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IndustryFairchild Dornier and Bombardier in talks (2): Canadians closer to buying Fairchild Dornier's 728 program
Montreal, Canada - "There is a basis for commercial analysis" of the program"
According to what stated by Bombardier's CEO Robert Brown, the Canadian aeronautical manufacturer is deeply interested in the acquisition of Fairchild Dornier 728 project. "There is a basis for commercial... more
IndustryFairchild Dornier and Bombardier in talks
Munchen, Germany
Regional jet maker Fairchild Dornier, which filed for bankruptcy in April, said Wednesday it is in talks with Canadian rival Bombardier about the sale of a newly developed aircraft and part of its German... more
IndustryA "top hat" B737 to take off within a year
Seattle, Usa - Turkey already ordered 4 of these strange aircraft
A strange-looking aircraft, what could be eventually described as a B737 with a "top hat", next year will add itself to the several non-standard aircraft taken off from the Boeing Field. This funny-shaped... more
IndustrySikorsky awarded of a over 10 USDm contract
USA
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $10,507,500 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for overhaul of the main rotor blade in support of the Black Hawk Helicopter. Work... more
IndustryLockheed e Loral could merge for aerospace
New York, USA
According to Lockheed Martin and Loral Space & Communications sources, there are talks between the two aerospace industries in order to create a new industry, able to compete against Boeing, the U.S.... more
IndustryDassault not to take part to South Korean defence biddings anymore
Seoul, South Korea - After its defeat in the contract to supply Seoul with 40 fighters
After Dassault Aviation has been defeated in last 40 combat aircraft contract to supply South Korean Air Force, won, according to French manufacturer, in a not so clear way by the Us Boeing, Dassault announced... more
IndustryBoeing's Sonic Cruiser: still a "paper plane"
Rome, Italy
The declarations of Philip Condit, U.S. Boeing aircraft maker CEO, seems to clash with the optimistic industry management point of view about its new Sonic Cruiser aircraft. Boeing said that it expects... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas awarded of a over 95 USDm contract
USA
McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $95,392,000 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract... more
IndustryDiesel engines poised to enter general aviation market
Berlin, Germany
A innovative European engine program is taking shape that could threaten the traditional dominance of U.S. industry leaders Continental and Lycoming. Thielert's recently certified TAE125 engine is earmarked... more
IndustryEclipse in troubles without 1000-aircraft order by Nimbus ?
USA
Small jet-developer Eclipse Aviation is in jeopardy of loosing a 1,000-aircraft order from charter start-up Nimbus, but company President and Chief Executive Vern Raburn maintains that the orderbook... more
IndustryAerojet awarded of a over 9 USDm contract
USA
Aerojet General Corp., Sacramento, Calif., is being awarded a $9,312,097 contract modification to provide for engineering and technical services necessary to support the motor maintenance and aging and... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman awarded of a near 19 USDm contract
USA
Northrop Grumman Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an $18,900,000 contract modification to provide engineering and manufacturing development Stage IIB activities for the Global Hawk Program including... more
IndustrySikorsky awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
USA
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $5,400,000 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for long lead materials for the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Work will be performed in Stratford,... more
IndustryAerostar awarded of a over 7 USDm contract
USA
Aerostar International Inc., Sioux Falls, S.D., was awarded a $7,646,450 firm-fixed-price contract for G12 cargo parachute assemblies and 1 First Article Test 2.350 production items. Work will be performed... more
IndustryBell Helicopter awarded of a near 24 USDm contract
USA
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $23,914,290 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for 15 TH-67A+ training helicopters. Work will be performed in Quebec, Canada (73%),... more
IndustryHologic awarded of a over 7 USDm contract
USA
Hologic Inc., Bedford, Mass., is being awarded a $7,500,000 fixed-price with economic price adjustment with indefinite-quantity and -delivery type contract for imaging systems, subsystems or components... more
IndustryRefinery awarded of a over 93 USDm contract
USA
