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IndustryXontech and Schafer awarded of a 140 USDm contract
USA
Xontech Inc., Van Nuys, Calif. and Schafer Corp., Chelmsfor, Mass., are being awarded a $140,000,000 indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract to participate in a program to provide highly-specialized... more
IndustryFedEx to purchase 10 Airbus A380-800 Freighters
Tolosa, Francia - With an option on 10 additional Airbus' aircraft
Us express courier FedEx signed a final agreement with Airbus for the acquisition of 10 A380-800 Freighters. The new superjumbos are going to be delivered three planes per year from 2008 to 2010, while... more
IndustryAndrew Peacock named Boeing-Australia's president
Sydney, Australia - He served as minister and ambassador
The Boeing Company named Andrew Peacock to the new position of president Boeing-Australia. He will co-ordinate all company activities in Australia from a new corporate headquarters in Sydney. Boeing... more
IndustryNEXST: Australian test to be forgotten
Woomera, Australia - The scale model crashed on ground
NEXST, the futuristic supersonic jet made in Japan, need some improvement. Test carried out Saturday in the savage outback of Australia has in fact ended with the 1:10 scale of the aircraft crashing on... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman awarded of a near 36 USDm contract
USA
Northrop Grumman Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $35,900,000 modification to definitize a previously awarded letter contract (N00019-99-C-1685) to a firm-fixed-price contract. This modification... more
IndustryRaytheon awarded of a near 74 USDm contract
USA
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $73,799,437 contract that exercises an option as a separately issued contract. This effort provides for 225 AIM-120 advanced medium range air-to-air missiles... more
IndustryKing Aerospace awarded of a over 465 USDm contract
USA
King Aerospace Inc., Addison, Texas, is being a $465,505,389 contract to provide for fiscal year 2003-2012 (phase from Aug. 2 through Sept. 30, 2002) contractor logistic support for 23 C-20 aircraft.... more
IndustryAlenia Spazio will not purchase Fairchild Dornier
Rome, Italy - After a technical evaluation
Last Friday the Italian aerospace industry Alenia Spazio announced it would not pursue with the acquisition of the loss making Fairchild Dornier. Alenia in fact stated that an evaluation "by an expert... more
IndustryThai boxe fighting for Airbus and Boeing
Bangkok, Thailand - To renew Thai International's fleet
Thai International is to renew its fleet and Airbus and Boeing are yet ready to "fight" each other to win the contract. As other Asian air carriers, Thai, which is going to launch 21 new international... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas awarded of a 11 USDm contract
USA
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $11,000,000 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for War Reserve Secondary Items IV spare parts for the aircraft. Work will be performed... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman awarded of a 35 USDm contract
USA
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Ill., is being a $35,000,000 indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract to provide for multi-function electro-optics for Defense of U.S. Aircraft... more
IndustryA Japanese team to test a scale model of NEXST
Woomera, Australia - The futuristic aircraft able to fly at twice the speed of sound
Today, in the deserted and inhabited lands of Australian outback, a team of Japanese researchers will test a 36-foot model of NEXST, the futuristic aircraft funded by Japan government which should be able... more
IndustryBoeing's BWB: a super-efficient bat jet
Seattle, Usa - It could take off in 2006
Boeing's engineers have designed a super-efficient aircraft that would look like a giant bat and slash the cost of air transport. The "Blended Wing Body" concept, outlined more than 10 years ago but now... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas awarded of a 70 USDm contract
USA
The McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $70,000,000 contract modification to serve as the final settlement and payment of the negotiated agreement set forth in the memorandum... more
IndustryBoeing to support Russia in the development of a new regional aircraft
Moscow, Russia - First phase completed by the end of July
According to Phil Condit, Ceo at the Us aerospace industry Boeing, the Seattle-based manufacturer will take part in the design of a new Russian regional aircraft. In line with the project, whose first... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman awards LaBarge USD 9m contract
St. Louis, Usa - For MESA Airborne Radar Subsystems
LaBarge Inc. has been awarded a USD 9m contract from Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Electronic Systems sector to supply subsystems for its MESA (Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array) radar system. LaBarge... more
IndustryPiaggio Aero Industries to take over Fairchild Dornier 328Jet
