Boeing Unveils New International F-15 Configuration – the F-15SE
March 17, 2009
ST. LOUIS, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) today in St. Louis unveiled the F-15 Silent Eagle (F-15SE), a new F-15 configuration designed to meet the future needs of international customers.
“The F-15 Silent Eagle is designed to meet our international customers’ anticipated need for cost-effective stealth technologies, as well as for large and diverse weapons payloads,” said Mark Bass, F-15 Program vice president for Boeing. “The innovative Silent Eagle is a balanced, affordable approach designed to meet future survivability needs.”
Improvements in stealth include coatings and treatments on the aircraft. With the added advantage of redesigned conformal fuel tanks (CFTs) that allow for internal weapons carriage, the Silent Eagle becomes a very attractive fighter for Boeing’s international customers.
Depending on the specific mission, the customer can use the CFTs that are designed for internal carriage or change back to the traditional CFTs for optimum fuel capacity and external weapons carriage. The Silent Eagle will be able to internally carry air-to-air missiles such as the AIM-9 and AIM-120 and air-to-ground weapons such as the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and Small Diameter Bomb (SDB). The standard weapons load used on current versions of the F-15 is available with the traditional CFTs installed.
The aircraft’s canted vertical tails improve aerodynamic efficiency, provide lift, and reduce airframe weight. Another aerodynamic improvement is the Digital Flight Control System, which improves the aircraft’s reliability and reduces airframe weight.
Survivability improvements include a BAES Digital Electronic Warfare System (DEWS) working in concert with the Raytheon Advanced Electronic Scanning Array (AESA) radar.
Boeing has completed a conceptual prototype of the CFT internal-carriage concept, and plans to flight-test a prototype by the first quarter of 2010, including a live missile launch.
The design, development, and test of this internal carriage system are available as a collaborative project with an international aerospace partner.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (http://www.boeing.com/ids/) is one of the world’s largest space and defense businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $32 billion business with 70,000 employees worldwide.
Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems Wins Turnkey Contract to Supply Integrated ATC Communications System to Brazil
March 17, 2009
LONDON, March 17 /PRNewswire/ — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announced that its Europe-based air traffic control systems subsidiary, Park Air Systems, has been awarded a contract by the Brazilian Airspace Control System Implementation Commission (CISCEA) to supply and install complete UHF/VHF T6 extended range communication stations at multiple sites across Southern Brazil.
The contract valued at $19M was awarded following an international competitive tender process.
Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems will provide a turnkey solution that will integrate the company’s PAE T6 UHF/VHF range of equipment, manufactured in the UK, with locally supplied equipment including equipment shelters, standby power, masts and antennas into a complete extended range communication system.
“This win is an outstanding example of the strength of our technology leadership and capabilities in this highly competitive market to provide complex air traffic management communication systems for demanding environments,” said Charles Houseago, managing director of Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems. “We look forward to working with the Brazilian air traffic control authorities and to delivering this world-class solution.”
The communication stations will be installed at more than 20 sites across Southern Brazil in the second Integrated Centre for Air Defence and Air Traffic Control (CINDACTA II) region and will integrate the new stations into the customers’ existing infrastructure. CINDACTA II is one of the four main air traffic control centres administrated by Brazil’s Departamento de Controle do Espaco Aereo (DECEA). At the completion of this contract, Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems will have equipped more than 75 sites delivering communications services across half of Brazil’s airspace.
The five-year contract is expected to be completed in 2014. The award follows on from previous contracts awarded to Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems in recent years in Brazil.
Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, based in Peterborough, UK, and in Oslo and Horten, Norway, supplies communication, navigation and surveillance systems for air-space operations worldwide.
In Europe, Northrop Grumman operates from locations in France, Germany, Italy and Norway, providing navigation, air traffic control and postal automation systems. In the UK, Northrop Grumman operates from primary locations in London, Fareham, Chester, Coventry, New Malden, Peterborough, RAF Waddington and Solihull and provides avionics, communications, electronic warfare systems, marine navigation systems, robotics, C4I solutions and mission planning, aircraft whole life support, airport security solutions, IT systems and software development.
