Aerospace-Defense News Archives

“The space technology we have developed is of global standards and on par with others.”

HYDERABAD * India has won a European vote of confidence as it competes with China to tap a space market expected to generate $145bn of orders over 10 years, officials say. via The Peninsula

“The Lockheed Martin IPv6 transition test bed represents an excellent example of industry partners coming together to assist government agencies during the transition to IPv6”

Juniper Networks, Inc. , the leader in high-performance networking, today announced the company will team with Lockheed Martin Corporation in the development of a pilot Internet Protocol version 6 transition ... via TMCnet

Associated Press - September 30, 2007 3:24 PM ET CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Communication and aviation electronics manufacturer Rockwell Collins says it has settled a lawsuit with a Texas company over alleged ... via WQAD-TV Moline

“We didn't feel we had sufficient clarity on each so we are continuing negotiations over the next 18 months”

After a lengthy evaluation, British Airways decided that the Airbus A380 trumped The Boeing Co.'s 747-8, but that decision does not represent a setback for the program, Boeing's top jetliner executive said ... via The Seattle Post Intelligencer

Defense stocks on Wednesday hit new highs as Defense Secretary Robert Gates requested an extra $42 billion in funding from Congress to cover military costs in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008. via Hispanic Business

Garmin International Inc, a provider of communication and information devices and applications enabled by GPS technology and a unit of Garmin Ltd , announced on Monday that Cessna Aircraft Company, a ... via M2.com

Last Update: 9/28 7:36 pm VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - The Missile Defense Agency says a ground-based missile has successfully intercepted a target missile in a test of the nation's defense system. via KGET-TV Bakersfield

Diversified manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. said late Sunday it expects to deliver about 14,000 new business aircraft through 2017 for sales of $233 billion. via Manufacturing.net

“We're very encouraged about what's going on, especially outside of the United States ”

A Cessna Mustang P2 over Kansas is the type of smaller, less expensive business jets that are gaining hold in the global market. via SavannahNow

Federal authorities are searching for a former employee of the Northrop Grumman Corporation and his wife, who were indicted yesterday for causing the defense contractor to pay approximately $2.6 million for ... via Earth Times

“A significant first step is identifying progressive fuel sources that will provide better economic and environmental performance for air carriers, without any change to aircraft engines or the aviation fuel infrastructure.”

The Boeing Co. has undertaken another effort to power a commercial jet with biofuel, this time pairing up with Air New Zealand and Rolls-Royce. In an agreement made public Friday, Boeing, Air New Zealand and ... via The Herald

Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. announces today that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against Aeromechanical Services ... via Ctl.ca

“Business jet operators using the RTA-4100 also have the comfort of knowing that our groundbreaking MultiScan technology has more than five years of operational experience on more than 100 airline fleets around the world.”

Rockwell Collins introduced its RTA-4100 MultiScanTM weather radar to business jet operators at the National Business Aviation Association's 60th Annual Meeting and Convention in Atlanta. via Rotor.com

Los Angeles Business from bizjournals Northrop Grumman Corp. said Friday it has won a pair of contracts from the U.S. Navy for maintenance and modernization work on aircraft carriers in San Diego and Yokosuka, ... via Bizjournals

“Emirates-CAE Flight Training is the leading flight training facility in the region for both commercial and business aviation operators, and we're pleased ECFT continues to expand with CAE's true fidelity simulation equipment”

Emirates-CAE Flight Training orders two CAE full-flight simulators valued at C$25 million Montreal, September 24, 2007 CAE has signed a contract to design and manufacture two full-flight simulators for ... via Rotor.com

“UEM Land is looking to GE for help with the planning of city management systems. They really need to work with someone who has that experience, and a proven track record.”

Malaysian property developer UEM Land has roped in U.S. firm General Electric as a strategic partner in plans it is spearheading to build a new Asian boomtown in the country's southern region of Johor. via Reuters

“Additionally, because of the scaleability of the system and the ability to incorporate future technologies, Venue is a sound investment for our customers.”

