Holland - According to the group's representatives, a 30% of annual selling will be likely to depend on Asia Pacific area by 2015
By the recent order performed by Australian Government for 12 NH-90 helicopters, EADS group appears more and more growing in the Asia Pacific regional area. Company's representatives would have underlined... more
IndustryRaytheon Co. Electronics Systems awarded of a over 43 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18E/F aircraft
Raytheon Co., Electronics Systems, Goleta, Calif., is being awarded a $43,254,508 firm fixed priced contract for the sixth full-rate-production of 30 AN/ALR-67(V)3 Radar Warning Receivers for the F/A-18E/F... more
IndustryGeneral Electric Co. awarded of a near 15 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the B-1B aircraft
General Electric Co., Cincinnati, Ohio., is being awarded a $14,995,691.52 firm-fixed price contract to provide for turbine frames, 79 each, Air Force requirements applicable to F110 engine in B-1B aircraft.... more
IndustryUSAF-Boeing contract produces debates in the USA
Washington, USA - Criticism would regard the scandal related to Lockheed Martin's secret data that Boeing achieved illegally
US press would have been focusing on the contract granted by US Air Force to Boeing and related to the putting into orbit, through rockets produced by the American aerospace companies, of new navigation... more
IndustryBoeing: delivery of the 175th B-737/700 to Southwest
Seattle, Usa - The carrier celebrates ten years of service to Seattle
A new Southwest 737-700 looking good in colorful livery and in-production blended-winglets at Boeing Field this week. Southwest Airlines took delivery of its 175th new Boeing 737-700 on Thursday. Four... more
IndustrySikorsky acquires Schweizer
Washington, USA - The helicopter group is so ready to become more competitive even in the light chopper market
Sikorsky unveiled yesterday that between such company and Schweizer an acquisition agreement was signed, so that the US relevant helicopter sector firm owns now the well known light chopper producer. Sikorsky... more
IndustryEU Commission ready to attend to the subsidies problem for the aerospace sector
Brussels, Belgium - A meeting with the USA has been suggested to solve the problem regarding Boeing and Airbus
The new European Commissioner for Trade, Peter Mandelson, would have recently maintained that he is willing to produce a final solution of the problems related to the subsidies accuses Airbus and Boeing... more
IndustryMD: job cuts for 22% of workers
Washington, USA - A necessary measure after the significant lowering of orders
MD Helicopters does not seem able currently to improve its own situation in the helicopter international market, after the not sufficient results achieved during this year. So, the company would have considered... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft awarded of a over 56 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the Presidential Helicopter Program
Sikorsky Aircraft, Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $56,500,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-03-G-0003) for risk reduction... more
IndustryPratt & Whitney awarded of a over 9 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F-16 aircraft
Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $9,674,645 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for level one depot support equipment and spares in support of F100PW220E engine applicable to... more
IndustryBoeing Aerospace Operations awarded of a near 32 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the VC-25A aircraft
Boeing Aerospace Operations, Midwest City, Okla., is being awarded a $31,805,815 cost plus incentive fee contract modification. This contract modification is for acquisition of the prototype engineering,... more
IndustryFinmeccanica-GKN agreement on AgustaWestland: British Government starts investigating
London, UK - It would deal with a normal verifying procedure regarding the legitimacy of the related contract
Together with the technical analyses carried out by European Commission on the agreement between British GKN and Italian Finmeccanica, for the transferring of the English share of AgustaWestland to the... more
IndustryOgma: Finmeccanica-Lockheed Martin and Embraer-EADS contend for the Portuguese group
Lisbon, Portugal - It would have been unveiled by Portuguese press and Government would be willing to sell the aerospace company by the end of the year
According to what has been released by Portuguese press, Government would be particularly willing to complete by the end of the current year the selling of Ogma aerospace company, or at least of a significant... more
IndustryRaytheon Co. awarded of a over USD1bl contract
Washington, USA - For Tomahawk Block IV Cruise Missiles
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded an estimated value $1,607,191,872 firm-fixed-price multi-year contract for the full rate production of up to 2,200 Tomahawk Block IV Cruise Missiles for... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman Corp. awarded of a USD30m contract