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.
Honeywell Provides Satellite Precision Landing System for Qantas A380 Landing at Sydney Airport
March 17, 2009
Next-Gen SmartPath(TM) System Provides Safer, More Precise Aircraft Navigation
AMSTERDAM, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that Qantas Airlines has received approval by the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) to use the Honeywell SmartPathTM Ground-Based Augmentation System (GBAS) at Sydney International Airport for satellite-based landings on their A380 aircraft. The Honeywell SmartPath GBAS is the next-generation navigation technology that supports precision approach and landings using Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite data and transmits digital guidance signals to aircraft systems.
Airservices Australia, with whom Honeywell has worked on SmartPath GBAS in a coordinated effort, has been actively engaged in the use of GBAS technology since 1999 and has been operating the Honeywell SmartPath GBAS ground station in Sydney since November 2006. Qantas had previously been approved to fly GBAS approaches with their Boeing 737 fleet, recording more than 1,600 GBAS landings in Sydney to date with precision guidance provided by Honeywell’s SmartPath GBAS. A GBAS landing on the A380 was first demonstrated during the Airbus A380 test flight in Sydney in June 2007. Honeywell provides the Flight Management System and 11 other products and systems for the Airbus A380.
Currently, aircraft use Instrument Landing System (ILS) technology, an older technology with technical limitations that impact flight path flexibility and airport throughput. ILS is also susceptible to signal interference by weather and obstacles, including large aircraft like the A380. This can result in significant disruptions to airport traffic and cause delays. Replacing ILS with GBAS has been identified in the FAA’s NextGen and Eurocontrol’s SESAR programs as critical enablers for improving air traffic capacity.
“The improved safety from the accuracy and stability of the approach provided by Honeywell’s SmartPath GBAS versus the older ILS technology is one of the major benefits to pilots,” said TK Kallenbach, Honeywell Aerospace Vice President, Marketing and Program Management. “A single GBAS can support landing operations on multiple runways simultaneously, eliminating the need for multiple ILS systems at airports with more than one runway. This new system will reduce acquisition and maintenance cost while providing aircraft operators and airports with safer and more efficient operations.”
Honeywell’s Sydney installation is one of eight Honeywell GBAS stations operating world-wide, with additional installations planned at airports in the U.S. and Europe throughout 2009.
Based in Phoenix, Arizona, Honeywell’s $12 billion aerospace business is a leading global provider of integrated avionics, engines, systems and service solutions for aircraft manufacturers, airlines, business and general aviation, military, space and airport operations.
Honeywell International is a $37 billion diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Based in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell’s shares are traded on the New York, London and Chicago Stock Exchanges.
A Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems vence contrato turnkey para fornecimento de sistema integrado de comunicações ATC ao Brasil
March 17, 2009
LONDRES, 17 de março /PRNewswire/ — Northrop Grumman Corporation
(NYSE: NOC) anunciou que sua subsidiária européia de sistemas de
controle de tráfego aéreo, Park Air Systems, recebeu a adjudicação de
um contrato com a Comissão de Implantação do Sistema de Controle do
Espaço Aéreo (CISCEA), do Brasil, para fornecer e instalar estações
completas de comunicações de longo alcance UHF/VHF T6 em diversos
locais no sul do Brasil.
O contrato, avaliado em $19 milhões, foi adjudicado após um processo
de concorrência internacional.
A Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems fornecerá uma solução turnkey que
integrará a série de equipamentos PAE T6 UHF/VHF da empresa,
fabricados no Reino Unido, com equipamentos fornecidos por
fornecedores locais incluindo proteções de equipamentos, energia de
reserva, mastros e antenas em um sistema completo de comunicações de
longo alcance.
