Boeing Alcanza el Importante Objetivo de Recibir la Certificación Ambiental
February 18, 2009
18/02/2009 /PR Newswire Latinoamerica/ — Boeing (NYSE:BA) hoy anunció que todas sus plantas de manufactura recibieron la certificación ambiental ISO 14001, reconocida a nivel mundial, a fines de 2008, lo que marcó el logro de uno de los objetivos más importantes de la empresa relacionados con el medio ambiente. Esta certificación es un parámetro internacional del compromiso de las organizaciones para entender y mejorar continuamente su comportamiento hacia el medio ambiente.
“Reconocemos muchas áreas de excelencia en Boeing, desde programas que involucran a los empleados hasta esfuerzos en el área de reciclaje, en uno de los mayores esfuerzos que hemos visto para conseguir la certificación ISO 14001”, dijo Sidney Vianna, director de los Servicios de Aviación, Espacio y Defensa en la empresa auditora independiente Det Norske Veritas, un organismo de certificación acreditado con sistemas de gestión de calidad, medioambiente y seguridad. “Felicitamos a Boeing por este logro tan importante. Esperamos seguir trabajando juntos en pos de una mejora continua del medioambiente”.
Air France GP7200-Powered A380 Takes First Flight
February 18, 2009
OULOUSE, France, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The first Air France A380, powered with Engine Alliance GP7200 engines, successfully completed a 4-hour inaugural test route flight from Airbus, Toulouse on Feb. 12, 2009. The aircraft flew to Airbus Hamburg on Feb. 16, where it will be painted in Air France livery, and its interior will be customized for the airline. The A380 is scheduled for delivery to Air France in October.
The aircraft is the first of 12 A380s Air France has on order, and all 12 will be powered with Engine Alliance GP7200 engines. Air France is the second customer for the joint venture company of GE Aviation and Pratt & Whitney, whose GP7200 engines entered service with Emirates last August.
“This first flight represents another milestone in the GP7200 program,” Engine Alliance President Jim Moravecek said. “We’re ready for our entry into service with Air France this year, and we couldn’t be more excited about working with them.”
The GP7200 is derived from two successful wide body engine programs, the GE90 and the PW4000. The A380 meets stringent Stage 4 noise regulations and London’s QC2 departure noise rules. According to European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification test data, the GP7200 engine is the quietest engine on this aircraft. The GP7200’s environmental emissions are also well below current and anticipated regulations.
The GP7200 is manufactured at GE and Pratt & Whitney, with GE assembling the core in Durham, NC, and Pratt & Whitney manufacturing the fan module, low pressure compressor and low pressure turbine. Final engine assembly is conducted at Pratt & Whitney’s Engine Center in Middletown, Conn.
The Engine Alliance is a 50/50 joint venture of General Electric Aviation (NYSE: GE) and Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).
GOL Announces Interline Agreement with American Airlines
February 18, 2009
SAO PAULO, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4), Brazil’s low-cost airline, announces that it has signed an interline agreement with American Airlines. The agreement will allow American Airlines’ passengers to purchase tickets to all destinations served by GOL in Brazil and South America.
The agreement also allows American Airlines to issue point to point tickets. The partnership will provide GOL with a new channel to distribute its tickets, with low sales costs, through American Airlines’ network in Brazil and other countries. Allowing American Airlines’ customers access to GOL’s flight networks will increase passenger traffic and load factors on GOL flights as well as generate new revenue for the Company.
According to the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC), more than 2.6 million passengers traveled between the United States and Brazil in 2007. American Airlines offers the most seats between both countries, operating 69 weekly flights between three destinations in the United States (Miami, Dallas/Fort Worth and New York City), and five Brazilian cities (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Salvador and Recife). The interline agreement allows ticket distribution by GDS (Global Distribution System) and the convenience of a unified luggage check-in process.
Teal Group Predicts Worldwide UAV Market Will Total Over $62 Billion in Its Just Released 2009 UAV Market Profile and Forecast
February 18, 2009
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ — Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) continue to be the most dynamic growth sector of the world aerospace industry, report Teal analysts in their latest integrated market analysis.