Rockwell Collins today unveiled Venue , its next generation, high definition cabin management system for business jets. via Customer Interaction Solutions

“We're obviously disappointed where this went”

Boeing Support Systems San Antonio is putting hiring on hold as its recent contract award from the Air Force is being protested by an unsuccessful bidder. via MySanAntonio.com

“We have a great start to a total procurement of over 80 Gs, which will operate in our fleet for decades to come.”

I don't get to say that very often about our programs," said The Hon. Delores Etter, assistant secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, during the delivery ceremony at Boeing Integrated ... via Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

CAE Inc. has won contracts to design and make three Boeing full-flight simulators and Simfinity training devices valued at about $50 million. via CBC News

“By expanding our business aviation training footprint to address more aircraft around the globe, we are offering more choices to our customers and bringing our training services closer to more corporate operators than ever before”

CAE Inc. announced Monday the sale of two flight simulators valued at C$25 million and said it's expanding its business-jet training network to include products from the six biggest manufacturers. via Canadian Business Magazine

RDATE:25092007 Atlanta, GA - Today, CAE and Bombardier announced they will add a new Global Express aircraft full-flight simulator to CAEs business aviation training network. via TMCnet

“The A380 needs a new customer”

In what has been one of the most closely watched and hard-fought competitions between Airbus and The Boeing Co. via Free Republic

“This is a very significant order on a number of fronts”

Atlanta.- Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. company, today announced an order for 30 Citation Mustangs from an undisclosed European air-taxi operator. via WebWire

Lockheed Martin Corp. says its Orlando missiles unit has received a $2.8 million contract from Boeing Co. to support the installation of advanced weapons-targeting systems on the B-1B bomber.

The follow-up contract is part of an ongoing Lockheed Missiles program to provide the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod to key military aircraft, including both fighter jets and bombers. Boeing produces the B-1B bomber for the Air Force.

The Boeing and Lockheed team began installing Sniper on the B-1B fleet in June. Read more

The Expedition 15 crew aboard the International Space Station is preparing for several arrivals and departures that are scheduled for the coming weeks. via Science Daily

European Union officials are claiming that Airbus SAS has lost $27 billion in revenue over the past three years because of illegal U.S. subsidies to Boeing. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“We are thrilled to offer our Global aircraft customers an advanced flight deck environment which can grow according to future requirements, in line with the overall Global aircraft platform.”

In a win that marks its debut in long-range and ultra long-range business jets, Rockwell Collins announced it has been selected as the avionics systems integrator for Bombardier's Global Express XRS* and Global ... via Rotor.com

Manufacturer and designer of aircraft engines Pratt & Whitney Canada, a business unit of United Technologies , announced on Monday that the company is offering Altair Avionics data transmission units for ... via Customer Interaction Solutions

“The cooperation is a key development for both companies”

CHINA Life Insurance Co has forged a strategic partnership with America's General Electric Co to explore finance and other industries together. via Shanghai Daily

“Bombardier's process for designing the Challenger 300 was without precedent. The result is one of the most popular business jets ever introduced”

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, September 25 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Bombardier Aerospace today announced the largest single Challenger 300 aircraft order in the company's history as XOJET, of San Carlos, California, placed a firm ... via Customer Interaction Solutions

Cessna Aircraft has signed a letter of intent to buy the assets of Oregon-based Columbia Aircraft, the company said late Monday afternoon.

Columbia's high-performance composite aircraft are a 'perfect complement to our Next Generation Piston product line,' Cessna president and chief executive Jack Pelton said in a news release.

