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IndustryRolls-Royce signs 2 contracts for the supply of Liberty engines for the V-22 program
London, UK - An order of USD 50m for 22 engines
The Rolls-Royce has announced that few days ago it has been awarded with 2 contracts, for a total value of USD 50m, for the supply of 22 AE-1107C/Liberty engines that are used for the V-22 Osprey aircraft,... more
IndustryAlso Japan acquires 4 B-767 T/T military aircraft
Tokyo, Japan - The first delivery in 2007
It's Japan, after Italy, the only country to have chosen B-767 T/T (Transport/Tanker), the Boeing military airplane that can assure the in-flight refuelling and the transport of men and means. With the... more
IndustryNasa awards Boeing with 3 contracts to develop a new propulsion technology
Washington, Usa - A program to last almost 3 years, divided in 3 different projects
Although the present of the American space missions undoubtedly suffers the disaster of Columbia shuttle on last February 1, Nasa continues to carry its plans ahead: indeed the search and dedication are... more
IndustryUnited Technologies awarded of a near 9 USDm contract
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United Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Group, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded an $8,844,844 firm-fixed-price contract to provide 25,798 air vane compressors in support of the F100-PW-200... more
IndustryMcDonnell Douglas awarded of a over 57 USDm contract
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McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded an estimated $57,100,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee, award-fee contract for the F/A-18 E/F Integrated... more
IndustryHoneywell awarded of a near 35 USDm contract
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Honeywell International Inc., Phoenix, Ariz., was awarded on April 2, 2003, a $34,818,435 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for the C47 Cargo Helicopter. Work will be performed in Phoenix, Ariz.... more
IndustryEads has created a new pole of Defense
Paris, France - "Defense and Security" will be based in Munchen
The base will be in Munchen, it will have a turnover of EUR 5 bn and 24,000 dependents in 9 countries. It is "Defense and Security", the new pole created by Eads (European Aeronautic Defence and Space... more
IndustryBillions of dollars in Airbus' future thanks to new possible A-400M orders
Tolouse, France - Canada, Australia, Norway and Sweden are interested about the plane
If the market of the airliners still finds some difficulties, and the cancellations or reductions of orders in recent months have not been uncommon, there is an other field that could experience a moment... more
IndustryBilions of dollars in Airbus' future thanks to new possible A-400M orders
Tolouse, France - Canada, Australia, Norway and Sweden are interested about the plane
If the market of the airliners still finds some difficulties, and the cancellations or reductions of orders in recent months have not been uncommon, there is an other field that could experience a moment... more
IndustryNew agreement between Airbus and Us Airways for a delivery of 10 A-330/200s
Virginia, Usa - The emerging from bankruptcy gives more strenght to the Us carrier
Us Airways has reached a new agreement with Airbus for the supply of jets, after that the previous pact had been frozen because of the financial difficulties of the Virginia-based carrier, as soon as exited... more
IndustryDeliveries below the expectations for Airbus, Boeing is in line
Tolouse, France - The Seattle-based company better than its arch-rival
Also for the planemaker industries, whose the two most important in the world are Boeing and Airbus, the first quarter data are arrived and for the Tolosa-based industry they're not shining, even if it... more
IndustryBoeing signs a contract for 45 planes with All Nippon Airways
Tokyo, Japan - Airbus discarded, but it could have a role with its A-380
It has been a hard stroke for Airbus to see a such important order to be taken by Boeing that, indeed, is adjudicated the supply of 45 airplanes to All Nippon Airways (Ana). They're the B-737s of new generation,... more
IndustryGeneral Electric awarded of a over 7 USDm contract
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General Electric Aircraft Engines, Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $7,311,602 delivery order under a previously awarded contract (N00383-01-D-0023M) for the repair of F404 HPT rotor components utilized... more
IndustryIt will be a subsidiary company of Avic I to supply the undercarriages for Airbus
Tolouse, France - Reduced costs are a fundamental part of any agreement
It is more and more tight the collaboration in the aeronautical industrial field between Airbus and the new emergent Asian realities, which can offer with a lower job cost than the European or American... more
IndustryRaytheon awarded of a delivery contract
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Raytheon Co., Bedford, Mass., is being awarded a sole source contract to deliver an initial Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) radar as the first radar in the BMDS family of radars. This effort is... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman awarded of a over 25 USDm contract
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Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, Litton Systems Inc., Navigation Systems Division, Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded an estimated $25,130,744 indefinite-quantity contract with options for purchase... more
