Rolls-Royce announces £154M recommended offer for ODIM ASA
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced that it has reached an agreement with the Board of ODIM ASA to launch a recommended cash offer for the 67 per cent of the share capital not already held by the Group. Under the terms of the agreement, Rolls-Royce (the 'offeror') will offer ODIM ASA shareholders NOK 45 per share, representing a total consideration of approximately NOK 1.4bn (circa £154m), to be settled in cash from the Group's existing resources. Rolls-Royce currently holds 15,545,634 ODIM ASA shares, comprising 33 per cent of the issued share capital acquired for NOK 45 per share in July 2009
Categories: Homeland Security Tags: aerospace / defense, airlines / aviation, asa, financial markets, offer, release, united
Boeing Conducts Formal Qualification Testing of Joint Tactical Radio System Software
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- Boeing [ NYSE: BA ] announced today that it has conducted formal qualification testing of five Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) waveforms on Ground Mobile Radios (GMR) Engineering Development Model hardware. The waveforms, which are similar to computer software applications, allow soldiers to share text, data and video; to communicate with current-force radios; and to employ high-frequency and satellite communications
Categories: Homeland Security Tags: airlines / aviation, beach, Homeland Security, mobile, Radio, waveforms
Honeywell Confirms First Quarter Sales of $7.2 – 7.6 Billion, And Updates Earnings Per Share of $0.40 – 0.45
Company to Present its Long-Term Growth Outlook at its Annual Investor Conference on Monday, February 22nd MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Honeywell ( NYSE: HON ) announced that it is re-affirming its full-year 2010 financial guidance, including sales of $31.3 - 32.2 billion and earnings per share (EPS) of $2.20-2.40
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Boeing to Emphasize Adaptability in a Changing Strategic Environment at AUSA Winter Symposium & Exposition
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The Boeing Company [ NYSE: BA ] will showcase a wide array of ground, aviation, support and technology solutions for the U.S. Army at next week's Association of the United States Army Winter Symposium & Exposition
Categories: Homeland Security Tags: airlines / aviation, ground, Homeland Security, media, media advisory
Saab and Samtel in cooperation
Saab and Samtel Display Systems have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop, manufacture and market the RIGS Head-Up Display in India. Samtel Display Systems (SDS), India's leading private sector aerospace company, is already in advanced stages of developing Head Up Displays for fighter aircraft.
Categories: Homeland Security Tags: airlines / aviation, Homeland Security, release, systems
European workshop for MIDCAS
Representatives from European aviation authorities, air traffic management organisations and aviation industries gathered today in Brussels to attend the first workshop of the European collaboration project MIDCAS, Mid-Air Collision Avoidance System. In the future, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, UAVs, will operate in civilian airspace along with other aircraft. For this to work, the unmanned craft must have a system for detecting and avoiding other aircraft; what is known as a Sense & Avoid System
Categories: Homeland Security Tags: aerospace / defense, airlines / aviation, aviation, high tech security, Homeland Security, management, press-release
Boeing to Continue Providing F/A-18 Engineering Services to Royal Australian Air Force
WILLIAMTOWN, New South Wales -- Boeing Defence Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company [ NYSE: BA ], has been awarded a $1.5 million contract for the provision of engineering support services for the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) fleet of F/A-18A/B Hornet aircraft. The 30-month contract, managed by the Tactical Fighter Systems Program Office (TFSPO) at RAAF Base Williamtown, requires Boeing Defence Australia to deliver repair plans for faults uncovered during F/A-18A/B Hornet maintenance. "This contract maintains our F/A-18 engineering capability as it increases our overall business on the platform," said Brad Hume, Boeing Defence Australia F/A-18 program manager
Categories: Homeland Security Tags: airlines / aviation, australia, contract, government, webwire
Thales signs first contract with Dassault Aviation for through-life support of Rafale avionics
Neuilly-sur-Seine – Thales today announced that it has signed a contract with Dassault Aviation to provide maintenance support for avionics equipment on Rafale combat aircraft in service with the French armed forces. This ten-year fixed-price contract includes a range of extended services. The avionics support agreement with Thales flows from the comprehensive Rafale throughlife support contract awarded to Dassault Aviation by SIMMAD(1) in late 2008 under a similar arrangement, with an initial five-year tranche followed by five further optional tranches of one year each
Categories: Homeland Security Tags: aircraft, airlines / aviation, business announcements, press-release, thales
Boeing Delivers Record Number of Apache Longbow Crew Trainers in 2009
ST. LOUIS -- Boeing [ NYSE: BA ] delivered a record five Apache Longbow Crew Trainers (LCTs) in 2009 -- more than in any previous year -- and all five have been declared "ready for training." The U.S. Army accepted two LCT deliveries at Fort Hood, Texas; one in Illesheim, Germany; and one at Fort Drum, N.Y
Categories: Homeland Security Tags: airlines / aviation, higher education, news-release, record
BAE Systems Partners With National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration On First Test Flight Of Coyote Unmanned Aircraft System
TUCSON, Arizona - BAE Systems, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has completed the first successful test flight of its small, electric-powered Coyote unmanned aircraft system. The system deployed in midair from a 3-foot-long sonobuoy dropped from a P-3 aircraft
Categories: Homeland Security Tags: airlines / aviation, national, press-release, systems
