Actualité aéronautique

New Themis Computer Systems with NVIDIA Tesla GPUs Optimized to Accelerate Military and Aerospace Applications

transmise le 17 août 2011 par Business Wire

Themis Computer today announced the RES-NT1 High-Performance Computer (HPC). The RES-NT1 combines the computing performance of NVIDIA^® Tesla^TM M-Class GPU computing modules, Intel Xeon processors, and Themis robust thermal and kinetic design management to bring high-performance computing to the demanding environments such as field deployments for military, aerospace, and energy applications.

Lockheed Martin Showcases F-35 Cockpit Demonstrator During Visit at Futuramic Tool and Engineering

transmise le 17 août 2011 par Business Wire

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] today showcased its F-35 Lightning II mobile cockpit demonstrator to employees; federal, state and local elected officials; Detroit-area suppliers and the news media at Futuramic Tool and Engineering Company, a local supplier for the F-35 program.

Cavotec and INET Merge Strengths in the Global Airport Market Through Cavotec’s Acquisition Of INET Airport Systems

transmise le 17 août 2011 par Business Wire

Cavotec is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved the acquisition of INET, a leader in the engineering and manufacturing of ground support equipment (GSE) based in USA. The acquisition is an asset deal with the consideration including the issue of 7.7 million shares at NZD 3.30 per share and a potential earn-out of maximum USD 4 million upon fulfilment of certain terms and conditions.

Xchanging and BAE Systems Inc Sign Seven Year US Procurement Outsourcing Services Contract

transmise le 17 août 2011 par Business Wire

BAE Systems, Inc, a leading defense, security and aerospace company, has awarded a seven year procurement services contract to Xchanging , the business process and technology services provider. As part of this innovative arrangement, Xchanging will provide sourcing and supply base management services for $800m of BAE Systems, Inc annual indirect procurement spend across most categories of indirect goods and services including Information Technology and Telecommunications, Transportation, Contract Labor, Industrial Supplies & Services, Utilities, some Professional Services and others. Xchanging will also provide procurement management activities related to reporting, supplier and contract management. The contract runs through July 2018 with an option to extend for an additional three years by mutual agreement.

Acceptance Of Airline Ancillary Fees Is The New Reality In New Survey From AirPlus

transmise le 17 août 2011 par Business Wire

AirPlus International, a leading global provider of corporate travel payment and analysis solutions, releases August’s The Wire…from AirPlus titled: Ancillary Aggravation Eases. According to the survey’s results, less than half (44 percent) of corporate travel managers are not tracking airline ancillary fees but many are finding ways to review them. Within expense reporting, 38 percent rely on travelers to include fees manually in expense reports, while only 7 percent include fee menus and 15 percent have automated capabilities built in to their expense reporting tools. Other tracking options include five percent who track through their travel management company (TMC) and 11 percent who rely on corporate card data. For more details, including a complimentary PDF of the full survey results, please visit the AirPlus Community.

Powervation Presents Advantages of Real-Time Adaptive Digital Control Techniques at Darnell’s Power Forum

transmise le 17 août 2011 par Business Wire

Powervation Inc., the pioneer of adaptive digital power management IC solutions - that maximize system efficiency, accelerate time to market and strengthen field reliability, will discuss real-time digital adaptive control techniques at the upcoming Darnell’s Power Forum in September.

DynCorp International Awarded Contract Valued at up to $400.9 Million for Aircraft Maintenance Work at Joint Base Andrews-Naval Facility Washington

transmise le 17 août 2011 par Business Wire

DynCorp International (DI) today announced that it has won a contract with the United States Air Force to provide aircraft maintenance, transient alert, munitions, base supply and fuels at the Joint Base Andrews-Naval Air Facility Washington.

ON Semiconductor Introduces Current Mirror with Switch Controller and SENSEFET® Power MOSFETs

transmise le 17 août 2011 par Business Wire

ON Semiconductor , a premier supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics, has introduced the CAT2300 current mirror with switch controller, that when combined with the company’s NTMFS4833NS or NTMFS4854NS SENSEFET Power MOSFET devices, provides a compact, efficient solution for current monitoring. This combination of new devices enables system level power management in applications such as portable computers and networking equipment.

NRL Flight-Tests Autonomous Multi-Target, Multi-User Tracking Capability

transmise le 17 août 2011 par Business Wire

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) through the support of the Office of Naval Research (ONR), have shown an autonomous multi-sensor motion-tracking and interrogation system that reduces the workload for analysts by automatically finding moving objects, then presenting high-resolution images of those objects with no human input.

AeroMechanical Services Signs AFIRS 220 Contract with Middle Eastern Airline

transmise le 17 août 2011 par Business Wire

AeroMechanical Services Ltd. (the "Company" or "AMA") has signed a contract with a Middle Eastern Boeing 737 operator for the Automated Flight Information Reporting System ("AFIRS^TM") 220.