Washington, USA - For three X-47B air vehicles, three mission control systems and a common operating system
Northrop Grumman Corp., Integrated Systems, San Diego, Calif. is being awarded a $30,000,000 increment of a $1,037,274,437 other transaction for prototypes agreement to design and develop three X-47B... more
IndustrySpace Vector Corp. awarded a USD50m contract
Washington, USA - For the Rocket System Launch Program (RSLP)
Space Vector Corp., Chatsworth, Calif., is being awarded a $50,000,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract modification for the Sounding Rockets Program Follow-on (SRP-2) contract, which... more
IndustryOrbital Sciences Corp. awarded a USD50m contract
Washington, USA - For the Rocket System Launch Program (RSLP)
Orbital Sciences Corp., Launch Systems Group, Chandler, Ariz., is being awarded a $50,000,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract modification to the Sounding Rockets Program Follow-on (SRP-2)... more
IndustryThe employment increase in the US aerospace sector
Washington, USA - The victory against the economic difficulties in the 90s and the rise of orders would have encouraged a hiring growth
According to the latest data unveiled by US Labor Department, the employment degree regarding the aerospace sector in the United States would have found a positive turnaround during about the last 15 years,... more
IndustryThe relaunch of the Russian aeronautics industry
Moscow, Russia - Both the military and the civil sectors are involved in a relaunch period in line with the new national exigencies
The Russian aeronautics industry is experiencing a particularly delicate moment, both from the military aviation point of view and regarding the civil one. With reference to the military one, Russian pilots... more
IndustryEU: it's favourable to reconsider the 1992 agreements about state aid for Airbus and Boeing
Brussels, Belgium - Bush threatens now to bring case in front of the WTO
Yesterday the European Union said that it would alter the 1992 agreement with US, in which is defined how much state aid can be handed out to aircraft makers firms Airbus and Boeing (see news AVIONEWS). The... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman Systems awarded of a over USD 6m contract
Washington, USA - For Technology of Efficient, Agile Mixed-Signal Microsystems
Northrop Grumman Systems, Linthicum Heights, Md., is being awarded a $6,209,045 cost plus fixed-fee contract modification to provide for "Technology of Efficient, Agile Mixed-Signal Microsystems." In... more
IndustryAAI Corp. awarded of a over USD15m contract
Washington, USA - For Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle system
AAI Corp., was awarded on, Aug. 12, 2004, a delivery order amount of $15,999,038 as part of a $78,649,743 cost plus fixed fee contract for contractor logistics support for SHADOW unmanned aerial vehicle... more
IndustryRaytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems awarded of a over USD 18m contract
Washington, USA - For the Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) Subsystem
Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Portsmouth, R.I., is being awarded an $18,545,866 fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract for the procurement of the Electronic Intelligence (ELINT... more
IndustryCharles Stark Draper Laboratory awarded of a over USD 9 m contract
Washington, USA - For the establishment of the TRIDENT II missile guidance subsystem Integrated Support Facility
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, (CSDL), Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $9,016,399 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to provide for the establishment and qualification of the TRIDENT II (D5) missile... more
IndustryGerman Judge halts Airbus Hamburg facility runways' extension
Hamburg, Germany - Administrative irregularities would prevent the work which is considered a relevant one within the A-380 programme
The Hamburg's Administrative Judge had decided some months ago to stop the programme for the extension of the Airbus facility's runway nearby the German city, previously, as it seems, granted by local... more
IndustryGeneral Electric Engine Services Inc. awarded of a over USD 22m contract
Washington, USA - To exercise an option for the standard depot level repair of T700-GE-401/401C turbo shaft engines
General Electric Engine Services Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, is being awarded a $22,743,763 not-to-exceed modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to exercise an... more
IndustryRaytheon Technical Services Co. awarded of a over USD 11m contract
Washington, USA - To resolve system deficiencies in the AN/TPS-75 Radar
Raytheon Technical Services Long Beach, Calif.,is being awarded a $11,543,989 time and material contract. This is an engineering services contract which will provide assistance to resolve system deficiencies... more
IndustryL-3 Communications Electron Devices awarded of a over 5m contract
Washington, USA - For repairs and production of AN/APS-116/137
