Aerospace News

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

2010 Women to Watch: MIT's Dava Newman outfits astronauts with upgraded spacesuits
Dava Newman, professor of aeronautics and astronautics and engineering systems at MIT, is a 2010 Mass High Tech Women to Watch honoree. Her work on a next generation of spacesuit for astronauts is intended to give astronauts increased mobility.

Friday, March 12, 2010

GE Aircraft Engines take in $326M deal
General Electric Aircraft Engines, based in Lynn, has landed a $326.1 million deal from the U.S. Navy to provide 80 F414-GE-400 engines and two spare engines.

Monday, March 8, 2010

KaZaK, Boeing join on miniature weapons work
Engineering and design firm KaZaK Composites Inc. reports it is working as a subcontractor for Boeing Co. on an unmanned aerial vehicle project.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Raytheon racks up $886M deal for better GPS tech
Raytheon Co. reports it has landed $886 million from the U.S. Air Force to develop technology to improve the accuracy of GPS satellite information.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Flying car maker Terrafugia weighs Ohio move
Woburn-based Terrafugia Inc. will decide in the next six to eight weeks whether to accept an offer of $4.4 million to move into a facility in Dayton, Ohio, according to its CEO, Carl Dietrich.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Sikorsky launches new vertical flight unit
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has launched an R&D unit called Sikorsky Innovations to develop technology related to vertical flight. The group plans to collaborate with government technology agencies, academic institutions, other UTC units and companies.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

NASA awards $1.5M in ecology grants to UNH space center
The University of New Hampshire Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space was awarded two three-year projects totaling $1.5 million, one of 12 institutions selected by NASA to study the Earth’s carbon cycle and ecosystems using space-based observations.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Sikorsky snags $1.5 billion in helicopter deals
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. brought in more than $1.5 billion in two deals from the U.S. Army for more than 100 helicopters, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Aurora Flight Sciences awarded SBIR grant
Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. reports it has landed a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research Grant to develop technology for a hot air balloon to operate on Saturn’s moon, Titan.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Sikorsky fighter plane maintenance deal brings in $35M
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has landed $34.7 million from the U.S. Navy for maintenance on fighter planes used in training exercises.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Navy awards $8.2 million Blackhawk deal to Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has landed $8.2 million from the U.S. Navy for helicopter transmissions. Under the deal, Sikorsky will provide the Navy with 22 transmissions for UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters.

Thursday, December 31, 2009

GE, Boeing brake resolution brings $19M to Crane
Industrial engineering product manufacturer Crane Co. reports it will bring in $18.9 million after resolving differences with GE Aviation Systems LLC and Boeing Co. related to the brakes for Boeing’s delayed 787 Dreamliner plane.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Sikorsky helicopter deals net more than $200M
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has brought in $171.1 million from the Army for UH-60M helicopters for the United Arab Emirates and $29 million to provide the Army with UH-60M and HH-60M Black Hawk helicopters.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Sikorsky nets $164M for fighter helicopters
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has landed $163.8 million from the U.S. Navy for fighter helicopters for the government of Brazil. Under the Foreign Military Sales deal, Sikorsky will provide Brazil with four S-70B anti-submarine warfare/anti-surface warfare helicopters.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

GE to make $86M in Naval aircraft repairs
General Electric Co.’s Aviation division has brought in $85.7 million to repair and replace aircraft engine components. Under the deal, GE’s Lynn-based Aviation unit will repair and replace T700 engine components used on the Navy’s H-60 Blackhawk helicopter and AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Sikorsky nets $8.4M for Naval helicopter work
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has landed $8.4 million from the U.S. Navy for engineering on helicopters used by the U.S. Marines. Under the deal, the Stratford, Conn.-based company will perform special progressive aircraft rework induction on the Navy’s VH-3D Executive Helicopter.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Agiltron nets SBIR grant for Naval aircraft maintenance
Agiltron Inc. reports it has landed a Phase 3 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the U.S. Navy for a fiber-optic repair system that would help Navy technicians repair aircraft.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Sikorsky's Army helicopter tech takes in $11.5M
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has landed $11.5 million from the U.S. Army for work on night vision-compatible lights and vibration control technology for Army helicopters.

Monday, December 7, 2009

GE jet engine deal nets $28M
General Electric Co.’s Aircraft Engines unit has landed $28.1 million from the U.S. Navy for engineering on jet engines. Under the deal, the GE unit will provide engineering and logistics services on the F414-GE-400, a jet engine used in the Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter jet, which is manufactured by Boeing Corp.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Goodrich acquires Atlantic Inertial Systems
Goodrich Corp. has signed a deal with J.F. Lehman & Company to buy Cheshire, Conn.-based AIS Global Holdings LLC (Atlantic Inertial Systems) for about $375 million. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year, following government approvals.