“Essa vitória é um excelente exemplo da força da liderança e
capacidades de nossa tecnologia nesse mercado altamente competitivo
de fornecimento de sistemas complexos de comunicações para
administração de tráfego aéreo em ambientes exigentes”, afirmou
Charles Houseago, diretor administrativo da Northrop Grumman Park Air
Systems. “Estamos ansiosos para trabalhar com as autoridades de
controle de tráfego aéreo brasileiras e entregar essa solução de
nível internacional.”
As estações de comunicações serão instaladas em mais de 20 locais no
sul do Brasil na região do segundo Centro Integrado de Defesa Aérea e
Controle de Tráfego Aéreo (CINDACTA II) e integrarão as novas
estações na infraestrutura existente dos clientes. O CINDACTA II é um
dos quatro principais centros de controle de tráfego aéreo
administrado pelo Departamento de Controle do Espaço Aéreo (DECEA) do
Brasil. Na conclusão desse contrato, a Northrop Grumman Park Air
Systems terá equipado mais de 75 locais pela entrega de serviços de
comunicações em metade do espaço aéreo do Brasil.
A previsão é de que o contrato de cinco anos seja concluído em 2014.
A adjudicação se segue a contratos anteriores vencidos pela Northrop
Grumman Park Air Systems nos últimos anos no Brasil.
A Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, com sede em Peterborough, Reino
Unido, e em Oslo e Horten, Noruega, fornece sistemas de comunicações,
navegação e vigilância para operações no espaço aéreo no mundo
inteiro.
Na Europa, a Northrop Grumman opera em locais na França, Alemanha,
Itália e Noruega, fornecendo sistemas de navegação, controle de
tráfego aéreo e automação postal. No Reino Unido, a Northrop Grumman
opera em locais principais em Londres, Fareham, Chester, Coventry,
New Malden, Peterborough, RAF Waddington e Solihull e fornece sistemas
de aviônica, comunicações, sistemas eletrônicos de guerra, sistemas
de navegação marítima, robótica, soluções C4I e planejamento de
missões, suporte permanente de aeronaves, soluções de segurança de
aeroporto, sistemas de TI e desenvolvimento de software.
A Northrop Grumman Corporation é uma empresa de segurança líder no
mundo, com 120.000 empregados, que fornece sistemas, produtos e
soluções inovadoras em sistemas aeroespaciais, eletrônica, sistemas
de informação, construção de navios e serviços técnicos para governos
e clientes comerciais do mundo inteiro.
FONTE Northrop Grumman Corporation
LAN named the best managed airline in Latin America
March 16, 2009
Euromoney announced its “Best Managed Company in Latin America:” annual award to the Chilean-based Latin American Airline (LAN). This is the fourth annual award given by the financial magazine, Euromoney. The awards are based on a survey of consultants, banks and other entities specializing in Latin American business.
Aeromexico to launch Mexico City to Medellin, Colombia service
March 16, 2009
The new non stop flights will begin on April 19 with three-time weekly service. The Agency for Cooperation and Investment in Medellin made the announcement stating this will be the seventh international flight serving the city to and from outside Colombia.
Peru will escape the recession according to the World Bank
March 16, 2009
Marcelo Giugale, director of the World Bank for the reduction of poverty and administration in Latin America and the Caribbean, stated last week that “Peru is the only country in the region which will escape the recession this year”.
American Airlines announces a second daily flight to San Salvador
March 16, 2009
The second daily flight between Miami and San Salvador will be launched June 11 for the high season through August 24. The B737-800 will operate two daily flights during the high season.
Mexicana to lease 25 B717-200s for its LCC Click
March 16, 2009
The agreement with Boeing will involve the lease of 25 B717-200s which will replace the existing Fokker F-100s over the next few years. The first of several B717-200s will be delivered this month.
Guatemala reports it increased tourism receipts by 3% in the first two months
March 16, 2009
The Guatemalan tourism institute, INGUAT, reports that tourism generated $208.6 million during January and February 2009, for a 3% increase. Roberto Robles, executive director of INGUAT, said the goal for 2009 is to generate 1.8 million visitors with receipts of $1.4 billion.
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