Aircraft News - North America.May 21, 2007 Next generation system will cut aviation emissions, DOT secretary says DOT Secretary Mary Peters said alternative fuels and new technologies are vital to reducing the aviation industry's carbon emissions. Peters, in testimony before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said a next generation air transport system will increase efficiency and reduce congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. and emissions. May 15, 2007 Boeing, Boeing Business Jets today announced, at Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. [sup.1]s EBACE EBACE European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition Business Aviation show, it has won seven new orders this year, bringing total program sales to 135 jets. The new orders are worth $478.5 million at list prices. The new orders are for six BBJs, high-performance derivatives of the commercially popular Next-Generation Boeing 737-700, and one 787-9 VIP jet. The 787 VIP jet is based on the most successfully launched commercial airplane, the 787 Dreamliner. May 20, 2007 Boeing Boeing took delivery of the final section of the first 787 Wednesday in Everett, Wash. The piece, the center fuselage including the center wing box, was assembled and delivered by Global Aeronautica in South Carolina via the Dreamlifter freighter. The forward and rear fuselage sections were delivered earlier in the week, along with the aircraft's wings, which were manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagoya May 18, 2007 Boeing Boeing said three large 787 composite fuselage sections, one forward and two aft, arrived Friday at its Everett plant, where final assembly of the Dreamliner will take place. The all-composite forward section, 21 ft. in diameter and 42 ft. long, was manufactured by Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita. Its landing gear is installed. The two aft composite sections were manufactured and joined by Vought Aircraft Industries in Charleston, S.C. One section is 23 ft. long and 19 ft. in diameter while the other is 15 ft. long and 14 ft. in diameter. The sections were delivered via the Dreamlifter. VP-787 Airplane Definition and Production Scott Strode said the delivery "represents more than 40% of the 787's fuselage structure." May 17, 2007 Boeing Boeing said on Wednesday it reached a tentative agreement for a three-year contract with its workers' union in St. Louis, providing for an average of 9.5 percent in wage increases, improvements in retirement benefits and comprehensive healthcare. May 17, 2007 Boeing Boeing said the composite wings for the 787 were delivered to its final assembly plant in Everett yesterday. Manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagoya, each wing is 98 ft. long. May 16, 2007 Boeing Boeing today announced orders for 11 787-8 Dreamliners and 50 Next-Generation 737s with TUI tui: see honeyeater. (Telephone User Interface) The combination of Touch-tone input from the telephone keypad coupled with speech output from the connected voicemail or IVR application. Group, Europe's largest integrated-tourism and shipping company. The orders were previously recorded on Boeing's Orders and Deliveries Web site as unidentified. The value of the orders is approximately $4.7 billion at list prices. Two of the airplanes have since been delivered and identified. May 16, 2007 Boeing Boeing was awarded a $7.39 million U.S. Navy contract to redesign circuits used in F/A-18E/F E/F Educator/Facilitator radar. The order, a modification to a previously awarded contract, calls for the redesign of five monolithic microwave integrated circuits used in the F/A-18E/F AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array An Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA), also known as active phased array radar is a type of radar whose transmitter and receiver functions are composed of numerous small transmit/receive (T/R) modules. (AESA AESA Active Electronically Scanned Array AESA ATM End System Address AESA Agence Européenne de la Sécurité Aérienne (French: European Aviation Safety Agency) AESA Association of Educational Service Agencies ) radar. May 16, 2007 Boeing Boeing announced that it has reached a tentative agreement for a new three-year contract with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers is an AFL-CIO/CLC trade union representing approx. 646,933 workers as of 2006 in more than 200 industries. District 837. Once ratified by the union membership, the contract will provide approximately $24,000 in additional compensation over the term of the agreement. May 16, 2007 Boeing Boeing Company announced that its 777 jetliner fleet has completed its 1 millionth flight under regulations for extended operations (ETOPS ETOPS Extended Twin (Engine) Operations ETOPS Extended-Range Twin-Engine Operational Performance Standards ETOPS Extended Twin-Engine Over-water Operations ETOPS Engines Turn(ing) ). Based on reported and projected 777 fleet data, Boeing estimated the 1 millionth 777 ETOPS flight occurred on May 11. May 14, 2007 Boeing, GKN GKN Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds (British global engineering