The acquisition is contingent upon approval by the bankruptcy court. Columbia on Monday filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Read more

“My focus is clearly on making sure we deliver on the commitments we have”

Workers toil round the clock in Embraer's sprawling assembly plant, riveting plane fuselages and installing miles of electrical cable, as the Brazilian aircraft maker scrambles to meet delivery deadlines for ... via CANOE

“As a long-time partner with the FBI, Lockheed Martin is proud to continue serving an important role in the modernisation of this critical infrastructure that is key to accomplishing the FBI mission”

Extra grunt for G-men's server farm US defence-tech behemoth Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $16m deal to provide the Federal Bureau of Investigation 's fingerprint database with extra processing power. via Channel Register

“It is the economics that we should see rather than the benefits of international cooperation”

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to put man on Mars by 2037, a top official of the US space agency said here Monday. via India Gazette

Northrop Grumman Corp.'s laser-systems division in Central Florida has won a contract potentially worth more than $98 million to produce laser-based targeting equipment for the military's special-operations forces, the company said today.

The Apopka-based Northrop unit will provide nearly 940 laser markers/rangefinding designators and other support equipment as part of the five-year contract awarded by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, located in Crane, Ind.

The portable laser devices are used in homing in on enemy targets and helping to guide missiles and munitions with precision-strike capability. Read more

“This significant new order will enable us to support the development of some core clients to whom we already lease diesel and electric traction and to extend our geographic reach into new territories or operators”

Bombardier Transportation said Monday it has won a 60-locomotive contract from European leasing company Angel Trains worth about $316 million. via BusinessWeek

“I have therefore taken the decision that Ingemar will be leaving Saab”

Saab sold its car division in 2000 to concentrate on defence Saab chief executive Ake Svensson has sacked his deputy Ingemar Andersson and will begin looking for his successor straight away. via BBC

“If trends continue, shared ownership and charter fleets likely will continue to have high utilization rates and any resulting in capacity bottlenecks could fuel additional aircraft demand.”

ATLANTA, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NBAA -- In its 16th annual Business Aviation Outlook issued today, Honeywell forecasts delivery of approximately 14,000 new business aircraft from 2007 through 2017, ... via Earth Times

“This will make it easier for scientists everywhere to make lunar data more available and accessible.”

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has joined with Google Inc. via Earth Times

“Continuity of funding is critical to controlling costs and schedules.”

The U.S. Air Force warned lawmakers on Friday against proposed budget cuts to a pair of multibillion-dollar military satellite programs being vied for by Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co. via Reuters

“We are confident in our plan to integrate our businesses and unlock tremendous value, creating opportunity for employees, customers and shareholders.”

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“This is a whole new path for naval communications. What we've proven here is that we have a real turn-key solution to shipboard common data link communications with phased-array antennas”

Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully demonstrated live Common Data Link operations using the Modular Integrated Link Electronics System at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent River, Md. via Shephard.co.uk

“Aerojet is working closely with Raytheon and our government partners to achieve the NCADE goals”

Raytheon Missile Systems has contracted California-based Aerojet for continued work on the propulsion system for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. via UPI

“This contract marks Avcorp's re-entry into the rotocraft market, adds to our military order book, and adds a customer to our client list, in keeping with our strategy of diversifying Avcorp's revenue base”

Avcorp Industries Inc. , an aerospace components maker based in Vancouver, has won a five-year contract to supply aircraft giant Boeing with details and sub-assemblies for the Chinook CH-47 military helicopter. via CANOE

“SeaWiFS allows us to observe ocean changes and the mechanisms linking ocean physics and biology and that's important for our ability to predict the future health of the oceans in a changing climate”

GREENBELT, Md., Sept. 20 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Earth-orbiting SeaWiFS satellite. via Earth Times

“We are pleased with the strong sales growth we generated in the first quarter, and fiscal 2008 is off to a solid start”

AAR today reported fiscal 2008 first quarter net sales of $306.0 million and income from continuing operations of $15.3 million, or $0.36 per diluted share. via TechWeb.com

“I need the Joint Strike Fighter to come along”

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Air Force Secretary, drawing an unusually explicit link to China, said on Wednesday the United States should stick with a $299 billion plan to buy more than 2,400 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 ... via Defence Talk

About 70% of Bombardier Inc. Q-400 turboprop aircraft, the type involved in two crash landings last week, are back in service following inspections to the landing gear. via American Society for Quality

The Army has awarded a $921 million contract to General Dynamics and its primary subcontractor, Lockheed Martin Corp., to improve battlefield communications. via Government Computer News

“We forecast top-line Aeronautics growth of 8% in 2009, 16% in 2010, and 13% in 2011.”

