Aerospace-Defense NewsAerospace-Defense news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Hummer maker to assemble taxies- August 12, 2008 AM General LLC, the Mishawaka company that manufactures the Humvee military vehicle and H2 Hummer consumer sport-utility vehicle, now plans to build taxies.http://www.topix.net/business/aerospace-defense/2008/08/hummer-maker-to-assemble-taxies?fr... Northrop Grumman wins appeal for drones built in Moss Point, Miss.- August 12, 2008 Northrop Grumman Corp. will keep its $1.16 billion contract to build unmanned aerial vehicles for the Navy in Moss Point, Miss., after the federal Governmental Accountability Office denied a protest by rival ...http://www.topix.net/business/aerospace-defense/2008/08/northrop-grumman-wins-appeal-for-d... Willis Lease Finance Reports 46% Increase in Q208 Net Income- August 12, 2008 Willis Lease Finance, a lessor of commercial jet engines, reported the ongoing growth of its engine portfolio, high utilization and strong market demand for leased engines contributed to 20% year-over-year ...http://www.topix.net/business/aerospace-defense/2008/08/willis-lease-finance-reports-46-in... Fire Damages Aerosonic's Clearwater Facility- August 12, 2008 The company is working through the details of a recovery plan that includes temporarily reassigning employees whose work areas were affected by the fire to other unaffected facilities in Clearwater and ...http://www.topix.net/business/aerospace-defense/2008/08/fire-damages-aerosonics-clearwater... Report: Boeing may drop out of tanker bidding- August 11, 2008 Aviation Week reported Monday that the company is "strongly considering" not submitting a bid for the Air Force tanker after the Pentagon issued new guidelines last week for the plane.http://www.topix.net/business/aerospace-defense/2008/08/report-boeing-may-drop-out-of-tank... Bombardier cancels Monday day shift at Toronto plant while wreckage cleared- August 11, 2008 Bombardier Inc. cancelled the early Monday shift at its airplane plant in northwestern Toronto and is considering calling off the afernoon shift because of significant damage to the plant following a weekend ...http://www.topix.net/business/aerospace-defense/2008/08/bombardier-cancels-monday-day-shif... Lockheed Martin Corporation Settles Charges Involving the Arms Export ...- August 11, 2008 M2 PressWIRE on Monday, 11 August 2008 at 11:23 GMT The Department of State and Lockheed Martin Corporation have reached an agreement pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms ...http://www.topix.net/business/aerospace-defense/2008/08/lockheed-martin-corporation-settle... LMI Aerospace Announces Conference Call-In Number Change to Discuss 2008 Second Quarter Results- August 11, 2008 ST. LOUIS, Aug. 6, 2008 -- LMI Aerospace, Inc. , a leading provider of design engineering services, assemblies, kits and structural components to the aerospace, defense and technology industries plans to issue ...http://www.topix.net/business/aerospace-defense/2008/08/lmi-aerospace-announces-conference... Blackstone and Haier plan to bid for GE unit- August 10, 2008 BLACKSTONE Group LP will join Haier Group Corp to bid for General Electric Co's appliances unit and build a global business to compete with Electrolux AB, Britain's Sunday Telegraph reported, citing ...http://www.topix.net/business/aerospace-defense/2008/08/blackstone-and-haier-plan-to-bid-f... The DEW Line: Lockheed critiques spark CSAR-X shoot-out- August 10, 2008 Lockheed Martin started it. The defense contractor teamed with AgustaWestland to offer the US101 for the $11 billion CSAR-X contract award went negative on Thursday, dishing to reporters about the key ...http://www.topix.net/business/aerospace-defense/2008/08/the-dew-line-lockheed-critiques-sp... |