Teal Group’s 2009 market study estimates that UAV spending will almost double over the next decade from current worldwide UAV expenditures of $4.4 billion annually to $8.7 billion within a decade, totaling just over $62 billion in the next ten years.
The study suggests that the US will account for 72% of the worldwide RDT&E spending on UAV technology over the next decade, and about 61% of the procurement. “We expect that the sales of UAVs will follow recent patterns of high-tech arms procurement worldwide, with Europe representing the second largest market, followed very closely by Asia-Pacific,” said Teal senior analyst Steve Zaloga, one of the authors of the new, 364-page study. “Indeed, the Asia-Pacific region may outpace Europe in UAV development.”
The sixth edition of the sector study, World Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems, Market Profile and Forecast 2009, examines the worldwide requirements for UAVs, including UAV payloads, and provides ten-year forecasts by country, region, and classes of UAVs.
UAV Payloads
The 2009 study also provides 10-year funding and production forecasts for a wide range of UAV payloads, including Electro-Optic/Infrared Sensors, Synthetic Aperture Radars (SARs), SIGINT and EW Systems, C4I Systems, and CBRN Sensors, worth more than $2 billion in Fiscal Year 2009 and forecast to increase to nearly $5 billion in Fiscal Year 2018. The UAV electronics market will grow steadily, with especially fast growth and opportunities in SAR and SIGINT/EW.
“The payload portion of the 2009 study includes many new systems and system types, with expanded forecasts of the exploding SAR and SIGINT/EW markets,” said Dr. David Rockwell, second author of the new UAV study. “Few now question the U.S. Air Force’s claim that ISR is ‘the centerpiece of our global war on terrorism’, and while production ramps up for major endurance UAV systems such as the APY-8 Lynx, MP-RTIP, and ASIP, new RDT&E efforts will bring large-aircraft capabilities to smaller and smaller UAVs; tactical and mini/micro/nano-UAVs will offer some of the best electronics opportunities over the next decade.”
UAV Companies
The 2009 study also includes a UAV Manufacturers Market Overview that reflects the worldwide UAV market “as one of the hottest areas of growth for defense and aerospace companies,” said Philip Finnegan, third author of the new Teal Group UAV study. The new study will increase the number of companies covered and reflect the fundamental reshaping of the industrial environment.
“Teal Group analysts already cover the UAV market in their World Missiles and UAV Briefing, which examines the UAV market on a program-by-program basis,” said Zaloga. “The sector study examines the UAV market from a complementary perspective, namely national requirements, and includes both a comprehensive analysis of UAV system payloads and key UAV manufacturers.”
The Teal Group is an aerospace and defense market analysis firm based in Fairfax, Virginia USA. It provides competitive intelligence to industry and government worldwide.
Texas Aviation Services: Proud to Serve the Helicopter Warfighters
February 18, 2009
| Texas Aviation Services performs hundreds of thousands of man hours each year on various large scale helicopter projects, including retrofitting and re-wiring on Blackhawks. (PRNewsFoto/Ranger Rotorcraft Group, Inc.)
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FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ — Texas Aviation Services, Inc., a market leader in helicopter technical services, has completed its large long-term Blackhawk Re-Wiring Program, and is working with its industrial partners to land the next phase of this full-fleet aging aircraft upgrade. In the past several years, partnered with InterConnect Wiring Corp of Fort Worth and other contractors, TAS has performed several hundred thousand man-hours of retrofitting operations on several squadrons of National Guard Blackhawk helicopters destined for return to combat services in Iraq and Kosovo. The company’s Blackhawk Retrofit Center has the ability to flow at least 10 Blackhawk sized helicopters at once, with ample room for expansion as government requirements increase. Besides Blackhawks, TAS is bidding additional military rotorcraft projects including Special Forces helicopter support and “CSAR-X” subcontracting actions, both pursuits as a team member with prime contractors. With its huge depot, TAS calculates that it could handle a complete Chinook sized program and a continuing Blackhawk program simultaneously, while continuing to grow its steady, robust civilian helicopter businesses.
