Av. Jurandir, 856, Jd. Aeroporto, Sao Paolo, SP BRAZIL 04072-000 Code: JJ Employees: 9,669 www.tam.com.br Tel. (5511) 5582-9715 Fax (5511) 5582-8149 Ownership: 54.7% TEP, Aerosystem, Nova Frontiera, 45.3% free float Executive Management Director & CEO Marco Antonio Bologna CFO Libano Miranda Barroso Commercial & Marketing Director Jose Wagner Ferriera Technical Operations Director Ruy Antonio Mendes Amparo
The U.S. Homeland Security Dept.'s renewed focus on keeping terrorists and weapons of mass destruction out of the country is expected to lift business prospects for technologies used to screen, detect and identify objects and people. But hot-button political issues such as illegal immigration and hurricane response continue to exert pressure on the department from the public and Congress to spend money on other projects.
37, bld. 9 Leningradsky Prospect, Moscow 125167 RUSSIAN FEDERATION Code: SU Employees: 16,800 www.aeroflot.com Tel. (7-495) 155-6643 Fax (7-495) 155-6647 Ownership: 51% state; 8% individual shareholders; 41% other legal entities Executive Management General Director, Chairman of the Board Valeri Okulov First Deputy General Director Vladimir Antonov Head of Administration Vasily Avilov Commercial Director Alexey Sidorov
South Africa and Brazil have finalized a $52-million deal for the co-development of the A-Darter dogfight missile. Denel, which is developing the missile, is holding out hope it will lead to a broader partnership with the Brazilians. A-Darter's development had stalled due to a lack of money.
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111 W. Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA Code: HP Employees: 14,000 www.americawest.com Tel. (480) 693-0800 Ownership: 100% publicly traded Executive Management Chairman & CEO Douglas W. Parker President Scott Kirby Executive VP & COO Al Crellin Senior VP & CFO Derek Kerr VP Sales & Marketing Travis Christ
Raytheon's site in McKinney, Tex., won a $135.4-million contract to develop a new tactical radar for MH-60M, MC-130H and CV-22 Block 30 aircraft used by U.S. Special Operations Command. The Silent Knight system will serve as a common, multi-mode terrain-following and avoidance radar.
118-29 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills, NY 11375, USA Code: B6 Employees: 7,647 www.jetblue.com Tel. (718) 286-7900 Fax (718) 709-3621 Ownership: 100% publicly traded Executive Management Chairman & CEO David Neeleman COO & President Dave Barger Executive VP of Supply Chain & IT John Owen VP Operational Planning Rob Maruster
The F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter flew twice last week from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. facilities at NAS Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth, as the flight test team continues to expand the jet's performance envelope. Jon Beesley, chief test pilot for the F-35 program, says the single-engine fighter "flies just as our engineers predicted" and is a "smooth and responsive" airplane.