Refinery Associates of Texas, New Braunfels, Texas, is being awarded a $93,644,266 fixed-price with economic price adjustment type contract for 164,532, 000 U.S. gallons of aviation grade JP8 turbine fuel... more
IndustryVitrociset Group attends to 12th edition of Radiomeasurement International Symposium
Rome, Italy
Since yesterday, Vitrociset Group is present to the 12th edition of Radiomeasurement International Symposium, which is held in Rome until 7th of June. Over 30 countries are represented along as the most... more
IndustryChina working on development of new aircraft
Peking. China
China has been financing a research project that might help develop a new type of aircraft capable of unrestricted take-offs and landings, as well as flying in outer space. Beijing Youth Daily quoted... more
IndustryCzech Senate says no to the acquisition of 24 fighter Jas-39 Gripen
Prague, Czech Republic - With 32 votes for and 45 against
Last May 31 Czech Republic Senate, with 32 votes for and 45 against, said no the acquisition of 24 fighters Jas-39 Gripen manufactured by the British-Swedish joint venture BAE Systems/Saab for the Czech... more
IndustryJ3S awarded of a near 10 USDm contract
USA
J3S Inc., Georgetown, Texas, is being awarded an estimated $9,900,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract for engineering services associated with support of the Fleet... more
IndustryBAE Systems awarded of a near 18 USDm contract
USA
BAE Systems, Information and Electronic Warfare Systems Integration Corp., Nashua, N.H., is being awarded a $17,723,916 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-00-C-0417)... more
IndustryRaytheon awarded of a over 8 USDm contract
USA
Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, is being awarded a $8,179,374 cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for development, delivery and testing of four prototype Improved Thermal Sight Systems,... more
IndustryKaman awarded of a over 10 USDm contract
USA
Kaman Aerospace Inc., Bloomfield, Conn., was awarded on May 20, 2002, a $10,480,241 firm-fixed-price contract for 174 unit maintenance aerial kits. Work will be performed in Bloomfield, Conn., and is... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas awarded of a near 52 USDm contract
USA
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded on May 29, 2002, a $51,822,912 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract (DAAH23-00-C-0124) for delivery of eight Longbow AH-64D, government... more
IndustryHamilton awarded of a over 72 USDm contract
USA
Hamilton Sundstrand Corp., Windsor Locks, Conn., is being awarded a $72,416,196 fixed-price with economic price adjustment and indefinite-quantity/delivery type contract for 1,199 national stock numbers... more
IndustryHawker De Havilland joins Sonic Cruiser team
Melbourne, Australia
Boeing Company has selected Hawker de Havilland(HdH) to join its technology development team for the "Sonic Cruiser" project. Although Australia-based HdH is a Boeing subsidiary, it won selection on the... more
IndustryBoeing gets contract for F-15 weapons maintenance work
Chicago, USA
The Boeing Co., second-largest U.S. defense contractor, won a $9.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for weapons support work on F-15fighter jets. The contract includes work at various U.S. bases... more
IndustryEmbraer interested to open China plant
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The world's fourth largest commercial aircraft manufacturer, Brazilian Embraer, will build a factory in China, the company's president confirmed in an interview published on Sunday. Botelho said that at... more
IndustryAIL Systems awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
USA
AIL Systems Inc. Long Island, N.Y., is being awarded a $6,133,615 contract to provide for the repair of various components applicable to the AN/ALQ-161A Electronic Countermeasures System for the B-1B aircraft.... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
USA
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Ft. Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $6,090,053 contract modification to provide for Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) 2479 C1 which will incorporate Link-16 Joint Helmet... more
IndustryBoeing awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
USA
Boeing Satellite Systems Inc., Los Angeles, Calif., is being awarded a $5,062,966 contract modification to provide for modifications to the Conical Microwave Imager Sensor required to enable it to interface... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
USA
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Ft. Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $6,404,844 contract modification to provide for the Wing Weapon Pylon I for Belgium, Denmark, Norway, The Netherlands and the Air National... more
IndustryAirbus project envisions hydrogen-fueled jet