The extensive Blackhawk re-wire program accomplished at TAS is integral to the worldwide needs of Army Aviation, whether active service or National Guard. Aging Blackhawk helicopters in the Army National Guard are important to the overall military mission of protecting American security interests at home and abroad. This program provides upgraded helicopters to National Guard units who are subject to deploying in support of the overall strategic mission of the US Military. Long term, the program is expected to cover potentially hundreds of additional helicopters over time and will include extensive cockpit modifications, wire harness replacements, paint and MRO. The work done at TAS encompassed on average about 6,000 man-hours per helicopter. Mike Bashlor, President of Texas Aviation Services, said: “We are proud to have served our Military with this important helicopter upgrade project. We have expanded our hangar capacities, backshop depth, engineering team, and program management skills specifically to take on even more Blackhawk’s and other government helicopter programs.”
Edward Bolden, President of Ranger Rotorcraft Group, the parent company of Texas Aviation Services and the other units in the Group, said: “We want to be a Partner of Choice for prime contractors who need a highly specialized helicopter overhaul depot for military retrofit and RESET projects. Given the size and strategic location of our very large, well manned facilities, we make an ideal site to concentrate a lot of work. In the past several years, military helicopter programs have represented roughly 25% of our total operations, and we are prepared to co-invest with Primes to make additional programs happen here. In every new opportunity, we will remain vigilant in our commitments to quality, safety, and FAR Compliance.”
The rotorcraft services holdings of Ranger Rotorcraft Group, and some of their military support capabilities, include:
- Texas Aviation Services, Inc. – a large depot-sized helicopter service center that specializes in completions, avionics, interiors, paint, MRO, re-wiring, and mission retrofits for civilian and military helicopters. The President of TAS is Michael Bashlor.
- Integrated Flight Systems, Inc. – specializes in helicopter air conditioners and video systems, and is adding new STC’s for other helicopter specialty products. The President of IFS is Leroy Aday.
- Ranger AeroDesign – an engineering unit that provides aeronautical engineering services to Ranger’s subsidiaries and to outside clients, with a goal of eventually qualifying as an “ODA” licensee with the FAA. The officer in charge of this engineering unit is Fida Waishek.
- Platinum Aviation Group, Inc. – holder of numerous STC’s and an unlimited repair station license, in which special projects can be accomplished. Mr. Aday is also President of Platinum.
Lockheed Martin Completes Italian C-130J Industrial Benefits Ahead of Schedule
February 18, 2009
MARIETTA, Ga., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Italian Ministry of Defense has confirmed that Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has met the industrial benefit requirement associated with Italy’s acquisition of 22 C-130J aircraft five years ahead of schedule. As a result of Lockheed Martin’s completion of this commitment, more than 70 partnerships within Italy’s industrial community were implemented. These projects are projected to provide in excess of $2 billion in long-term economic impact to the Italian economy.
“The work resulting from this industrial return requirement represents yet another positive milestone in Lockheed Martin’s longstanding relationship with Italy and the Aeronautica Militare. Lockheed Martin is proud of the partnerships it has created with the Italian industrial community and looks forward to opportunities to further develop and enhance these relationships,“ said Ross Reynolds, Lockheed Martin vice president for C-130 programs.
A majority of the projects associated with the Lockheed Martin-Italy industrial return requirement have involved a wide range of Italian companies, including small and medium-sized enterprises. Initiatives included technology transfers, establishment of licenses or direct investment by Lockheed Martin within Italian industry.
“Over the past 40 years, Lockheed Martin has completed more than $40 billion in industrial benefits in more than 37 nations, and we’re extremely proud that we have achieved this mutually beneficial accomplishment with Italy,” said Larry McQuien, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics’ vice president for Business Ventures.
Lockheed Martin’s C-130 programs has a 35-year history with Italy and the Aeronautica Militare. In 1997, the Aeronautica Militare became one of the first customers to purchase and fly the C-130J and its crews have flown over 75,000 flight hours with their fleet — contributing significantly to the worldwide total of more than a half-million C-130J flight hours. The strong aeronautical relationship between Italy and Lockheed Martin is continuing in the F35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 146,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2008 sales of $42.7 billion.