IndustryA poor performance for Boeing in this first-quarter
Seattle, Usa - But the employees will experience more cuts, about 35,000 by the end of the year
According to a cautious optimism that still spread the worst is passing by, and after the conflict in Iraq the American locomotive would start again to pull and to haul also the rest of the world. But... more
IndustryRaytheon has confirmed the Us Navy demand to increase Tomahawk's production
New York, Usa - News comes by company's spokesman
"Us Navy has asked to us if we are in a position to increase the production of Tomahawk missiles until 50, in the case in which the funds will be available and we would have adequately to be structured,... more
IndustryUSS Navy needs more Tomahawk missiles
Washington, Usa - An excellent news for Raytheon that could sign a rich agreement
All the industrial fields have not been hit in negative way by the conflict in Iraq, becouse the war companies could find a new and decisive impulse. It's the case of Raytheon that would have received... more
IndustryAccording Airbus' president the outlooks for 2003 are confirmed
Tolouse, France - Iberia signs a contract for 5 A-340/600s
Although the airlines of all the countries in the world are going to pursue a political of cuts and savings, Airbus consortium asserts that in 2003 the 300 deliveries of aircraft will be respected, as... more
IndustryAce Clearwater awarded of a near 6 USDm contract
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Ace Clearwater Enterprises, Torrance, Calif., was awarded on March 28, 2003, a $5,985,960 firm-fixed-price contract for 830 Suppressor, Heat applicable to the AH-64 Apache. Work will be performed in Paramount,... more
IndustryGeneral Dynamics awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
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General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products Inc., Lincoln, Neb., was awarded on March 27, 2003, a $6,207,840 firm-fixed-price contract for 240, 230-gallon fuel tanks for the Black Hawk Helicopter.... more
IndustryHoneywell awarded of a over 6 USDm contract
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Honeywell Inc., Sensor and Guidance Products, Clearwater, Fla., was awarded on March 31, 2003, a $6,638,960 firm-fixed-price contract modification to purchase 17 F-16; 49 KC-135; 14 A-10 and 15 F-15 Production... more
IndustryBoeing Aerospace Operations awarded of a over 12 USDm contract
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Boeing Aerospace Operations Inc., Midwest City, Okla., was awarded on March 31, 2003 a $12,501,000 firm-fixed-price contract modification to provide Program Depot Maintenance, Aircraft Modifications, Landing... more
IndustryBoeing awarded of a 18 USDm contract
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The Boeing Co., Aircraft and Missiles Systems, Walton Beach, Fla., was awarded on March 31, 2003, an $18,000,000 cost-plus-award-fee contract to provide Low Band Jammer Pre-System Development and Demonstration... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft awarded of a over 20 USDm contract
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Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on March 31, 2003, a $20,679,985 firm-fixed-price contract to provide overhaul/repair of the Main Gearbox, Electrometric Main Rotor Hub and various... more
IndustryBoeing could assemble the 7E7 out of the Usa
Seattle, Usa - Many doubts raised by politics about this possibility
If the final decision would be that one to assemble overseas the new Boeing's airplane, the 7E7, it would be the first time in the history of the Seattle-based company, that has not never crossed the... more
IndustryStarchaser introduces its space rocket capsule for manned flights
London, UK - It's the first time in England
Starchaser Industries, an English independent builder of space and military rockets, will announce on April Thursday 4 the details about the new capsule "Nova", which will be able to operate with human... more
IndustryBoeing awarded of a near 8 USDm contract
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The Boeing Co., Wichita Development and Modification Center, Wichita, Kan., is being awarded a $7,762,536 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-99-C-1228) to exercise an... more
IndustryGeneral Electric International Inc awarded of a over 12 USDm contract
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General Electric International Inc., GE Engine Services, Cincinnati, Ohio, is receiving a $12,239,251 delivery order under a previously awarded contract (N00383-98-D-022F) to exercise an option for repair... more
IndustryVision Systems International awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
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Vision Systems International LLC, San Jose, Calif., is being awarded a $5,082,600 firm-fixed-price contract to provide multiple spares applicable to the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) for the... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a over 36 USDm contract
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Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded on March 27, 2003, a $36,178,936 modification to a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for support of the PAC-3 missile full-rate production program.... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft awarded of a near 70 USDm contract
