Actualité aéronautique

Fugro Updates Alaska Statewide Mapping

transmise le 12 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

Funded under a state and federal cost partnership, the goal of the SDMI is to provide new and improved base mapping that can be used by many organizations to include local, state, tribal, and federal governments; businesses; and the scientific research community. New, up-to-date statewide geospatial information will directly contribute to a broad range of applications from aviation safety, to infrastructure planning, to natural resources management.

GE Aviation’s Flight Management System Provides Technology behind Southwest Airlines RNP

transmise le 12 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

GE Aviation’s flight management system TrueCourse™ is providing the technology to enable Southwest Airlines’ pilots to begin flying Required Navigation Performance (RNP) procedures at 11 airports. TrueCourse is standard on all Boeing 737 aircraft. RNP is a satellite-based navigation that brings together the accuracy of GPS (Global Positioning System), the capabilities of advanced aircraft avionics, and new flight procedures.

Tripadvisor Adds Airline Ratings to Flight Search

transmise le 12 janvier 2011 par PRNewswire

Ducommun’s Miltec Unit Achieves CMMI Level 2 Rating

transmise le 12 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

Ducommun Incorporated today announced that its Miltec Corporation (Miltec) subsidiary achieved a Maturity Level 2 rating during its recent Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®) appraisal. CMMI is recognized as the standard for independent benchmarking within the industry for maturity in critical technical and managerial processes.

ITT Corporation Announces Plan to Separate into Three Independent Publicly Traded Companies

transmise le 12 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

ITT Corporation today announced that its board of directors has unanimously approved a plan to separate the company’s businesses into three distinct, publicly traded companies. Under the plan, ITT would execute tax-free spinoffs to shareholders of its water-related businesses and its Defense & Information Solutions segment. Following completion of the transaction, ITT will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange as an industrial company that supplies highly engineered solutions in the aerospace, transportation, energy and industrial markets. Under the plan, ITT shareholders will own shares in all three corporations following the completion of the transaction.

Lufthansa opte pour les KomyMirrors dans le cadre d'un programme de modification

transmise le 12 janvier 2011 par PRNewswire

Lufthansa a choisi d'installer les miroirs KomyMirrors dans les compartiments de rangement supérieurs sur l'ensemble de sa flotte composée d'appareils B737, B757, A319, A320 et A321, dans le cadre d'un programme de modification. Le nombre total de miroirs commandés s'élève à 5 400 et Komy assurera leur livraison à raison de 400 ou 500 unités par mois, en fonction des besoins du programme de modification de son client.

Lufthansa Selects KomyMirrors in Modification Program

transmise le 12 janvier 2011 par PRNewswire

Lufthansa selected KomyMirrors for installation in overhead bins of all fleets -- B737, B757, A319, A320, and A321 aircraft -- in a modification program. The total number of mirrors is 5,400. Komy will deliver 400 or 500 units every month depending upon the customer's modification schedule.

PPG to Announce Fourth Quarter, Year-End 2010 Results Jan. 20

transmise le 11 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

PPG Industries announces the following details for its fourth quarter and year-end 2010 earnings release and teleconference call.

AEi Systems Completes GPS III Worst Case Circuit Analysis for PerkinElmer

transmise le 11 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

AEi Systems, the world leader in worst case circuit analysis (WCCA), has completed electrical stress & derating, reliability, failure mode, and worst case circuit analyses for PerkinElmer’s Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standard (RAFS), a critical portion of the GPS III satellite program. The RAFS passed its critical design review with the assistance of AEi Systems.

Orbital-Built Glory Earth Science Satellite Arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base Launch Site

transmise le 11 janvier 2011 par Business Wire

Orbital Sciences Corporation , one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that the Glory satellite has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA to be integrated with the company’s Taurus^® XL rocket that will launch the satellite into low-Earth orbit in late February. Built by Orbital for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Glory satellite is the latest in an extensive series of Earth science satellites that Orbital has designed, developed, built and tested for NASA since the early 1980’s.