Lockheed Martin Soars on Merrill Lynch Comments Posted 11:50 AM Shares of Lockheed Martin have jumped nearly 2% so far in today's trading, after Merrill Lynch added the company to its "U.S. 1" list. via SchaeffersResearch.com Daily Market Blog

“The FLM version of SDB replaces the normal SDB steel warhead with a carbon fiber composite warhead and enhanced blast explosive to eliminate warhead fragments and increase blast power”

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] conducted the second successful test flight of its Small Diameter Bomb I Focused Lethality Munition Sept. via WebWire

Posted Sep 20th 2007 11:13AM by Sam Abuelsamid Filed under: Etc. General Motors is not the only transportation company getting lithium ion batteries from A123 Systems . via AutoblogGreen

Lockheed Martin Corp. will increase the processing power of FBI computers under a new contract that could be worth up to $16 million over five years. via Washington Technology

“This highly capable ship passed all major testing events and is ready to be delivered to the Navy. As I have often said, it takes teamwork to build such a sound ship, and this is a testament to years of hard work by the Northrop Grumman/Navy team.”

Northrop Grumman and Navy officials say the Mesa Verde, an amphibious transport dock ship built by Northrop, has successfully completed its acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico.

'The completion of acceptance trials is a major step toward bringing LPD 19 into the fleet, and we look forward to ship delivery later this month,' said Rear Adm. Chuck Goddard, the Navy's program executive officer for ships. 'Mesa Verde performed very well on trials, and its condition and performance is a testament to the craftsmanship of the shipbuilders. I expect this trend to continue as the company completes the rest of this incredibly capable class.' Read more

Siemens AG and Bombardier Inc. said their Sprinter venture received an order worth about 399 million euros from the Dutch railway service for the delivery of trains. via Bloomberg.com

Los Angeles Business from bizjournals - 8:35 AM PDT Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Northrop Grumman Corp. via Los Angeles Business

“We won't pop the lens cap (on the satellite) and begin imaging for about two to three weeks.”

The launch of DigitalGlobe's WorldView I satellite went off without a hitch Tuesday, but officials close to the project won't be ready to declare it a complete success for a few weeks. via ReporterHerald.com

St. Louis Business Journal - 1:32 PM CDT Thursday, September 20, 2007 Boeing Co. via Bizjournals

“We're very excited to add Oakley's capabilities to our own portfolio”

Massachusetts-based Raytheon Co. has announced plans to acquire cyber-security technology provider Oakley Networks. via UPI

“People on the Street were expecting better margin improvements, and were disappointed in where the operating margins came”

AAR Corp. , a provider of parts and maintenance services to the aviation industry, posted a higher first-quarter profit but missed analysts' estimates. via Chicago Business

“We're really excited about opening a National Work Force Center in Fairmont”

Northrop Grumman Corp. has chosen Fairmont as the site of a national work force center. via Herald-dispatch.com

Quitting the troubled subprime lending market will cost General Electric Co. as much as $400 million, the industrial conglomerate has announced. via Hartford Courant

“The strength of the workforce and the business climate in Muscogee County provides a terrific environment in which to grow our business, and we expect strong job growth as our business grows.”

Atlanta Business Chronicle - 3:34 PM EDT Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Airplane maker Cessna Aircraft Co. via Atlanta Business Chronicle

“We selected Distributed Energy Systems as our supplier for this key military equipment as a result of their advanced technical capability in electrolysis, their manufacturing expertise and the proven reliability of their equipment”

Hamilton Sundstrand, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation , has selected Distributed Energy Systems' hydrogen generation business to develop and supply electrolysis cell stacks that produce ... via TechWeb.com