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Boeing and Lockheed Martin Form Strategic Alliance

Boeing and Lockheed Martin have formed a strategic alliance to promote advancement of the future U.S. air transportation system.

23 January 2007: Boeing

 

Boeing - GE Commercial Aviation Services - Boeing 777 Order

Boeing and GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) today announced a 39-airplane order that includes 15 Boeing 777s -- a mix of seven 777-300ER (Extended Range) passenger jetliners and eight 777 Freighters -- and 24 Next-Generation 737-800s.

23 January 2007: Boeing

 

Rolls-Royce $200m V2500 Deal

Rolls-Royce takes $200 million share of Spirit V2500 deal.

23 January 2007: Rolls-Royce plc

 

QinetiQ - Contract For Fast Landing Craft

QinetiQ has been awarded a four-year MOD contract to design, construct and carry out test and evaluation trials on a technology demonstrator vessel, which will be a contender for the next generation of fast landing craft.

23 January 2007: QinetiQ

 

Smiths Aerospace selected for $20m Korean Helicopter Program

Smiths' single box Health Usage Management System (HUMS) will provide increased aircraft safety, availability, reliability, maintainability and Life Cycle Costs. Smiths' HUMS includes an airborne data acquisition and processing unit, pilot display, PC card data transfer unit, airborne and ground software.

18 January 2007: Smiths Aerospace

 

Smiths Aerospace selected by U.S. Navy for F/A-18

'Smiths' PBL support is an integral part of our customer services business,' commented Dr. John Ferrie, President, Smiths Aerospace. 'We also have performance based logistics contracts in place on the AV-8B, F-14, F/A-18, Tornado, Hawk, Eurofighter, H-60 Lamps and other military platforms.'

18 January 2007: Smiths Aerospace

 

Parker Hannifin Corporation 2nd Quarter Fiscal Year 2007 Results

Parker Hannifin Corporation second quarter fiscal year 2007 results. The company set new second quarter records for sales and income from continuing operations, both of which increased by double digit percentages from a year ago.

18 January 2007: Parker Hannifin

 

Tadiran Communications - $20.5m Order From Israeli MoD

Tadiran Communications Received $20.5 Million Order from Israeli Ministry of Defense

18 January 2007: Tadiran Communications Ltd.

 

General Dynamics $40m Tank Training Ammunition Contract

The U.S. Army Sustainment Command in Rock Island, Ill., has awarded General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, a $39.5 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for M865 Target Practice Cone Stabilized Discarding Sabot-Tracer 120mm cartridges.

18 January 2007: General Dynamics

 

QinetiQ - preferred bidder for Government's DTR programme

QinetiQ Group plc, announces that Metrix, a joint venture between QinetiQ and Land Securities Trillium, the UK's leading property outsourcing specialist, has been appointed preferred bidder on Package One and provisional preferred bidder on Package Two under the Government's Defence Training Rationalisation (DTR) programme.

17 January 2007: QinetiQ

 

QinetiQ - $9.48m UK MoD Research Contract For VTID Programme.

A QinetiQ led team has competitively bid and won a £9.48m MOD research contract to deliver the Vehicle Technology Integration Demonstrator (VTID) programme. This three-year programme will investigate and implement a layered protection approach to survivability for armoured vehicles to reduce their vulnerability to attack.

16 January 2007: QinetiQ

 

VT Group To Supply Three Ocean Patrol Vessels For Oman Navy

VT Group (VT), the Support Services and Shipbuilding Company, has signed a contract with the Government of Oman to supply three Ocean Patrol Vessels (OPVs) for the Royal Navy of Oman.

16 January 2007: Volvo Aero Corporation

 

General Dynamics - $10m For Alteration Work On USS Texas

U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics $10 Million For Alteration Work on USS Texas

16 January 2007: General Dynamics

 

Boeing Dreamlifter Delivers First Assemblies for 787 Dreamliner

Boeing Dreamlifter Delivers First Assemblies for 787 Dreamliner

16 January 2007: Boeing

 

ATK and Lockheed Martin Complete Booster System Demonstration

ATK and Lockheed Martin Complete Booster System Demonstration for Proposed U.S. Navy Intermediate-Range Missile

15 January 2007: ATK

 

Radstone Embedded Systems Broadens 3U VPX Family

Following its acquisition of Radstone Embedded Computing, and confirming and extending the commitment to the VPX standard first announced in May 2006 by Radstone, GE Fanuc Embedded Systems today announced three new members of its 3U VPX family at the Bus & Board Conference in Long Beach, California this week.

15 January 2007: Radstone Embedded Computing

 

Radstone - 3U VPX MAGIC1 Rugged Display Processor

Following its acquisition of Radstone Embedded Computing, and complementing the company's parallel announcement of three new 3U VPX boards, GE Fanuc Embedded Systems today announced the 3U VPX MAGIC1 Rugged Display Processor at the Bus & Board Conference in Long Beach, California.

15 January 2007: Radstone Embedded Computing

 

Smiths Aerospace - Sale To General Electric Company

Smiths Group plc agrees the sale of Smiths Aerospace division to General Electric Company for US$4.8 billion and proposes return of £2.1 billion to shareholders

15 January 2007: Smiths Aerospace

 

Parker Hannifin Acquires Airtek

Parker Hannifin announced the acquisition of the business of Airtek, a leading provider of drying and filtration equipment for compressed air. The Lancaster, New York-based company employs approximately 130 and had revenues of $18 million in 2006. Earnings are expected to be accretive to Parker in the first full year. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

15 January 2007: Parker Hannifin

 

Boeing Closer to Assembling First 787 Dreamliner

Boeing is showing steady progress toward building the first 787 Dreamliner with the rollout of its second specially-modified freighter and a successful first pickup of 787 parts from Japan.

12 January 2007: Boeing

 

ATK Conducts Successful PGK Divert Flight Test

Alliant Techsystems recently conducted a successful divert flight test of its low-cost Precision Guidance Kit (PGK). The PGK round was fired from a 155mm Howitzer at the Yuma Proving Grounds, Yuma, Arizona. The round maintained aerodynamic stability throughout its flight and demonstrated an in-flight divert capability well in excess of the company's design requirements for Increment 1, which is a 50 meter CEP.

11 January 2007: ATK

 

General Dynamics - $16m Contract For Communication Terminals

General Dynamics Awarded $16 Million for Production of Tactical Satellite Communications Terminals

11 January 2007: General Dynamics

 

General Dynamics Land Systems Achieves CMMI Level 3 Ranking

General Dynamics Land Systems Achieves CMMI Level 3 Ranking for Project and Systems Engineering

11 January 2007: General Dynamics

 

General Dynamics - $425m for Missile Systems by Spanish Army

General Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas was awarded a $424.5 million contract in late December 2006 by the Spanish Army for the supply of Long Range (LR) SPIKE Missile Systems. General Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas is one of four companies that comprise General Dynamics European Land Combat Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics.

11 January 2007: General Dynamics

 

Rolls Royce & Singapore Airlines Trent 800 Engine Agreement

Rolls-Royce signs Trent 800 TotalCare agreement with Singapore Airlines

11 January 2007: Rolls-Royce plc

 
 
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