Actualité aéronautique

Hainan Airlines Wins Prestigious 5-Star Rating From SKYTRAX

transmise le 13 janvier 2011 par PRNewswire

Hainan Airlines was awarded the honor of a "SKYTRAX Five-Star Airline" at a gala awards ceremony in Beijing. The award was presented by SKYTRAX President Edward Plaisted to Hainan Airlines President Wang Yingming. With this award, Hainan Airlines officially becomes the world's seventh five-star airline.

Ducommun Receives 2010 Outstanding Supplier Award from Tektronix

transmise le 13 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

Ducommun Incorporated today announced it has received a 2010 Outstanding Supplier Award from Tektronix. Tektronix identified four key areas of distinction as the main reasons behind Ducommun’s Technologies unit (DTI) being selected for this award. These were 1) Engineering Excellence; 2) Consistent on-time delivery of quality hardware; 3) Customer relationship; and 4) Being reactive to customer requests. DTI engineers have worked closely with Tektronix on a number of new product development initiatives.

Emirsyah Satar, President & CEO of Garuda Indonesia to Deliver Opening Address at UBM Aviation's Aircraft & Engine Finance & Leasing Asia Pacific Conference in February

transmise le 13 janvier 2011 par PRNewswire

Emirsyah Satar, President & CEO of Garuda Indonesia will give conference delegates insights into the future growth of Garuda Indonesia, discussing the launch of the airline's $500 million IPO through the sale of 9.4 billion shares and on how the airline is working to drive growth within the regional aviation industry in 2011. This comes at a critical time for the Indonesian flag carrier as the government plans to go ahead with the IPO in February.

Cambridge Pixel to Supply Radar Scan Conversion to BAE Systems for Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer and QE Class Aircraft Carrier Programmes

transmise le 13 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

Cambridge Pixel , a developer of primary radar, acquisition, processing and display solutions, has secured a contract to supply its SPx radar scan conversion solutions to BAE Systems Mission Systems, for deployment on the British Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers and the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. The contract is valued at around £600,000.

U.S. Air Force Academy Geospatial Intelligence Program Accredited by USGIF

transmise le 12 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) announced today the official accreditation of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s geospatial intelligence program. The U.S. Air Force Academy is the first service academy to be accredited by USGIF.

Mercury Computer Announces Acquisition of LNX Corporation and Provides Preliminary Financial Results for Second Quarter of Fiscal 2011

transmise le 12 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. , a trusted ISR subsystems provider, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of LNX Corporation. Based in Salem, New Hampshire, LNX designs and builds next generation RF receivers for Signals Intelligence, Communications Intelligence as well as Electronic Attack applications. Under the terms of a stock purchase agreement, Mercury acquired LNX for an all-cash purchase price of $31.0 million plus an earn-out of up to $5.0 million payable upon the achievement of financial targets in calendar years 2011 and 2012. The acquisition was funded with cash on hand, and is expected to be neutral to modestly accretive within the first year.

Heated Vacuum Chuck Provides Flexibility to the Prism Spray Coating System

transmise le 12 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

Ultrasonic Systems, Inc. (USI), the leading manufacturer of high-performance ultrasonic spray coating equipment for the solar, semiconductor, and fuel cell markets, announces the availability of a heated vacuum chuck option for the Prism spray coating system.

ezRez Software Announces Global Partnership With Lufthansa's Miles & More

transmise le 12 janvier 2011 par PRNewswire

ezRez Software, Inc. today announced a new multi-year partnership with Miles & More International GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG. Under the terms of the agreement, Miles & More will use the ezRez platform to power non-air travel bookings on its website. The ezRez functionality will be available to over 19 million Miles & More members who fly with Adria Airways, Air Dolomiti, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Croatia Airlines, Eurowings, Germanwings, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Italia, Luxair, and Swiss.

Research and Markets: Indian Aerospace Industry Analysis

transmise le 12 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Indian Aerospace Industry Analysis" report to their offering.

B/E Aerospace Schedules 2010 Fourth Quarter and Year End Earnings Release and Conference Call for February 3, 2011

transmise le 12 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

B/E Aerospace will issue its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2010 prior to the opening of the NASDAQ Stock Market on February 3, 2011, and will hold a conference call to discuss the results at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, February 3, 2011. A live audio broadcast of the conference call, along with a supplemental presentation, will be available on the investor relations page of the company’s website at www.beaerospace.com.