Company Watch - Boeing.
Apr 7, 2008 Indonesia's National Transport Safety Committee determined that the fatal Adam Air Boeing 737-400 crash on Jan. 1, 2007, was caused by pilot error and faulty navigation equipment. All 96 passengers and six crew were killed when the aircraft plunged into the ocean. "The [CVR]...

Profits of war in Afghanistan.
While you won't hear much about it in the mainstream media, one of the reasons the US army remains in Afghanistan may very well be for the riches that country holds. Afghanistan has an extraordinary abundance of rare and strategic minerals as well as being able to...

Honeywell name survives AlliedSignal marriage.
AlliedSignal excellent job of keeping their merger plans secret before announcing on June 7 that AlliedSignal would buy Honeywell for $13.8 billion in stock. Wall Street welcomed the deal, and there appear to be few competitive concerns that would cause government regulators to oppose it. Although AlliedSignal...

Selected Canadian military export contracts reported during 2004.
Overseas contracts during 2004 (non-US) Supplier City/Province Aktelux Mississauga, ON Armatec Survivability London, ON Bell Helicopter Textron Mirabel, QC Bombardier Inc Mirabel, QC CAE Inc Montreal, QC CMC Electronics Inc Montreal, QC General Dynamics Canada Nepean, ON Intelcan Technosystems Ottawa, ON L-3 Spar Aerospace Edmonton, AB L-3 Wescam Flamborough,...

Selected Canadian military export contracts reported during 2003.
Selected Canadian military export contracts reported during 2003 Overseas contracts during 2003 (non-US) Supplier City/Province Military product/service AMEL Corp Brampton, ON Naval tactical trainer-contract completion Atlantis Aerospace Corp Brampton, ON EH-101 helicopter cockpit systems trainer ** Bell Helicopter Textron Mirabel, QC Bell 407 helicopter for high altitude testing Bombardier...

Spencer Stuart/Directors & Boards Directors Roster. (K - Z).
LARSCOM INC. Milpitas, CA has added to its board: Allen R. Adams Bio Notes: Has more than 28 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Most recently served as director and general manager of the broadband telephony business unit of Cisco...

Aircraft Supplier & MRO News.
Feb 4, 2008 AirAsia, Kolej TAFE Seremban Kolej TAFE Seremban signed an MOA with AirAsia to support maintenance engineering training at AirAsia Academy. Program includes EASA Part 66 module 1-17 training for DCA certification. Agreement offers TAFE's workshop facilities for modules 6 and 7. Feb...

Ball Aerospace's ALMTV Camera in Pre-Production.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-21 May 2008-Ball Aerospace's ALMTV Camera in Pre-Production(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Ball Aerospace & Technologies has begun assembly on three qualification test units for the Phalanx All-Light Marine TV (ALMTV) camera program. Ball Aerospace will build three ALMTV camera systems in 10 months...

Aircraft News - North America.
Apr 14, 2008 Unions representing air traffic controllers and air safety specialists say a new, $2.4 billion telecom system built to feed radar data to the nation's air traffic control towers is unreliable and makes flying less safe. The new system, called the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI)...

Aircraft Supplier & MRO News.
Mar 24, 2008 Alenia Aeronautica Alenia Aeronautica said yesterday that it "successfully completed" ultimate load testing of the 787's horizontal stabilizer. During the test, the stabilizer is subjected to aerodynamic loads that could be experienced by the aircraft during flight in the most severe circumstances....