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IndustryBOMBARDIER CONTINENTAL SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES MAIDEN VOYAGE
WICHITA, KANSAS, Bombardier Aerospace’s all-new Continental business jet successfully completed its first flight today, establishing a new standard for development time for business aircraft. The aircraft i... more

IndustryTAJIKISTAN TO BUY RUSSIAN PLANES
TAJIKISTAN, Tajikistan's government plans to buy Tu-204 and Tu-214 aircraft, said the press centre of the Tajik Transport [and Roads] Ministry. Tajik pilots already uses Tu-154 and Tu-134 aircrafts, but... more

IndustryROLLS-ROYCE: 1H PROFITS ABOVE ANALISTS' EXPECTATIONS
LONDON, Rolls-Royce posted interim profits that were above analysts' expectations despite a £5 million drop to £190 million in the first half of 2001. The company reassured the market by reiterating t... more

IndustryAIRBUS IN TALKS WITH CHINA
SHANGAI, Airbus chief commercial officer John Leahy said the french company is in talks with China over the sale of 30-50 A320 aircrafts. Leahy said he hopes the order to be concluded by the end of the... more

IndustryBOEING AWARDED A 29 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Boeing Co., Seattle Wa., is being awarded a USD29m contract to provide for seventeen North Atlantic Treaty Organization E-3A aircraft (Boeing 707) and two mission simulators. This work is expected... more

IndustryBOEING AWARDED A OVER 130 USDM CONTRACT
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, U.S. industry Boeing awarded a over 130 USDM contract to provide for analysis sytems for the new NPOESS meteorological satellites, the first of which will be ready to be launched... more

IndustryGENERAL ELECTRIC WILL APPEAL TO EU FOR HONEYWELL MERGING
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, According to declarations of a General Electric spokesman, the company is preparing the petition against the negative decision of the European Union on the expected merger with Honeywell.... more

IndustryNORTHROP GRUMMAN AWARDED A 73USDM CONTRACT
USA, Northrop Grumman Corp., Rolling Meadows, Il., awarded a $73,000,000 contract to provide for forty-seven LITENING II precision attack targeting pods, applicable to the AV-8B Harrier II aircraft.... more

IndustryMCDONNELL DOUGLAS AWARDED A NEAR 50 USDM CONTRACT
USA, McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach Calif., is being awarded a $49,337,665 contract to provide for extension by six months of the Defense System Upgrade Program Integrated Defensive Electronic countermeasures... more

IndustryBOEING LOOKS FOR ITALIAN SUPPLIERS
MILAN, ITALY, The U.S. aeronatical industry Boeing is looking in Italy for high-tech products supplier, probably to avoid that Italian industries will supply these material to the nearest French Airbus... more

IndustryBOEING ACQUIRES SBS
USA, U.S. aeronautical industry Boeing has acquired SBS International, a 30-year-old company specialized in crew-scheduling systems. According to a Seattle based company spokesman, this acquisition, the... more

Industry1 USDBN CONTRACT FOR MCDONNELL DOUGLAS
USA, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $1,000,000,000 contract to provide for C-130 avionic aircraft modifications, integration support, and other services outside the... more

IndustryLOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED A $21,000,000 CONTRACT
USA, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Littleton, Colorado., is being awarded a $21,000,000 contract to provide for research and development for the XSS-11 Experimental Satellite System Microsatellite Program.... more

IndustryLITTON AWARDED A NEAR 20 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Litton Systems Inc., Guidance and Control Systems Division, Woodland Hills, California, awarded a near 20 usdm contract for maintenance of the AN/ASN-92(V) Carrier Inertial Navigation System (CAINS)... more

IndustryTHALES SIGNS DEAL WITH AIRBUS OVER AVIONICS SUPPLY FOR A380 AIRCRAFT
TOULOUSE, Thales Avionics has won an order over 20 years to supply avionics systems for the A380 aircraft. Francois Lureau, Thales Avionics managing director, said the orders could be worth 1,4 bln USD... more

IndustryAGUSTA AND CAE FORMS ROTORSIM CONSORTIUM
CASCINA COSTA. VARESE, ITALY, Agusta SpA, an AgustaWestland Company, of Italy and CAE today announced the companies have finalised the formation of ROTORSIM, a consortium company that will pursue global... more