L-3 Communications Electron Devices, San Carlos, Ca., is being awarded a $5,934,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for repairs and production of AN/APS-116/137 output... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft Corp. awarded of a over USD 12m contract
Washington, USA - For the US Navy MH-60R helicopter
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $12,308,728 firm-fixed-price advance acquisition contract for long lead material and effort associated with the production and delivery of... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas Corp. awarded of over USD 8m contract
Washington, USA - For the F/A-18F aircraft
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., is being awarded an $8,041,992 modification to definitize a previously awarded letter contract to a firm-fixed-price contract. In... more
IndustryThe last word on EuroSystems is up to British Government
Rome, Italy - Finmeccanica appears worried for the consequences that delay on such agreement could cause for the Eurofighter Tranche 2
Finmeccanica and BAe are attending to the agreement regarding the possible creation of EuroSystems, a joint-venture mainly dealing with avionics and defence electronics, but problems still exist for the... more
IndustryLitton Systems Inc. awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18 aircraft
Litton Systems Inc., Laser Systems, Apopka, Fla., is being awarded a $5,688,080 contract for procurement of laser transmitter-receivers that are part of the forward looking infrared (FLIR) pod to support... more
IndustryGeneral Electric Aircraft Engines awarded of a over 7 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the H-46E helicopters
General Electric Aircraft Engines, General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $7,458,464 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-02-C-3021) to purchase an additional... more
IndustryKaman Aerospace Corp. awarded of a near 6 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the C-5 aircraft
Kaman Aerospace Corp., Bloomfield, Conn., is being awarded a $5,856,048 indefinite delivery/definite quantity contract. This is an ID/IQ contract covering a five-year period. The proposed contract is... more
IndustryHoneywell awarded of a over 7 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the B-1B fleet
Honeywell, Albuquerque, N.M., is being awarded a $7,120,704 firm fixed price contract. There are currently 29 Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) projected coded requisitions and 21 Readiness Spare Package backorders... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. awarded of a near 9 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-22 aircraft
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded an $8,706,979 firm fixed price contract modification. This modification authorizes incorporation of the gun structures, ventilation... more
IndustryITT Avionics awarded of a over 10 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the B-52H aircraft
ITT Avionics, Clifton, N.J., is being awarded a $10,062,456 firm fixed price, time and material contract modification. This requirement is to increase and exercise the option quantities for the upgrade... more
IndustryFincantieri: two contracts for the new Indian Navy's air carrier
New Dheli, India - The Italian naval industry increases in this sector even at an international level after the showing of the Cavour
Italian industry goes on increasing in military naval sector, also with reference to the production of air carriers so that, after the official showing of the new Italian Navy’s "Conte di Cavour" carrier (... more
IndustryBAE Systems Platform Solutions awarded of a near 42 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the Navy P-3 aircraft
BAE Systems Platform Solutions, Los Angeles, Calif., is being awarded a $41,921,186 not-to-exceed indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for 120 digital autopilot systems, aircraft trial kit... more
IndustrySukhoi: 65 years of success for its design bureau
Moscow, Russia - The company has produced some of the best combat aircraft in Russian aviation history
Sukhoi celebrates 65 years history for its design bureau, which designed aircraft which appear quite relevant in Russian aviation from a historical point of view. And it celebrates it right when data related... more
IndustryEads: first half 2004 results
Amsterdam, Holland - The European aerospace group goes on increasing, most of all thanks to Airbus
Eads aerospace group unveils data related to the first half of current year, indicating a significant growth when compared with the same period regarding the last year. Revenues would have been risen for... more
IndustryLockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors awarded of a over 12 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the E2-C aircraft
Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors, Syracuse, N.Y., is being awarded a $12,700,000 ceiling priced order under a basic ordering agreement ((N00383-03-G-002F) for the acquisition of 21 different... more