Aerospace-Defense News

Textron Systems Corp. said Wednesday that it named Robert Sullivan chief financial officer, effective Jan.

The U.S. Coast Guard accepted the second Northrop Grumman Corporation-built National Security Cutter, Waesche Nov.

Airbus SAS, which has surpassed Boeing Co. in deliveries every year since taking the top spot in 2003, is just five planes ahead of its U.S. competitor with two months left in the year.

Cessna Aircraft Company said today it will deliver the first Model 162 Skycatcher Light Sport Aircraft to the first customer of the model later this year.

Nov. 6 -- Michael Yoshikami, chief investment strategist at YCMNet Advisors, and Dan Brady, an options trader at Entropy Capital, talk with Bloomberg's Carol Massar and Matt Miller about the U.S. economy, stock market and their investment advice.

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated today announced that Jason VanWees, vice president, corporate development and investor relations, will be holding investor meetings at the Stifel Nicolaus Aerospace-Defense-Airline Conference on Monday, November 9, at The New York Palace Hotel in New York City.

AAR CORP. announced today that it has entered into a series of related transactions with Mesa Air Group, Inc.

Ducommun Inc. November 2, 2009 10:30 am ET Executives Joseph Berenato a ' Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Anthony Reardon a ' President and Chief Operating Officer Joseph Bellino a ' Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Analysts Troy Lahr a ' Stifel Nicolaus & Company Edward Marshall a ' Sidoti & Company Michael Lewis a ' BB&T Capital ...

A team led by Northrop Grumman Corp. will help the National Institutes of Health develop a Web site devoted to virus and infectious disease research under a $16 million contract, the company announced today.

November 05, 2009, 11:01 AM / Astronics Corp.'s third-quarter profits grew by 5 percent, easily topping analyst forecasts, as the East Aurora aircraft lighting and electronics systems maker was aided by lower costs on test system contracts that are nearing completion.

To commemorate the milestone, Childs and Professional Equipment were honored at an awards ceremony and press conference today at 12 p.m. in the Courtyard Royale Hall at the Tucson Radisson Suites Hotel , the release stated.

Savi Technology said Thursday it has formed a strategic alliance with Shipcom Wireless and KBR Wireless that uses Radio Frequency Identification technology to instantly track and manage supplies transported between onshore and offshore oil and gas facilities worldwide.

Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a business unit of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., has delivered a new VIP S-76C++ helicopter to the Royal Travel Office for use by the Royal Household of the United Kingdom.

The board of directors of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association has elected Robert Wilson, president of Honeywell Business and General Aviation, as GAMA's chairman for 2010.

Raytheon Missile Systems has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products a $17 million contract to produce gun systems for Raytheon's Phalanx Block 1B Close-In Weapon System and Centurion Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System.

Lockheed Martin has won a $293 million contract to provide network operations support to the Pentagon and other military networks in the Washington, D.C., area.

The companies said they plan to evaluate producing clean diesel and renewable jet fuel from Chinese feedstocks.

Aviation-equipment maker Rockwell Collins said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 26% because of lower demand for commercial aircraft, although it did see higher equipment sales to the U.S. for the F-15 fighter craft and unmanned aerial vehicles.

The mother of a Tahlequah woman killed last month in a helicopter crash has filed suit against the pilot's estate, his parents and the helicopter manufacturer.

Bank of America's leaders have long been drawn from the crew who transformed a once-modest North Carolina-based lender into a nationwide institution.