Bauer, Inc. has received a contract from 1-Source Aero Services S.A. (Pratt & Whitney and HAI joint venture company in Greece) for the design and manufacture of various engine accessories test systems. This equipment will be designed to provide overhaul test capability for a range of accessories on Pratt & Whitney F100 and F117/PW2000; IAE V2500; and CFM56-2, -3, -5 and -7 engines.
Boeing and International Lease Finance Corp. announced a firm order for 20 Next-Generation 737-700s and -800s, six 777-300ERs and two 777-200ERs. The total value is $2.9 billion at list prices. Boeing will start delivering the 777s late next year through 2008, and it will deliver the 737s in 2008. ALAFCO, a Kuwait-based aircraft leasing company, plans to acquire 12 Airbus A350s with options on another six. ALAFCO is the first leasing company to select the aircraft. It should start getting deliveries of the A350-800s in the third quarter of 2012.
Business jet owners, who historically are low-utilization operators, are starting to look at fuel savings technologies thanks to high priced fuel. To address this market, Aviation Partners, separate from its Boeing joint venture, certified STCs for its blended winglets on the Hawker 800 and the in-production Hawker 800XP, respectively, in July and December 2004.
An estimated $1.1 billion Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) was signed on April 26 for the systems upgrade by Lockheed Martin, as prime contractor, of 189/36 Turkish air force (THK) F-16 Block 40 and Block 50 combat aircraft.
AAR received a five-year contract from Régional to provide logistics support and component repair for the Air France-KLM subsidiary's 11 Embraer EMB-120s.
Honeywell Aerospace announced on June 13 at the Paris Air Show that its Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS) received approval for use in Europe by the European Aviation Safety Agency and the Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile (DGAC) of France.
Dallas Airmotive hired Cristiano Piroli as a regional sales manager for Brazil. He spent the past five years as a maintenance supervisor for Lider Taxi Aero and Lider Signature.
General Dynamics Aviation Services will be the exclusive provider of overhaul, repair and support services to operators of Hamilton Sundstrand auxiliary power units on business jets based in North America, Central America and South America. GDAS' Appleton, Wisc., facility also will provide line maintenance, troubleshooting and inspection on certain APU models.
Abaqus announced a new capability called Virtual Crack Closure Technique, a technology that Boeing developed for predicting fracture and failure in laminated composite materials. Abaqus modified it slightly so it integrates with its Abaqus software.
Business Jet Services developed a terrain awareness and warning system for Gulfstream II and IIb aircraft that costs $75,000 with installation and STC license. The company said most installations can be done in eight days.
Arconics' new Manual Manager 1.0 is web-based graphical aviation document management software, which is designed to simplify the management of SGML documents from Airbus and Boeing by allowing users to compare the operator's document with a manufacturer's revision documents in a Windows interface.
The origins of Lean and Six Sigma date back to the mid-1950s with Japanese car manufacturer Toyota. Specifically, the concepts came from the Toyota Autonomous Study Group. Under the leadership of Taiichi Ohno, the group's mission was to think of ways to produce better cars. Better quality and fewer manufacturing mistakes were the goals. From the group came the Toyota Production System. The concept of creating better workflow, or Lean, in production didn't come until later.
Bmi selected SAS Component as its material supply partner for the airline's fleet of 3 Airbus A330s, 10 A321s, 11 A320s and four A319s. SAS Comonent will buy and lease back bmi's stock of A330 rotables and open stores at Manchester and London Heathrow.
Flybe Aviation Services reported a record 103,000 man-hours of work in April and May, up 42% on the same months in 2004. The rise came from new and repeat business, primarily on the BAe146/RJ and Bombardier Dash 8 families. For the 12 months to date, sales figures are up 26% on the same period in the previous year.
EasyJet said it is "nearing conclusion" of the tender for a long-term Airbus fleet MRO contract. The finalists are SR Technics and Singapore Technologies Aerospace.
Lockheed Martin selected Eaton to participate in testing the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program's approach to performance-based logistics during the first phase of low-rate initial aircraft production.
Gulfstream Aerospace received Civil Aviation Administration of China approval to maintain Gulfstream IV-SP aircraft registered in China at the OEM's Long Beach, Calif., service center.