Brussels, Belgium
A project led by Airbus to develop aircraft that run on hydrogen has gotten off to a flying start, the European Union Commission said yesterday. The project "shows use of liquid hydrogen is technically... more
IndustryBoeing awarded of a over 23 USDm contract
USA
Boeing Co., Anaheim, Calif., is being awarded a $23,540,522 contract modification to provide for the Mod-7 instrument wafer, conduit support set, cable assembly set, interval timer set, command receiver... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas awarded of a over 9 USDbn contract
USA
McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $9,200,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide for a 15-year ordering period to acquire F-15 weapon system acquisition... more
IndustrySerge Dassault keen to maintain total independence
Paris, France
By purchasing 40,000 shares of Dassault Aviation, the French aeronautics and defence group, an increasing his stake to a majority of 50.01 per cent, French businessman Serge Dassault has confirmed his... more
IndustryRaytheon awarded USD165M for AMRAAM production
Tucson, Arizona
Raytheon Company has received a $165 million contract for continued production of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile five additional annual options that bring the potential contract... more
IndustryPratt & Whitney PW6000 powered-by A318s will not take off before 2005
Paris, France - Because of fuel burn shortfalls
According to Gerhard Puttfarcken, vice president at Airbus Single Aisle Program, Pratt & Whitney PW6000 powered-by A318s will not be in service before 2005. For Puttfarcken in fact the reason must be looked... more
IndustryDarpa (3): also Lockheed Martin receives award for UCAR
Owego, New Jersey
Lockheed Martin has been selected as a prime contractor by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and U.S. Army for the Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR) program. The award, worth... more
IndustryDarpa (2): also Northrop Grumman receives contract for UCAR
San Diego, California
Northrop Grumman Corporation will study an unmanned combat armed rotorcraft (UCAR) program that will provide enhanced reconnaissance and attack capabilities for U.S. Army aviation. The study constitutes... more
IndustryBae Systems awarded of a over 12 USDm contract
USA
BAE Systems Applied Technologies Inc., Rockville, Md., is being awarded a $12,217,342 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee term contract (N00421-01-C-0169) to exercise an option for... more
IndustryRaytheon awarded of a over 16 USDm contract
USA
Raytheon Co., Electromagnetic Systems Division, Goleta, Calif., is being awarded a $16,129,953 modification to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-99-C-1051) to exercise an option to provide... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman awarded of a over 12 USDm contract
USA
Northrop Grumman, Fairfax, Va., was awarded a $12,322,148 increment as part of a $72,534,719 cost-plus award-fee contract for services to support the Defense Threat Reduction Agency chief of staff, counter-terrorism... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a near 17 USDm contract
USA
Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas was awarded a $16,895,000 modification to a firm-fixed price contract (DAAH01-98-C-0093), for 44 block IA Army Tactical Missile System (Army TACMS) variant (Unitary)... more
IndustryBoeing receives DARPA-Army UCAR contract
Washington, USA
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, has selected Boeing to receive a $3 million award to conduct a concept development study for the DARPA-U.S. Army Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft,... more
IndustryRolls-Royce takes majority stake in EMA
Rome, Italy - Finmeccanica passes from 66.66% to 49% stake
Rolls-Royce and Finmeccanica, the Italian aerospace and advanced technology industrial group, decided last May 28 to change their stakes in EMA - Europea Microfusioni Aerospaziali -, their joint venture... more
IndustryAetna selling airplane, helicopter
Hartford, Connecticut
Aetna Corp. is cutting costs by cutting its airborne fleet with the sale of a corporate jet and a helicopter. Aetna said Tuesday it has hired a contractor to fly management... more
IndustrySikorsky and Raytheon together for UCAR development
Hartford, Connecticut
Sikorsky Aircraft Co. and Raytheon Company have teamed to develop an Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR) concept for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The Sikorsky-Raytheon team... more
IndustryCargolifter postpones airship plans
Berlin, Germany
Cargolifter, the German big airship manufacturer, has decided to postpone development of its biggest airship. Instead, it will concentrate on marketing unmanned transport balloons. The company has announced... more