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BUFFALO, N.Y., Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently held its sixth annual meeting for international users of its Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator (CEESIM) systems. The meeting is aimed at keeping users updated on system developments while providing a forum to collaboratively identify potential opportunities for improving system performance, product support and customer service. Military and civilian personnel from the United...
CHICAGO, Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul Adams, Pratt & Whitney's senior vice president of Operations & Engineering, was named recipient of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineering) 2012 Leadership Award for advancing the use of computers and information in engineering. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company. Adams was recognized by the ASME Computers & Information in Engineering Division (CIE) for integrating state-of-the-art...
In the news release, Pratt & Whitney Employees Rally Against Sequestration Cuts, issued 08-Aug-2012 by Aerospace Industries Association over PR Newswire, we are advised by the organization that the second paragraph, first sentence, should read "In addition to Rep. West and David Hess, Palm Beach County Business Development Board Senior Vice President of Administration Gary Hines, Lockheed Martin Executive Vice President..." rather than "In addition to Rep. West and David Hess, Florida...
79,459 Florida jobs at stake JUPITER, Fla., Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), AIA Chairman and President of Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies Corporation David P. Hess, and more than 200 local workers rallied today at the Pratt & Whitney facility in Jupiter to warn about the threat to U.S. economic and military strength posed by $1 trillion in sequestration budget cuts scheduled for January 2013. A new study commissioned by AIA found that...
LONDON, August 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Defence IQ confirmed that the Brazilian Air Force's Chief of Staff, General Aprigio Eduardo de Moura Azevedo, will lead an exclusive presentation at the International Fighter meeting, taking place 6-8 November 2012 at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London. General Azevedo will present a session entitled "Enhancing the Operational Capability of the Brazilian Air Force," joined by keynote speaker Minister Peter Luff MP, Minister for...
ORLANDO, Fla., July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) recently completed F-15E platform integration with a successful all-up round (AUR) flight test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120726/FL46987) The successful AUR test marked the first time JASSM, or any missile, has been integrated onto a platform using the Universal Armament Interface (UAI). The U.S. Air Force...
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The United Kingdom accepted the first international Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II aircraft in a ceremony today with senior representatives of the U.K. Ministry of Defence and the U.S. Department of Defense. The Right Honourable Philip Hammond, U.K. Secretary of State for Defence, and Mr. Frank Kendall, U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, represented their governments. "We are...
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI - AUGSBURG, Germany, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Bell Helicopters has named KUKA Systems, the global leader in assembly line design, as its supplier partner for developing the manufacturing line for the new Bell 525 Relentless super medium-class commercial helicopter. "The production line will assemble the entire airframe - from 'nose cone to tail cone' ", says Robert Reno, Group Vice President, Aerospace Division, KUKA Systems Corporation North America....
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) F-35 program accrued the highest number of test points in a single month during June, an accomplishment indicative of the program's ongoing maturation. Additionally, for the 18th consecutive month the F-35 test program remained ahead of plan. As of June 30, the F-35 Lightning II 5th Generation multirole fighter had conducted 595 test flights in 2012 versus a plan of 445 and accrued 4,830 test points...
FARNBOROUGH, England, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With the delivery of four Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] F-35 Lightning II aircraft since June 29, an important milestone was achieved as the Department of Defense now possesses more operational-coded F-35s than test aircraft. A total of nine F-35s have been delivered for the year, giving the DOD a total of 30 aircraft fleet-wide. Of these, 16 are operational aircraft and 14 are test planes. "To date, the F-35 program has focused...