Berlin, Germany - After Bombardier quit
The Italian aeronautical manufacturer Piaggio Aero Industries is considering the take over of 328Jet, the aircraft produced by the loss making Fairchild Dornier. After the Canadian regional jet maker... more
IndustryVirgin Blue to lease 4 new B737
Sydney, Australia - From Boullioun Aviation Services Inc
Boullioun Aviation Services Inc, the German firm specialized in aircraft leasing, announced today to have purchased 4 new Boeing 737-700 for lease to Virgin Blue, the Queensland, Australia-based carrier.... more
IndustryBoeing Defense awarded of a near 9 USDm contract
USA
Boeing Defense & Space Group of Philadelphia is being awarded an $8,842,461 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for long lead items for MH-47G Aircraft in support of U.S. Special Operations Command, Technology... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman awarded of a near 6 USDm contract
USA
Northrop Grumman Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $5,966,050 delivery order under a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00019-00-G-0280) to repair the fuselage and conduct standard depot... more
IndustryBoeing and Warren Buffett to put an end to the joint venture FlightSafetyBoeing Training International
Renton, Usa - The firm specialized in flight training to airline pilots
Boeing & Co., the Seattle-based aeronautical manufacturer, and the Us businessman Warren Buffett, could decide to put an end to the joint venture specialized in training for airline pilots, FlightSafetyBoeing... more
IndustryAirbus Uk chose GKN Aerospace Services to supply components for its A380
London, Uk - A USD 600m contract
Airbus Uk, the British division of the homonymous European aeronautical giant, decided to award GKN Aerospace Services, the Surrey-based supplier of structures, components, assemblies and engineering services... more
IndustryAir New Zealand orders 15 Airbus A320 with an option of 20 more aircraft
Auckland, New Zealand - A contract worth USD 400m
The Auckland-based airline Air New Zealand, ordered 15 A320s, the aircraft manufactured by the European aeronautical giant Airbus, with an option on 20 more planes. The USD 400m worth aircraft will thus... more
IndustryBoeing awarded of a near 27 USDm contract
USA
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $26,917,014 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification to provide for the Common Low Observable Verification System (CLOVerS) program, which is an Air... more
IndustryUS Helicopter awarded of a over 21 USDm contract
USA
U.S. Helicopter Inc., Ozark, Ala., was awarded a delivery order amount of $21,640,293 as part of a $94,135,402 firm-fixed-price contract for refurbishment of 30 UH-1H Huey helicopters. Work will be performed... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a 35 USDm contract
USA
Lockheed Martin Naval and Electronics and Surveillance Systems-Akron, Akron, Ohio, is being a $35,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide for multi function electro-optics for... more
IndustryAirbus to sell 300 aircraft in 2003 (2): Abn Amro is skeptical
Toulouse, France - A figure higher than financial analysts have estimated
The European plamemaker Airbus expects to deliver 300 planes next year, at the high end of earlier estimates. "We were certainly expecting lower than that. Quite possibly Airbus has orders for 300 planes... more
IndustryRaytheon awarded of a 45 USDm contract
USA
Raytheon Systems Co., El Segundo, Calif., is being a $45,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide for engineering and technical services required to support the development of... more
IndustrySchafer awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
USA
Schafer Corp., Chelmsford, Mass., is being awarded a $6,629,362 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity (completion), service contract for science and technology support services... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas awarded of a near 97 USDm contract
USA
McDonnell Douglas Corp a wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing Co St Louis Mo is being awarded a modification to a previously awarded advanced acquisition contract N C for definitization and conversion... more
IndustryGeneral Electric awarded of a near 2 USDbn contract
USA
General Electric Aircraft Engines General Electric Co Lynn Mass is being awarded a modification to convert a previously award advanced acquisition contract N C to a definitized multi year contract for... more
IndustryAirbus to sell 300 aircraft in 2003
Paris, France - The same number as 2002
For Noel Forgeard, CEO at the European aeronautical industry Airbus, the main rival of Boeing will be able to sell 300 aircraft in 2003. Among those aircraft, 230 should be single-aisle ones and the remaining... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a near 10 USDm contract
USA
Lockheed Martin Corp. is being awarded a $9,749,808 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop, test and provide robust, adaptive algorithms to the Ballistic Missile Defense System. Work will be performed... more