company) GKN Global Knowledge Network GKN Gemeenschappelijke Kernenergiecentrale Nederland GKN Global Korean Network GKN Iks Gorkon (Star Trek novel Series) Aerospace GKN Aerospace was selected by Aviation Partners Boeing to produce blended winglets for Boeing 767-300ERs and 737-300s/500s. The agreement covers the supply of up to 300 767-300ER and 200 737-300/-500 shipsets. May 15, 2007 Global Aircraft Solutions Global Aircraft Solutions, an integrated aviation company engaged in aircraft trading, aircraft parts sales, and scheduled maintenance, repair and overhaul Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul or MRO is a multi-billion dollar industry which works on international authorization rules to deliver a safe airline operation and to assure reliability and availability of customer fleets. (MRO MRO In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Mauritanian Ouguiya. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ) services for commercial airlines, charter airlines and aviation leasing companies, today announced that the Company will post an operating profit for the first quarter 2007. This follows its first quarterly operating loss in three years during the fourth quarter of 2006. Management has, however, filed a Form 12b-25 with the SEC requesting an extension for filing its first quarter 2007 Form 10-Q. The Company is requesting this extension solely due to additional time required by the Company's auditors to assess the impact on the Company's financial statements of a Settlement Agreement between the Company and BCI BCI Bat Conservation International BCI Brain-Computer Interface BCI Business Continuity Institute BCI Business Cycle Indicators BCI Banco de Credito e Inversiones (Chilean bank) BCI Bell Canada International Aircraft Leasing, Inc. Specifically, in its Form 12b-25 filing the Company stated: May 16, 2007 Goodrich Goodrich Corp. delivered its first set of 787 thrust reversers to be installed on Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines used in the 787 flight test program scheduled to begin later this year. Goodrich said it will manufacture nacelles and thrust reversers for six flight test airplanes--three for the Trent 1000 and three for the GEnx--as well as a spare set for each engine variant May 16, 2007 JetBlue Airways JetBlue Airways operator of the world's largest Airbus A320 fleet, has been recognized with the prestigious Airbus Award for Operational Excellence. The award honors the low-fare, low-cost airline for having the world's best A320 technical dispatch reliability among carriers with a fleet size of more than 50 aircraft. JetBlue received the award at the biennial Airbus A320 Family Symposium in Bangkok, Thailand, where it was also recognized for having the highest daily aircraft utilization of any Airbus A320 operator. May 15, 2007 JetBlue Airways JetBlue Airways today announces John Ross has been named Vice President, Flight Operations, effective immediately. Mr. Ross will lead JetBlue's 1,700 pilots and Flight Operations team, including fleet programs for the Airbus 320 and Embraer 190 aircraft. He will report to Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. Russ Chew. May 14, 2007 Raytheon Raytheon has been awarded a $10.1 million U.S. Army contract option to provide 16 Rapid Aerostat aer·o·stat n. An aircraft, especially a balloon or dirigible, deriving its lift from the buoyancy of surrounding air rather than from aerodynamic motion. Initial Deployment (RAID) Tower Systems with Base Defense Operation Centers to help protect U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. May 17, 2007 Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines and Naverus announce today that they have signed an agreement to partner on development of an RNP RNP abbr. ribonucleoprotein RNP see ribonucleoprotein. program. RNP (Required Navigation Performance Required Navigation Performance (RNP) is defined by ICAO as "a statement of the navigation performance necessary for operation within a defined airspace". Part of a broader concept called "Performance-based Navigation," RNP is a method of implementing routes and flight paths that ) brings together the accuracy of GPS (Global Positioning System Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite. Global Positioning System (GPS) Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use. ), the capabilities of advanced aircraft avionics, and new flight procedures to achieve safer, more efficient, and environmentally friendly flight operations. May 16, 2007 US Airways, Airbus US Airways nears decision on long-haul fleet. US Airways may announce new orders for jetliners at the Paris Air Show The Paris Air Show (Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, Paris-Le Bourget) is an international trade fair for the aerospace business. It is held at Le Bourget airport near Paris, France every odd year, alternating both with the Farnborough International next month for its long-haul fleet. It plans to add three new long-haul destinations each year. Some observers expect US Airways to choose the Airbus A350 XWB XWB Extra Wide Body (Airbus) . 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