Actualité aéronautique

U.S. Air Force Awards Alenia North America Approximately $7 Million Training Contract for U.S. Air Advisors in the Afghan C-27/G.222

transmise le 27 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

Alenia North America, a subsidiary of Alenia Aeronautica – a Finmeccanica Company - has been awarded a contract worth approximately $7 million by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to perform C-27/G.222 aircrew and maintenance training for U.S. Air Advisors to the Afghanistan National Army Air Corps (ANAAC). The contract is for a year of training classes. The initial classes of Air Advisors have completed or are nearing the completion of their courses.

Cyclone Power Technologies Successfully Completes Engine Tests for Raytheon Company

transmise le 27 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

Cyclone Power Technologies Inc. has successfully completed performance tests of its award-winning external combustion engine for Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS).

Telephonics Receives Contracts for C-17 Communication Systems

transmise le 27 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Griffon Corporation , announced today that its Communication Systems Division received two contract awards from The Boeing Company for production and support of C-17 Communication Open System Architecture (COSA) Integrated Radio Management Systems (IRMS). The value of these contracts is in excess of $35M. Delivery of the first system is expected in late 2010.

ESI soutient le projet PT-GRID pour développer la modélisation et la simulation des plasmas

transmise le 27 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

ESI Group (ISINFR0004110310), leader et pionnier des solutions de prototypage et de fabrication virtuels, annonce aujourd’hui sa participation au projet de grille informatique appliqué à la technologie des plasmas PT-Grid, une initiative sur 3 ans financée par le Ministère Fédéral de l’Éducation et de la Recherche (BMBF) d’Allemagne. L’objectif principal de PT-Grid est d’offrir aux petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) l’accès à des simulations complexes dans le domaine de la technologie des plasmas s’appuyant sur une infrastructure logicielle D-Grid, qui offre une capacité quasiment infinie de calcul et de stockage, une flexibilité, une adaptabilité et une automatisation grâce à l’interaction dynamique et concertée de ressources en réseau.

ESI Supports the PT-Grid Project to Further Develop Plasma Modeling and Simulation

transmise le 27 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

ESI Group (ISIN FR0004110310), a pioneer and world-leading supplier of digital simulation software for prototyping and manufacturing processes, announced today its participation in the ‘Plasma Technology (PT) Grid’ project, a 3-year joint initiative funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The main objective of the PT-Grid is to provide small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the access to complex plasma technological simulations on the basis of the D-Grid computer infrastructure, which provides almost infinite computing and storage capacity; flexibility, adaptability and automation through dynamic and concerted interoperation of networked resources.

Supplying Frankfurt Airport with Renewable Energies

transmise le 27 octobre 2009 par PRNewswire

Fraport AG, the owner and manager of Frankfurt Airport (FRA), and D&S Geo Innogy GmbH, a joint venture of RWE Innogy GmbH and Daldrup &Sohne AG, launched a joint venture on October 27 for exploring and developing the potential of the Walldorf deep-earth geothermal field near the southern side of FRA. If the exploration is successful, the partners will construct a hybrid power plant, which for the first time will make combined use of geothermal power and biogas to produce electricity and heat. The partners signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) today at Frankfurt Airport confirming these plans. D&S Geo Innogy will hold 75 percent in this joint venture and Fraport AG 25 percent.

B/E Aerospace Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results; EPS $0.36 Per Share; Confirms 2009 Guidance, Provides 2010 Outlook

transmise le 27 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

B/E Aerospace, Inc. , the world’s leading manufacturer of aircraft cabin interior products and the world’s leading distributor of aerospace fasteners and consumables, today announced third quarter 2009 financial results.

Hawaiian Pilots Declare Negotiations Are at an Impasse; Ask Government to Start Clock for a Potential Strike

transmise le 26 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

Hawaiian Airlines pilots represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), declared today that they believe their contract negotiations are at an impasse and asked the federal government to release them from mediation, a process that could start the clock for a future pilots’ strike at the airline.

Fitch Rates LAX Airport (CA) Sr. Revs 'AA'; Sub Revs 'AA-'; Outlook to Negative

transmise le 26 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

Fitch Ratings has assigned the following ratings to the Department of Airports of the City of Los Angeles (the Dept.), Los Angeles International Airport's (LAX, or the airport):

Express-1 Expedited Solutions (XPO) Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

transmise le 26 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

Express-1 Expedited Solutions, Inc. , a Saint Joseph, Michigan based leader in transportation logistics has named David G. Yoder as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer. Yoder will report to XPO’s CEO, Michael Welch.