Navtech, Inc. Names Chief Executive Officer and President
February 18, 2009
WATERLOO, Ontario, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ — Navtech, Inc. announced that Michael O. Hulley will be named as Chief Executive Officer and President on February 26, 2009. Mr. Hulley will also join Navtech’s Board of Directors.
Mr. Hulley, a global senior executive with strong leadership qualities, comes to Navtech from Tata Consultancy Services, where he was a Senior Partner responsible for expanding the travel, transportation, and hospitality sectors of the business. Prior to this, he was the CEO of LeisureLogix, where he led the company through its product launch, garnering acclaim from industry analysts, trades and the media, including winning the 2007 Startup of the Year Award at the PhocusWright travel distribution conference.
Mr. Hulley’s career spans more than two decades in the aviation industry and includes positions with industry leaders such as Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS), IBM, COVIA/Galileo, United Airlines and Delta. As President of Transportation Global Industry Solutions at EDS, Mr. Hulley was responsible for leading and growing the company’s worldwide transportation business. At IBM, he was Vice President and General Manager of Global Travel and Transportation where he led strategy, sales and marketing, product development, and deployment for industry-specific solutions. Mr. Hulley served as Vice President of Products and Services for the Transportation Technologies unit of Siemens Nixdorf, where he was responsible for the startup and management of the Travel and Transportation Division.
“Navtech is a market leader with superior products, strong industry expertise, and a genuine commitment to its customers,” said Mr. Hulley. “Together with our senior executive team, I look forward to leading the company into a new era of customer focus, growth, and quality.”
“Mike Hulley brings significant industry, global leadership and technology expertise to Navtech. His track record speaks for itself,” said Michael Chung, Cambridge Information Group (CIG) Chief Operating Officer and a member of Navtech’s Board of Directors. Mr. Chung speaking on behalf of CIG (www.cigcompanies.com), Navtech’s largest shareholder, and Navtech’s other two significant shareholders, Externalis S.A. and ABRY Partners LLC (www.abry.com) said: “We are very pleased to have him join the leadership team and we look forward to Navtech’s continued innovation and growth under Mike’s stewardship.”
Mr. Hulley graduated from Memphis State University where he earned a degree in Civil Engineering and was named DEC Fellow in Artificial Intelligence after attending a fellowship program at Harvard and MIT Universities.
About Navtech, Inc.
Navtech, Inc. (www.navtechinc.com), is a leading global provider of flight operations solutions. Formerly the Navtech and European Aeronautical Group (EAG) group of companies, the company has locations in Canada, Sweden and the United Kingdom and services over 350 airline customers. Navtech’s product suite includes aeronautical charts, navigation data solutions, flight planning, aircraft performance software (takeoff/landing, weight and balance) and crew planning solutions. Many of Navtech’s products can be configured as part of an electronic flight bag (EFB) solution, including dispatch, take-off data calculation, weight and balance and aeronautical charts. These products directly support millions of flights each year and help our carrier customers maximize efficiency, reduce costs and ensure compliance with complex national and international safety regulations.
Pratt & Whitney Completes First International Aero Engines V2500 SelectOne Retrofit
February 18, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ga., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Pratt & Whitney’s Columbus Engine Center has become the first in the world to retrofit an International Aero Engines (IAE) V2500-A5 engine to the V2500 SelectOne(TM) engine. Pratt & Whitney is a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).
Benefits of the retrofit include up to an additional one percent lower fuel burn, and corresponding lower CO2 emissions, as well as noise reduction and lower overall operating costs. The V2500-A5 engine, registration V10301, which belongs to US Airways, has been in service since Feb. 16, 1998. It has more than 38,000 hours on wing with nearly 15,000 cycles.
“This retrofit is important because it shows airlines that it is possible to get even greater performance from one of their existing assets,” said Tom Mayes, vice president, Global Engine Centers, Pratt & Whitney. “Providing this service results in up to an additional one percent fuel burn saving that can go right to the bottom line for airlines, at a time when the aviation environment is especially challenging, is rewarding. We take pride in helping our customers lower their operating costs.”
