Business Wire

  1. XOJET Signs Citation X Fleet To Rolls-Royce CorporateCare 10/6/2008
    Rolls-Royce, the world leader in engines for the business jet market, announced today that XOJET, one of the world’s fastest growing private aviation companies, has enrolled its entire fleet of 48 Rolls-Royce powered Cessna Citation X aircraft - the world’s fastest business jet - into the company’s CorporateCare® services program
  2. Gulfstream G250 To Feature Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion Avionics 10/5/2008
    Rockwell Collins today announced that its Pro Line FusionTM avionics will be a key feature of the new Gulfstream G250 super mid-size business jet, with first deliveries expected to begin in 2011
  3. Sparton Corporation Announces Additional Sonobuoy Contract Awards From The United States Navy 9/24/2008
    Electronics design and manufacturing service (EMS) provider, Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA) Sparton has received a subcontract from their ERAPSCO joint venture for $7.6 million; its share of the $11.5 million ADAR Sonobuoy award from the U.S. Navy
  4. Kongsberg Books $15M CROWS II Contract With US Army 9/23/2008
    Last week, the US Army issued Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS a contract valued at $15 million for additional PROTECTOR Remote Weapon Stations (RWSs) to be integrated into the Vanguard Sniper Defense System and manufactured in Johnstown, PA
  5. Radel R Polyphenylsulfone From Solvay Advanced Polymers Specified For Interior Panels On New Bombardier FLEXITY Swift U5-25 Railcars For Frankfurt U-Bahn 9/22/2008
    Solvay Advanced Polymers, makers of more plastics with more performance, announced today that Radel® R-7700 polyphenylsulfone is being used in thermoformed interior panels in the new Bombardier FLEXITY Swift U5-25 railcars, which were developed for the Frankfurt U-Bahn (underground railway) and run there since May 2008
  6. ILS Proton Successfully Launches Telesat's Nimiq 4 Satellite 9/20/2008
    An International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M launch vehicle successfully carried the Nimiq 4 satellite into space for Telesat today
  7. Orbital Awarded New Minotaur IV Mission By U.S. Air Force 9/18/2008
    Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB) today announced that the U.S. Air Force Space and Missiles Systems Center (SMC) recently placed an order for a new Minotaur IV launch vehicle under the company’s Orbital/Suborbital Program-2 (OSP-2) contract
  8. SpeedNews Launches First Annual Aviation Industry Finance Conference 9/11/2008
    SpeedNews, a Penton Media publication, announced the launch of the SpeedNews Aviation Industry Finance Conference. The event will take place June 1-3, 2009 in Chicago, IL
  9. NASA To Offer Rare And High-Potential Technologies Related To Sensing, Global Positioning And Computer Systems At Ocean Tomo's October 30th Live Intellectual Property Auction 9/10/2008
    Ocean Tomo Auctions, LLC -- the auctions arm of Ocean Tomo, LLC, the leading Intellectual Capital Merchant Banc® firm -- today announced that The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will be participating in its October 30th Live IP Auction in Chicago
  10. SpaceX Receives USAF Operational License For Cape Canaveral Launch Site 9/9/2008
    Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has been granted an Operational License by the US Air Force for the use of Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on the Florida coast