Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) held a ribbon‑cutting ceremony today to mark the opening of its new facility in Brea, Calif.
Civil aviation
WestJet signed a conditional order for 20 Q400 NextGen turboprops
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that WestJet, an Alberta partnership, has signed a conditional order for 20 Q400 NextGen turboprops following the letter of intent to purchase the aircraft that was announced by WestJet on May 1, 2012. The transaction also includes options on an additional 25 Q400 NextGen aircraft.
ATK reports progress in Liberty space transportation system
ATK (NYSE: ATK) completed its Liberty software technical interface meeting (TIM), which was held to support further development of the Liberty space transportation system under the company’s Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA for the Commercial Crew Development Program.
Liberty commercial launch vehicle second stage
Astrium, the number one company in Europe for space technologies and systems, has successfully completed a set of tests on tank structures proving that key design and manufacturing processes used for Ariane launchers are ready for production of the Liberty commercial launch vehicle second stage with ATK (NYSE: ATK).
Russian Helicopters at Engineering Technologies forum
Russian Helicopters, part of the Russian state defence industry holding Oboronprom and a leading global designer and manufacturer of helicopters, including a number of the most renowned, innovative and widely used models demonstrated innovative technological processes and unique production capacities for manufacturing mechanical units and components for Russian helicopters at Stand F3/1-6/A (Pavilion F3) at the second international Engineering Technologies forum underway in the Moscow Region town of Zhukovsky.
H80 Turboprop Engine Receives Type Certification
GE Aviation’s H80 turboprop engine has received type certification from the Brazilian Civil Aviation agency (ANAC) and the Argentine aviation authority (Administración Nacional de Aviación Civil).