Actualité aéronautique

CMAI Releases 2012 World Terephthalates and Polyester Analysis

transmise le 10 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

Chemical Market Associates, Inc. , announces the completion of the 2012 World Terephthalates and Polyester Analysis. The annual global market study covers historical developments and future projections for supply, demand, capacity, and trade in the global terephthalic acid (TPA, or PTA in its purified form), dimethyl terephthalate (DMT), polyethylene terephthalate (commonly referred to as PET or polyester) fiber, and PET packaging resin markets for the period 2006 to 2016.

Lockheed Martin Selects BAE Systems to Supply F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Helmet Display Solution

transmise le 10 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

BAE Systems has been selected by Lockheed Martin, prime contractor for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), to supply a Night Vision Goggle Helmet Mounted Display (NVG HMD) system for the F-35 during the next phase of its development. The NVG HMD will incorporate the latest Q-SIGHT™ waveguide display and feature detachable Night Vision Goggles for night operations. It will also incorporate an optical Head Tracking System for precise weapons delivery and carrier and land-based operations. The highly accurate optical head trackers allow the HMD to achieve traditional Head-Up Display (HUD) accuracies and Primary Flight Reference criteria.

BAE Systems Showcases Visual Threat Training Simulators at Army Expo

transmise le 10 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

For more than 12 years, BAE Systems has provided military training simulators that prepare aircrews to identify and defend against hostile anti-aircraft engagements. Now more than 60 of the Visual Threat Recognition and Avoidance Trainer (VTRAT) simulators are in use by the U.S. Air Force across the country and, internationally, through a new system acquired by the Royal Australian Air Force.

BAE Systems HybriDrive Parallel System for Heavy-Duty Trucks Achieves 30 Percent Fuel Economy Savings

transmise le 10 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

Road tests conducted by BAE Systems reveal that commercial trucks powered by the company’s green HybriDrive^® parallel hybrid electric propulsion system use 30 percent less fuel than trucks running on traditional diesel engines.

Astronics Corporation Selected by Cessna to Supply Lighting Solutions for the Citation M2, Citation TEN and Corvalis TTX Aircraft

transmise le 10 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

Astronics Corporation , a leader in advanced, high performance lighting, electrical power and automated test systems for the global aerospace and defense industries, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Luminescent Systems Inc., has been chosen by Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. company, to supply illuminated instrument panels for the recently announced Citation M2, Citation TEN and Corvalis TTX aircraft as well as exterior lighting for the Citation M2 and Citation TEN.

Nextant Aerospace Names Beechcraft Augsburg as First European Service Center for the 400XT Business Jet

transmise le 10 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

Nextant Aerospace, maker of the 400XT, the world’s first completely remanufactured business jet, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Beechcraft Sales and Service GmbH (Beechcraft Augsburg) to open the first factory-approved service center in Europe for Nextant-manufactured aircraft. Nextant also announced that it has entered into agreements with Emery Air, Inc. to provide service for the 400XT in the Chicago area and with Jet Works Air Center to provide service in the Dallas area.

Avantair Makes a Triple Play

transmise le 10 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

Avantair, Inc. , the industry leader for fractional aircraft ownership and flight hour time cards in the light jet cabin category and the only publicly traded, stand-alone private aircraft operator, today announced its plans to take delivery of its third new Piaggio Avanti II aircraft since July 2011.

TAGSYS RFID and ICM Airport Technics Announce Strategic Alliance

transmise le 10 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

TAGSYS, the leading provider of item-level RFID infrastructure, and ICM Airport Technics, a market leader in airport material flow and logistics systems, have signed a cooperative agreement to produce and supply end-to-end bag drop systems for the aviation industry.

'UAV Payload Market Will Reach $2.9bn in 2011' Says visiongain Report

transmise le 10 octobre 2011 par PRNewswire

AAI UAS Introduces Multi-Mission Payloads for Shadow® Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems

transmise le 10 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, along with Phoenix Global Support, announced today the introduction of new multi-mission payloads for its renowned Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Designed to be housed in a modular pod and carried on the hard points on the Shadow aircraft’s wings, multi-mission payloads are exchanged easily based on the unique requirements of the supported mission. Some of the early multi-mission payload applications address urgent warfighter requirements including secure, third-generation, or 3G, telecommunications uplink and downlink; signals intelligence, or SIGINT; measurement and signatures intelligence, or MASINT; state-of-the-art communications; precision geolocation; airborne cellular network; software-defined communications relay; and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear detection.