Actualité aéronautique

Defense Holdings, Inc. To Supply New Electrical Brush Technology to Sikorsky for Hub Mounted Vibration System

transmise le 15 novembre 2011 par Business Wire

Defense Holdings, Inc.® (DHi®) has announced that it will be supplying Power and Data Brush Block Assemblies with HiPerCon® brand Metal Fiber Brushes to Sikorsky for its Hub Mounted Vibration System (HMVS) demonstration, under the Active Rotor Component Demonstration Program. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. . The key development team member for the HMVS system is the LORD Corporation of Cary, North Carolina. The effort is jointly funded by Sikorsky and the U.S. Army’s Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD) under Agreement No. W911W6-11-2-0001.

Honeywell Awarded 13.2-Million pounds Sterling Contract at Heathrow's Terminal 2

transmise le 15 novembre 2011 par PRNewswire

a joint venture between Ferrovial Agroman and Laing O'Rourke -- awarded the contract to Honeywell following the successful completion of the largest integrated fire detection, voice alarm and public address system ever installed in the world to date, now operational at Heathrow's Terminal 5.

Emirates Airlines Selects Rockwell Collins Avionics for 62 New Airbus and Boeing Aircraft

transmise le 15 novembre 2011 par Business Wire

Emirates Airlines has selected a comprehensive package of Rockwell Collins avionics for 32 new Airbus A380 and 30 new Boeing 777 aircraft. Aircraft deliveries are in progress and will continue through 2015.

VAYANT annonce le lancement de son module Worldwide Availability Server

transmise le 15 novembre 2011 par PRNewswire

Teradyne Introduces TestStation™ PXI Functional Expansion Board at Productronica 2011

transmise le 14 novembre 2011 par Business Wire

Teradyne, Inc. introduces the PXI Functional Expansion Board for their TestStation family of In-Circuit Test systems. The PXI Functional Expansion Board is an integrated PXI/ICT solution, allowing manufacturers to add value-adding functional test capabilities to their ICT system, without growing the tester footprint or increasing equipment floor space. The board will be on display in Hall A1, Stand 225 at Productronica 2011 in Munich, Germany.

Air Lease Corporation Announces Proposed Offering of $300 Million of Convertible Senior Notes Due 2018

transmise le 14 novembre 2011 par Business Wire

Air Lease Corporation (the “Company”) today announced that it intends to offer $300 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2018 (the “Notes”) in an offering exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In connection with this offering, the Company expects to grant the initial purchasers of the Notes an option to purchase up to an additional $45 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes. The Notes will be offered only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance upon Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

Frontier Airlines’ New Nonstop Denver-Little Rock and Denver-Palm Springs Service Takes Off Nov. 17

transmise le 14 novembre 2011 par Business Wire

Frontier Airlines will launch Denver (DEN)-Little Rock (LIT) and Denver-Palm Springs (PSP) service on Thursday, Nov. 17, providing travelers the only nonstop, low-cost service on both routes and convenient connections in Denver to a wide range of destinations. Little Rock service is year-round and Palm Springs service, which is seasonal, will run through May 14, 2012. The new service brings to 71 the number of destinations Frontier serves nonstop from Denver – 20 more than any other low-cost carrier.

Kay Meggers Appointed President, Alcoa Global Rolled Products, Succeeding Helmut Wieser

transmise le 14 novembre 2011 par Business Wire

Alcoa announced today that Kay Meggers has been named President, Alcoa Global Rolled Products (GRP) effective November 14, succeeding Helmut Wieser, who has announced he will retire at the end of this year.

CareerBliss Releases The Happiest Holiday Airlines for 2011

transmise le 14 novembre 2011 par Business Wire

CareerBliss, the leading online career community helping people find joy and success at every step in their careers, announces their annual ranking of America’s Happiest Airlines for Holiday Travel. Thanksgiving is considered one of the busiest travel weekends of the year, and with the holiday fast approaching, travelers may want to consider which airline employees are happiest before jetting off to their next destination. Ranking first overall, for its second consecutive year, Southwest Airlines flies in as the happiest holiday airline to travel this season. Landing just behind Southwest, is Alaska, JetBlue and Continental – where airline employees are very pleased to be aboard. Rounding out the line-up is domestic carrier, SkyWest to complete the 2011 CareerBliss’ Happiest Holiday Airlines.

Park Electrochemical Corp. Announces Introduction of Its New N4800-20 and N4800-20 SI® High-Speed Digital Electronic Material Products

transmise le 14 novembre 2011 par Business Wire

Park Electrochemical Corp. announced the introduction of N4800-20 and N4800-20 SI^®, Park’s new high-speed digital electronic material products. N4800-20 and N4800-20 SI are available globally in both prepreg and laminate forms.