Actualité aéronautique

AIAA and ABA to Hold Capitol Hill “Conversation on Export Controls”

transmise le 26 avril 2012 par Business Wire

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the American Bar Association Section of Science & Technology Law (SciTech) will co-sponsor a “Conversation on Export Controls” on Wednesday, May 9. This luncheon event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Room 2325 of the Rayburn House Office Building, Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street, Washington, D.C. 20003.

RBC Bearings Incorporated Receives Payments Under the U.S. Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (CDSOA)

transmise le 26 avril 2012 par Business Wire

RBC Bearings Incorporated , a leading international manufacturer of highly-engineered precision plain, roller and ball bearings for the industrial, defense and aerospace industries, today announced that it has received approximately $3.6 million in distribution payments under the U.S. Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (CDSOA) relating to claims filed by the Company during the past six years.

Harris Corporation Awarded $80 Million Healthcare IT Contract to Help Integrate VA/DoD Electronic Health Record System

transmise le 26 avril 2012 par Business Wire

Harris Corporation , an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a multi-year $80.3 million contract by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Technology Acquisition Center to help integrate electronic health records for two of the world’s largest healthcare systems -- the VA and the Department of Defense (DoD). Harris will develop the system’s key Services Oriented Architecture (SOA), which will be released in early 2014.

UPS 1Q Earnings Per Share Grow 10%

transmise le 26 avril 2012 par Business Wire

UPS today announced first quarter 2012 diluted earnings per share of $1.00, a 10% improvement over the prior-year period. Consolidated revenue increased 4.4% to $13.1 billion. Operating profit for the U.S. Domestic and Supply Chain and Freight segments increased 13% and 19%, respectively.

L-3 Announces First Quarter 2012 Results

transmise le 26 avril 2012 par Business Wire

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. today reported diluted earnings per share (diluted EPS) of $2.01 for the quarter ended March 30, 2012 (2012 first quarter), compared to $1.85 for the quarter ended April 1, 2011 (2011 first quarter). Net sales of $3.6 billion decreased 0.4% compared to the 2011 first quarter.

Republic Airways Holdings Announces First Quarter 2012 Financial Results

transmise le 26 avril 2012 par Business Wire

Republic Airways Holdings Inc. reported operating revenues of $697.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, an increase of 5.8%, compared to $659.1 million for the same period last year. The Company also reported additional key metrics for the first quarter of 2012:

Metro Boston to Send a Reader into Space

transmise le 25 avril 2012 par Business Wire

Metro, Boston’s #1 daily newspaper, is proud to announce that local reader Justin Dowd from Worcester, MA, has won Metro’s Race for Space, a global competition to select one Metro reader to travel into space.

Telephonics Corporation Awarded a $330M Contract for Delivery of 160 AN/APS-153 Multi-Mode Radar Systems for the U.S. Navy’s MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopter

transmise le 25 avril 2012 par Business Wire

Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Griffon Corporation announced today its Radar Systems Division has been awarded a multi-year, full-scale production contract valued in excess of $330M from Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Sensors.

CIT Closes $753 Million Equipment Lease Securitization

transmise le 25 avril 2012 par Business Wire

CIT Group Inc. cit.com, a leading provider of financing to small businesses and middle market companies, today announced that it closed a $753 million equipment lease securitization.

Groups Ask Senators to Authorize DOE Funding for Interagency Project on Military Biofuel

transmise le 25 avril 2012 par Business Wire

Energy security is a vital part of national security; we can improve energy security with advanced biofuel production in the U.S. The Biotechnology Industry Organization, the Advanced BioFuels Association, the Algal Biomass Organization, Airlines for America, and the National Farm Bureau Federation today wrote leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee asking them to include authorization for the U.S. Department of Energy to transfer funds to the Defense Production Act necessary for an interagency project to ramp up production of military aviation and diesel fuels.