Sikorsky selects CH-53K fuselage supplier team.(BUSINESS
BRIEFING)(Brief article)
Sikorsky has announced the selection of four subcontractors to
design and fabricate the ma or fuselage sections for its new CH-53K
heavy-lift helicopter currently under development for the United . . .
Ramjet simulated flight success.(BUSINESS BRIEFING)(Brief
article)
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) and its fellow X-51A team
members--US Air Force, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA), NASA and Boeing --have successfully demonstrated operation . . .
Record year for Pilatus.(BUSINESS BRIEFING)(Brief
article)
Pilatus Aircraft says 2006 was its best year ever. The company has
been on an upward curve for the past four years, and both sales (CHF 572
million) and operating income (CHF 53 million) once again . . .
BAE Systems.(BUSINESS BRIEFING)(J.F. Lehman & Co.)(Brief
article)
BAE Systems has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Inertial
Products business to J.F. Lehman & Co. The Inertial Products
business supplies military and commercial customers inertial sensors . . .
Norway.(BUSINESS BRIEFING)(Brief article)
Norway and Saab, through Gripen International, have signed a Letter
of Agreement regarding the future development of the Gripen fighter. The
total value of this agreement--seen as an important step . . .
Sikorsky Aircraft.(BUSINESS BRIEFING)(Brief article)
Sikorsky Aircraft has been awarded a $10.3 million increment as
part of a $16.6 million contract to help solve one of the
military's more pressing problems in fighting desert wars: . . .
MBDA.(BUSINESS BRIEFING)(Brief article)
European missile systems group MBDA has signed an agreement with
EADS and Thales to purchase German rocket motor company Bayern-Chemie /
Protac, subject to the approval by the European Commission . . .
Construction starts on Chinese Airbus assembly line.(BUSINESS
BRIEFING)
Construction has started on the Airbus A320 Family Final Assembly
Line (FAL) in Tianjin, following recent approval by the State Council of
the Feasibility Study Report for the project. The setting . . .
Rolls-Royce delivers 2,000th AE3007 engine.(BUSINESS
BRIEFING)(Brief article)
Rolls-Royce and Embraer celebrated the delivery of the 2,000th
AE3007 engine during a ceremony on March 22 at Embraer's facility
in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil. The AE3007 has powered Embraers . . .
GKN makes US acquisition.(BUSINESS
BRIEFING)(acquisition)(Teleflex Aerospace Manufacturing Group)(Brief
article)
GKN of the UK has agreed to acquire the Teleflex Aerospace
Manufacturing Group (TAMG)--a US manufacturer of complex engine
components for the aerospace industry. GKN says the combination of . . .
Thales.(Business Briefing)
Thales and Microsoft have signed a strategic partnership agreement
to jointly promote the Thales Comm@nder Computerised Command, Control,
Communications and Intelligence (C41) solution, for defence . . .
EADS North America.(BUSINESS BRIEFING)(Brief article)
Deliveries of the US Army's newest rotary-wing aircraft are
continuing ahead of schedule as EADS North America plans to increase
production output of the twin-engine UH-72A Lakota Light . . .
Denel Dynamics.(BUSINESS BRIEFING)(A-Darter air-to-air missile
programme )(Brief article)
Denel Dynamics, the missiles and UAV division of Denel, has
launched the latest generation of the A-Darter air-to-air missile
programme to be developed by and for both the South African . . .
Bombardier focuses on production, services to boost
EBIT.(BUSINESS BRIEFING)
Bombardier Aerospace president and COO Pierre Beaudouin says that
the company's Aircraft Services activities constitute a key source
of future growth and a ma or contributor to the company's plans . . .
Euro-UCAV in wind tunnel testing.(BUSINESS BRIEFING)(Dassault-led
nEUROn Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle)(Brief article)
Saab has started initial wind tunnel testing of the Dassault-led
nEUROn Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) technology demonstrator. The
testing involves high speed testing up to the speed of sound. . . .
A400M gets its wings.(BUSINESS BRIEFING)(Seville, Spain)(Brief
article)
Airbus has delivered the first pair of wings for the A400M military
transport aircraft from the UK to Seville, Spain, where aircraft final
assembly is taking place.
The A400M wing features the . . .
Meggitt.(BUSINESS BRIEFING)(Brief article)
Meggitt has announced the formation of a new Meggitt Sensing
Systems division. The division has been formed by merging the Meggitt
Aerospace Systems and Meggitt Electronics groups into a single . . .
Rocketplane Kistler.(BUSINESS BRIEFING)(Japan Manned Space
Systems Corporation)(Brief article)
Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) and Japan Manned Space Systems
Corporation (JAMSS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to
provide commercial launch service support to Japanese users to . . .
Lockheed Martin.(BUSINESS BRIEFING)(acquisition)(Brief
article)
Lockheed Martin has acquired the defence and intelligence business
of RIM Systems Pty Ltd, an Australia-based provider of system
engineering, software development, integration, and programme . . .
Advanced composite cargo aircraft.(BUSINESS BRIEFING)(Brief
article)
The Air Force Research Lab has awarded two contracts for work on
the Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft to design, develop, and
manufacture a technology demonstration aircraft. Lockheed Martin and . . .
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