IndustryPGSUS LIMITED AWARDED A NEAR 31 USDM CONTRACT
USA, PGSUS Limited Liability Co., Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $30,839,000 contract to provide for 33 AFB-142F-1 and seven AGM-142F-2 Have Nap Standoff Attack Missiles, 40 shortwings/fins/canards,... more

IndustryEUROCOPTER TO CREATE HELICOPTER JOINT VENTURE WITH ROMANIA'S IAR
BUCHAREST, Eurocpter and aeronautical group IAR Brasov of Romania are to form a joint venture that will be called Eurocopter Romania, officials reported. The new company plans to start production by the... more

IndustryAIRBUS SEEMS TO BE IN ADVANTAGE ON BOEING FOR AIRCRAFTS ORDERS
TOULOSE, FRANCE, In the battle between the two world's leader in aircrafts manufacturing, seems that French Airbus have surpassed U.S. Boeing in collecting orders. According to the last evaluations,... more

IndustryNEW CEO FOR MICROTURBO
BORDES, FRANCE, The engine French industry Microturbo has a new CEO and Chairman, Henri Sala. 53, appinted by Board of Director. He replaces Jean Bernard Cocheteaux and continues with his current responsibilities... more

IndustryAGUSTA-WESTLAND WINS £100 MLN STG BOWMAN SUB-SCONTRACT
LONDRA, Westland Helicopters of Agusta-Wstland's Gkn and Finmeccanica joint-venture, has secured a £100 mln contract stg as a part of a Defence Ministry digital communication system project. Westland... more

IndustryNORTHROP GRUMMAN AWARDED A OVER 7 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Northrop Grumman Corp., Linthicum Heights, Md., is being awarded a USD 7,158,392 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for upgrade of United Kingdom radar software, enhancing interoperability of the... more

IndustryDYNCORP TECHNICAL SERVICES AWARDED A OVER 12,5 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Dyncorp Technical Services, Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $12,570,900 contract for C-12/RC-12 UC-36 aircraft life-cycle support. Work completion is expected by Jan. 31, 2002. The U.S. Army... more

IndustryBRITISH PROGRAM BOWMAN WILL BE NOT REALIZED BY THALES
PARIS, FRANCE, THe British military telecommunication project Bowman will be not realized by Thales, which has been excluded by British Defense Ministry. In the press release, Thales informs that the resources... more

Industry2ND POSITIVE QUARTER FOR RAYTHEON: +23%
USA, The U.S. electronic and defense industry Raytheon announced yesterday that in the second quarter of 2001 has been registered an increment of 23% in its business, with 117 USDm, compared with 68 USDm... more

IndustryBOEING AWARDED A OVER 23USDM CONTRACT
USA, The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., awarded a $23,360,000 contract to provide for a four-month extension of aircraft operations and maintenance support for the F-15 aircraft provided by 614 direct manning... more

IndustryCARGOLIFTER SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH BAE SYSTEMS
BERLIN, GERMANY, THe German industry Cargolifter, which built the new transport airships, has signed an agreement with the U.S. industry Bae Systems, which will be its partner in the development and realization... more

IndustryNEAR 7,5 USDBN CONTRACTS FOR AIR FORCE SUPPORT INDUSTRIES
USA, The Boeing Co., Midwest City, Oklahoma,Lockheed Martin Inc., Bethesda, Modern Technologies Corp., Dayton, Ohio, Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, California, Support Systems... more

IndustryAIRBUS: 250 ORDERS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2001
SEATTLE, "With our cancellations at the end of the month (June) we are at 250", said Airbus' top salesman John Leahy, in a telephone interview. The cancellations included 45 narrow-body aircrafts ordered... more

IndustryLOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED A OVER 6 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, awarded a $6,747,000 contract modification to provide for Electronic Warfare Displays in support of the F-16D aircraft. This effort supports foreign military... more

IndustryMAC AWARDED A 12USDM CONTRACT FOR C-5 MAINTENANCE
USA, The U.S. industry Marianna Airmotive Corp., Cantonment, Fla., is being awarded a $12,000,000 contract modification to provide for an eight-month extension of repair/overhaul support for structural... more

IndustryBOEING AWARDED A OVER 8 USDM CONTRACT FOR TRAINING
USA, Boeing Aerospace Operations Inc., Midwest City, Okla., is being awarded an $8,224,986 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for courseware development and aircrew training in support of the F-15/16... more