The Columbus Engine Center opened in 1984 and has capabilities to service both V2500-A1 and -A5 engines. The 215,000 sq. ft -facility can overhaul up to 300 engines per year. The center offers a variety of services including heavy maintenance, hot section refurbishment, module repair, inspection, performance enhancements and engine testing.
IAE is a multinational aero engine consortium whose shareholders comprise Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, the Japanese Aero Engines Corporation and MTU Aero Engines. More than 1,600 V2500-powered aircraft have been delivered and the worldwide fleet has accumulated over 70 million flying hours.
Organizers travel to LAAD 2009 to promote FIDAE
February 18, 2009
Strong commercial bonds, presence of delegations, along with flight and static demonstrations will highlight the next version of FIDAE 2010.
Santiago de Chile, February 17th, 2009- At LAAD 2009, which takes place from 14 to 17 April in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the organisers of FIDAE 2010 will be promoting the Chilean event, which will feature both international and local exhibitors specialising in several fields related to the aerospace, defence and security industry. As a country with substantial economic growth Chile’s role on the aeronautical market in Latin America is becoming increasingly important. At the same time, as FIDAE 2010 celebrates 30 years , the show is scheduled to be the biggest ever in the airshow’s history in terms of exhibition space and exhibitor presence.
In an effort to attract wide participation of exhibitors, the Chilean fair’s organisers will be represented at LAAD 2009 with their own stand (A 27).
Exhibition reservations at FIDAE have been growing with many new applications. Exhibiting companies want to the show for the first time from emerging industry sectors, such as Homeland Security and Airport equipment, which reflect growth market areas for future shows, and which are of increasing interest to the FIDAE trade visitors.
First held in 1980, FIDAE is recognised as the most important Latin American air show, and is organised by the Chilean Air Force. In 2010 FIDAE will be the most important event on the Latin American air show calendar (Chile will be celebrating its bicentennial anniversary). By organising a conference programme that is more comprehensive than at any other air show in the continent, a first-class programme of flying displays, FIDAE at its Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport venue will be catering extensively to the needs of visitors to an international trade fair, conference and event for the general public. At the same time it will be the only air show offering access to the markets of Central and South America.
About FIDAE
The sixteenth version of FIDAE will take place, at the north side of Arturo Merino Benitez Airport, form March 23 to March 28, 2010, year that will be celebrated the Bicentenary of the Republic of Chile. The biennial event is an aerospace and defence exhibition centre of great significance at Latin American and world level, which outstands areas such as, civil-commercial aviation, defence, aircraft maintenance, airport & equipment services, space technology and Homeland Security.
FIDAE 2010 will gather exhibitors and numerous civil, commercial and military delegations, which will take the opportunity to share experiences and get involve with the use and applications of new aeronautic technologies, fact that will allow them to expand and deepen their business opportunities.
ARP negotiates on PZL Swidnik privatization only with Aero Vodochody
February 18, 2009
Polish privatization agency ARP confirmed that Aero Vodochody remains the only company to continue to the next stage of the negotiations on the privatization of the Polish aerospace producer PZL Swidnik.
“We are glad that we have succeeded in entering the next stage of negotiations as the only partner in such competition we had in Poland. Although the negotiations are not by far at their end, I am convinced that our bid brings an interesting and perspective business plan, the aim of which is to create a new European aerospace holding together with PZL Swidnik and to further strengthen our position on the market of international aerostructures. Of course, mutual synergies will allow us to offer even better services to our customers and attract new, said Igor Hulak, President of Aero Vodochody.
AERO Vodochody a.s. is the largest aerospace manufacturer in the Czech Republic, mainly focusing on cooperation with leading aerospace manufacturers in international aerostructures projects – Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (S-76C helicopter), Alenia Aeronautica (C-27J Spartan center wing box), Latecoere (Embraer 170/190 subassemblies), Saab (JAS-39 Gripen pylons), Spirit Aerosystems (B767 fixed leading edge kits), EADS (A320/340 subassemblies), etc. The Military Program of Aero is a long-term partner to the Czech Air Force. This year, Aero celebrates 90 years since its foundation and thus ranks among the oldest aerospace manufacturers in the world.
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