IndustryHoneywell awarded of a over 44 USDm contract
USA
Honeywell Inc., Phoenix, Ariz., was awarded on June 28, 2002, a $44,009,831 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for 62 T65-GA-714A engines and fielding kits for the CH-47D helicopter. Work will... more
IndustryHarris Corp. awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
USA
Harris Corp., Government Communications Systems Division, Melbourne, Fla., is being awarded a $6,054,151 firm-fixed-price requirements contract, with performance-based logistics, to support the AN/WSC-8(V)... more
IndustryEG&G Technical Services awarded of a near 7 USDm contract
USA
EG&G Technical Services Inc&., Gaithersburg&., Md&., is being awarded a $6&.,988&.,997 cost-plus-fixed-fee&., indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for radar surveillance and detection and... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
USA
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Ft. Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $5,328,099 contract modification to provide for upgrade to the mission modular computer from the 3000 configuration to the 3051 per... more
IndustryRolls Royce awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
USA
Rolls Royce Gear Systems, Park City, Utah, is being awarded a $6,136,272 (potential amount) firm-fixed-price delivery order under a basic ordering agreement to repair and upgrade 172 aircraft mounted accessory... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas awarded of a near 8 USDm contract
USA
McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, Mo., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing Co., is being awarded a $7,858,025 ceiling-priced order under a basic ordering agreement for replacement of wedges for F/A-18... more
IndustryPratt&Whitney awarded of a over 261 USDm contract
USA
Pratt & Whitney, Hartford, Conn., original contract (SP0400-01-D-9405) is being modified to increase cost from $51,637,356 to $261,440,691. The original contract which was awarded on Feb. 16, 2001 for... more
IndustryGoodrich awarded of a near 500 USDm contract
USA
Goodrich Landing Gear, Troy, Ohio, is being awarded a $495,000,000 firm-fixed-price, cost reimbursement contract to provide for strategic supplier alliance between Goodrich Landing Gear, the U.S. Air Force,... more
IndustryLockheed Martin-Datamat: agreement became effective
Rome, Italy - In relation to Joint Strike Fighter program
Datamat, the Italian company that develops and provides software applications, Internet solutions, ICT and on-line services, announced that the agreement with the Us defence giant Lockheed Martin became... more
IndustryRockwell Collins awarded of a over 58 USDm contract
USA
Rockwell Collins, Inc,., Cedar Rapids,., Iowa,., is being awarded a $58,.,281,.,900 firm-fixed-price contract modification to provide for 50 Group A and Group B KC-135 Global Air Traffic Management ,.,GATM,.,... more
IndustryBae Systems awarded of a near 10 USDm contract
USA
BAE Systems Aerospace, Inc., Greenlawn, N.Y., is being awarded a $9,868,120 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-00-C-0298) to exercise an option for 470 RT-1836(c) and... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas awarded of a over 21 USDm contract
USA
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis is being awarded a $21,130,000 firm-fixed-price contract to procure 83 warfare management computers for incorporation into... more
IndustryAirbus at the Japanese Emperor's Court
Tokyo, Japan - Three Nipponese industries to take part to A380 project
To days ago, the European aeronautical manufacturer Airbus formally announced that three Japanese industries, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd e Japan Aircraft Mfg.Co, will take... more
IndustryChinese wings for Airbus
Toulouse, France - It will transfer its wing manufacturing and assembly base to China in seven to 10 years
Airbus will extend its co-operation with Chinese aircraft companies and gradually transfer its entire wing manufacturing and assembly base of A320 to China in seven to 10 years. The European aircraft... more
IndustryGeneral Electric awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
USA
General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $5,252,128 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for eight 701C installs (complete) aircraft engines. Work will be performed in Lynn and is... more
IndustryJapan-designed jet will fly faster than Concorde
Tokyo, Japan - It could be ready to take off in 2012
While Boeing Sonic Cruiser faces, day after day, new difficulties, Japan industry designed an advanced passenger aircraft which, as of 2012, could fly faster than the British-French Concorde. The almost... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas awarded of a over 20 USDm contract
USA
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis is being awarded a not to exceed $20,190,000 undefinitized letter contract for the development, integration, testing and... more