IndustryBOEING NAMES TOBY BRIGHT VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS STRATEGY AND MARKETING
SEATTLE, "The Boeing Company has appointed Toby Bright vice president of Business Strategy and Marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, reporting to Alan Mulally, president and chief executive officer... more

IndustryMCDONNELL DOUGLAS AWARDED A OVER 12 USDM CONTRACT
USA, McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a USD12,294,000 contract to provide for spares in support of Block 13 engineering changes to the C-17 aircraft. the contract will be... more

IndustryUNITED TECHNOLOGIES AWARDED A OVER 9 USDM CONTRACT
USA, United Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney, Government Products Division, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $9,094,558 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously awarded basic ordering... more

IndustryGENERAL ELECTRIC AWARDED A OVER 15 USDM CONTRACT
USA, General Electric Aircraft Engines, General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $15,521,000 advance acquisition contract to provide long lead funding for the procurement of long lead hardware... more

IndustryLAWRENCE BOSSIDY NEW CEO AT HONEYWELL
USA, Honeywell International named Lawrence Bossidy new chairman and CEO He replces Michael Bonsignore who quitted earlier this week after EU Commission's rejection of the General Electric/Honeywel... more

IndustryLOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED A NEAR 21 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Lockheed Martin Co., Marietta, Ga., is being awarded a $20,810,652 contract by the Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to provide for trade preliminary engineering... more

IndustryBOEING REPORTS SECOND QUARTER DELIVERIES
SEATTLE, The Boeing Company today announced second quarter and six months deliveries across its commercial, military and space operations. The company reported delivering 141 commercial jet transports... more

IndustryBOEING -ALENIA ALLIANCE (2) ITALY ENTERS IN TANKER WORLD MARKET
ROME, ITALY, With the agreement between U.S. Boeing industry and Italian Finmeccanica Group industry Alenia, opens for Italy interesting propsect in order at the world's tanker market. After the Italian... more

IndustryJOINT VENTURE BETWEEN BOEING AND ALENIA BEATS AIRBUS FOR AMI TANKERS
ROME, ITALY, Boeing won: with its alliance with Italian aerospace industry Alenia, of Finmecanica Group, it have beaten its French rival Airbus for supply of four air tanker to Italian Air Force, which,... more

IndustryRUSSIA COULD MAKE A DEAL WITH AIRBUS
MOSCOW, Philippe Camus, president of the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS), yesterday announced in a meeting in Moscow that Russia may become major partnership of Airbus, in the production... more

IndustrySIKORSKY AWARDED A NEAR 7 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $6,900,000 contract for a digital map for the UH60L Black Hawk helicopter. Work is expected to be completed by October 2003. The U.S. Army... more

IndustryEUROPEAN COMMISSION BLOCKS GE-HONEYWELL MERGER
BRUSSELS, “The merger between GE and Honeywell, as it was notified, would have severely reduced competition in the aerospace industry and resulted ultimately in higher prices for customers, particularly a... more

IndustryBELL-BOEING AWARDED OF A 69 USDMCONTRACT FOR MV22 MANUFACTURE
USA, Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md., is being awarded a $69,000,000 contract to provide additional funding to continue the manufacture of 16 MV-22s. Work is expected to be completed... more

IndustryA COMMON POINT OF CONTACT FOR BOEING AND AIRBUS
TOULOSE, FRANCE, According to an Airbus industries spokesman, between French industry and U.S. Boeing there is almost a common point of interest, the part identification through unique bar code permanent... more

IndustryRAYTHEON AWARDED A NEAR 40 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Raytheon Co., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $39,250,000 contract for supplies and services required to manufacture 26 AN/APG-73 Phase I Radar Upgrade Kits used on F/A-18 Hornet aircraft.... more

IndustryGENENRAL ELECTRIC AWARDED A OVER 45 USDM CONTRACT
USA, General Electric Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, Ohio, is being awarded a $45,000,006 contract to provide for spare parts for the TF39, TF34 and J85 engine and 245 line items, various estimated quantities.... more

IndustrySIKORSKY AWARDED A OVER 203 USDM CONTRACT
USA, Sikorsky Aircraft Co., Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $203,239,894 contract, for sustaining engineering for conversion of 14 Army UH-60L aircraft to Navy MH-60S aircraft and logistics support... more

Industry194 ORDERS LESS FOR BOEING
SEATTLE, USA, U.S. aeronautical industry Boeing Co received 194 fewer jet orders in the first half of 2001 than it did during the same period last year. In the 175 orders for the first half of the year... more