Actualité aéronautique

Treasury Industry Executive Jason Torgler Joins Reval

transmise le 7 février 2011 par Business Wire

Reval, , the premier provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for corporate financial risk management, announced today that treasury industry executive Jason Torgler has joined the company as Vice President of Strategy, focusing on the corporate marketplace. Torgler joins Reval from Thomson Reuters, where he was Head of Sales and Account Management since 1999.

Orbital Successfully Launches Minotaur I Rocket for U.S. Air Force

transmise le 7 février 2011 par Business Wire

Orbital Sciences Corporation , one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that it successfully launched a U.S. Government payload aboard a Minotaur I rocket in a mission that originated from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), CA on February 5, 2011. The launch was the 20^th for the Minotaur family of launch vehicles since 2000, all of which have been successful. Of the 20 total missions, nine have been carried out by the Minotaur I space launch vehicle configuration.

China MediaExpress Holdings, Inc. Responds to Misleading and Inaccurate Allegations

transmise le 7 février 2011 par Business Wire

China MediaExpress Holdings, Inc. (“CME” or “Company”), China’s largest television advertising operator on inter-city and airport express buses, today announced that it has made available on its investor website a detailed letter to shareholders from its Founder and CEO, Mr. Zheng Cheng. The letter deals with the recent factual inaccuracies and misleading innuendo employed by bloggers for their self-benefit.

Magellan Aerospace (UK) Limited is Selected to Manufacture Additional Structure on A350 XWB Program

transmise le 7 février 2011 par PRNewswire

Magellan Aerospace Corporation announced today that an agreement has been reached between Airbus and Magellan Aerospace (UK) Limited securing a further work package, Crown Fittings, on Airbus' new A350 XWB. It is expected to generate revenues in excess of $US 20 million over the next ten years.

Enigma Releases InService MRO 5.0, Providing Major New Functionality for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul of Aircraft and Other Complex Equipment

transmise le 7 février 2011 par Business Wire

Enigma Inc., the leading software company for improving complex service and parts processes, today announced the release of Enigma InService MRO 5.0, which represents a major upgrade of its best-in-class solution for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of capital equipment such as aircraft, locomotives and other complex assets. InService MRO 5.0 provides out-of-the-box publishing and delivery capabilities that fully integrates technical content into enterprise business processes. By improving the management and distribution of service and parts information throughout the maintenance and support organization—from planning, scheduling and procurement to line, heavy and shop maintenance—Enigma InService MRO 5.0 dramatically reduces equipment downtime, helps to optimize parts inventory and logistics, and ensures regulatory compliance.

McGladrey Capital Markets Provides Advisory Services as Alliant Credit Union Merges with Continental Federal Credit Union

transmise le 7 février 2011 par Business Wire

Alliant Credit Union, the seventh largest U.S. credit union in asset size and the sole-sponsored credit union for United Airlines, completed the merger of its operations with Continental Federal Credit Union on January 31, 2011. Continental Federal Credit Union is sponsored by Continental Airlines and US Airways, and Continental Federal Credit Union’s separately branded US Airways Credit Union will also be included as part of the merger.

February 2011 – GA Telesis Component Repair Group Southeast Receives Gold Boeing Performance Excellence Award

transmise le 7 février 2011 par Business Wire

GA Telesis Component Repair Group Southeast, LLC ("GAT CRGSE") today announced that it has received a 2010 Boeing Performance Excellence Award (BPEA). The Boeing Company issues the award annually to recognize suppliers who have achieved superior performance. GAT CRGSE maintained a Gold composite performance rating for each month of the 12-month performance period, from Oct. 1, 2009, to Sept. 30, 2010.

Wind River Congratulates the U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman for the First Flight of the X-47B

transmise le 7 février 2011 par Business Wire

Wind River, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, announced the U.S. Navy / Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned aircraft successfully completed its first flight at Edwards Air Force Base in California on February 4, 2011 at 2:09 p.m. PST for 29 minutes. Wind River’s VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS) is a key technology for the X-47B in the Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration (UCAS-D) program. VxWorks was chosen by Northrop Grumman as the software platform for the UCAS-D program, and by GE Aviation as the foundation for the Common Core System, the backbone of UCAS-D computers, networks and interfacing electronics and provides the primary computing environment.

CIRCOR Strengthens Position in the Brazil Energy Market with the Acquisition of Válvulas S.F. Indústria e Comércio Ltda.

transmise le 7 février 2011 par Business Wire

CIRCOR International, Inc. today announced that it has acquired Válvulas S.F. Indústria e Comércio Ltda. (“SF Valves”), a Sao Paulo, Brazil-based manufacturer of valves for the energy market. SF Valves generated approximately $20 million in revenues in 2010 and CIRCOR expects that the acquisition will be accretive to earnings in the first year. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Accenture Implements New Cargo Booking System at LAN CARGO

transmise le 7 février 2011 par Business Wire

LAN CARGO, the cargo subsidiary of LAN Airlines , has deployed a new cargo reservation management system with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) providing its cargo booking software designed for freight and logistics and acting as system integrator. The new cargo reservation system is intended to further provide competitive air cargo service to the thousands of shippers that use LAN CARGO’s services each day.