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Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on March 27, 2003, a $69,230,709 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for the conversion delta of nine UH-60L aircraft to HH-60L aircraft.... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman awarded of a near 21 USDm contract
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Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $20,900,000 not-to-exceed modification to a previously awarded advanced acquisition contract (N00019-02-C-3068) for the long lead materials... more
IndustrySikorsky Aircraft awarded of a over 20 USDm contract
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Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $20,679,985 firm fixed price contract to provide overhaul and repair of the Main Gearbox, Electrometric Main Rotor Hub and various component... more
IndustryRobertson Aviation awarded of a near 14 USDm contract
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Robertson Aviation, Tempe, Ariz., was awarded a delivery order amount of $13,669,376 as part of a $375,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the Crashworthy External Fuel System and related support for... more
IndustrySukhoi will assemble Rrj planes in Novosibirsk plants
Moscow, Russia - It will be available in three models by 2006
The representative of the Sukhoi press office, Yury Chervakov, has declared the production of airplane Rrj (Russian Regional Jet) will be performed at Novosibirsk's emplacements. The new Sukhoi's plan... more
IndustryThe Boeing awarded of a 61USDm contract
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The Boeing Co., Seattle is being awarded a $61,000,000 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-01-C-0071) for the procurement of one C-40A aircraft. Work will be performed... more
IndustrySwiss to reduce orders with Airbus
Zurich, Swiss - The new password is to cut
The airlines are acting in every way in order to reduce the losses caused by the bad economic conjuncture whose effects are amplified by the war in Iraq that will, perhaps, give the final blow to the field... more
IndustryF-117 program awarded as the best industrial project
Washington, Usa - Shingo prize was the important acknowledgment
The F-117A Nighthawk program, the invisible bomber produced by Lockheed Martin widely used in these days fot the strafings over Baghdad, has received the prestigious prize "Shingo for Excellence in Manufacturing"... more
IndustryGeneral Electric Aircraft Engine awarded of a over 38 USDm contract
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General Electric Aircraft Engine, General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $38,192,154 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-02-C-3021) to exercise an option... more
IndustryBell Helicopter Textron Inc awarded of a near 17 USDm contract
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Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded on March 21, 2003, a delivery order amount of $16,882,288 as part of a $50,313,793 firm-fixed-price contract for 22 Kiowa Warrior aircraft.... more
IndustryAil Systems awarded of a 80 USDm contract
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AIL Systems Inc., Corporation-Electronic Systems Group, Deer Park, N.Y., is being awarded an $80,000,000 cost plus fixed fee, firm fixed prices contract to provide sustaining engineering services support... more
IndustryRaytheon awarded of a near 100 USDm contract
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Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $98,803,253 firm fixed price contract modification to exercise an option as a separate contract to include 206 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles... more
IndustryAlso Raytheon is worrying for the future
Washington, Usa - It's eying to USD 1,75bn cuts
Also Raytheon, important defense and aerospace systems supplier, is experiencing a moment not so happy, especially in the field of the civil aviation. Indeed, in a report of last Monday, it's specified... more
IndustryArnaud Lagardere is the new Eads' co-Chairman
Paris, France - His father died on last week
With the death of Jean-Luc Lagardere, mythical figure of the French grandeur of nowdays, France lost one of the most illustrious personages of its history (as published by AVIONEWS the 17/03). Perhaps,... more
Industry7E7 ready for 2008
Seattle, Usa - It will be the Boeing's relaunching for the future
The enigmatic Boeing jet plane that would have to replace the Sonic Cruiser, the supersonic airplane, will be the 7E7, as anticipated by Boeing on last January 29, and it has to be considered as an absolute... more
IndustryRolls-Royce Corp. awarded of a over 42 USDm contract
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Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis is being awarded a $42,460,000 modification to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-95-C-0209) to exercise an option for the procurement of 22 install engines... more
IndustryFiatAvio (2): war could influence negotiation
Paris, France - According to the newspaper "La Tribune" Italian Government prefers American
"The alignment of Silvio Berlusconi behind Bush in the Iraqi dossier, could explain the Carlyle American bottom's advantage on Snecma". This is the affirmation appeared this morning on the daily newspaper... more
IndustryFiatAvio: Snecma would be refrained from the French State
Paris, France - This is the revelation of the economic daily newspaper "Les Echos"
According to the French newspaper "Les Echos", it would be the French State to refrain Snecma, in the FiatAvio operation. According to the newspaper, in last week extraordinary Board of Administration,... more