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TSA: TSA Announces Contract for Human Resources Support WASHINGTON, DC (MARKET WIRE) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today a contract award to Lockheed Martin in support of the agency's Office of Human Capital. Marketwire.com Thu, 3 Jul 2008 21:28:00 GMT Arotech: Arotech Moves Annual Meeting Date to October 27, 2008 ANN ARBOR, MI (MARKET WIRE) Arotech Corporation (NASDAQ: ARTX), a provider of quality defense and security products for the military, law enforcement and security markets, announced today that it is moving the date of its Annual Meeting from August 13, 2008 to October 27, 2008, in order to enable more of its directors to attend the meeting. The Meeting will be on Monday, October 27, 2008 commencing at 10:00 a.m., local time, at the offices of Lowenstein Sandler P.C., 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 18th Floor, New York, New York. Marketwire.com Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:28:00 GMT TV Worldwide: National Park Service Teams With TV Worldwide to Salute Troops, With Live Satellite and Web Simulcast of Nation's Capital 4th of July Fireworks WASHINGTON, DC (MARKET WIRE) TV Worldwide, a fast-growing web-based global TV network, in cooperation with the National Park Service, will again produce a free live simulcast via satellite and the web of the Washington, D.C., National Capital 4th of July Fireworks Celebration for the benefit of American military personnel and their families stationed overseas. This year the webcast will salute veterans of the U.S. Merchant Marine, with support from "Tell America," an Internet TV Campaign highlighting the importance of the U.S. flag merchant fleet in peace and war. (www.TellAmericaTV.com) Marketwire.com Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:20:00 GMT CON-SPACE Communications Ltd.: CON-SPACE Co-Founder & CEO, Terry Ibbetson Steps Aside RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) CON-SPACE Communications Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: CCB), a world leader in specialized voice communication products, technical search, surveillance and inspection systems, today announced that Mr. Terence A Ibbetson, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of CON-SPACE has stepped aside from his position and from the day to day operation of the Company. Marketwire.com Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:44:00 GMT Firan Technology Group Corporation: Firan Technology Group Corporation (FTG) Announces the Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Release and Conference Call Dates TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Firan Technology Group Corporation ("FTG")(TSX: FTG) will release the Q2 2008 financial results after the close of trading on Wednesday, July 9, 2008. Marketwire.com Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:25:00 GMT FLIR Systems, Inc.: FLIR Systems Announces $6.3 Million Order From the United Arab Emirates PORTLAND, OR (MARKET WIRE) FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today that it has received a $6.3 million order from the General Headquarters of the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defense for the company's Star SAFIRE(R) III stabilized, multi-sensor systems. The units delivered under this order will be installed on fixed-wing surveillance platforms for use in counter-smuggling and counter-terror missions within the United Arab Emirates. The order is a follow-on option to a previously signed contract between FLIR and the General Headquarters. This $6.3 million option brings the total value of the contract Marketwire.com Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:05:00 GMT Fluke Corporation: Fluke 9640A-LPN RF Reference Source Delivers Higher Performance for Demanding Calibration Lab Workloads EVERETT, WA (MARKET WIRE) Fluke Corporation has announced the new Fluke 9640A-LPN (low phase noise) RF Reference Source, a higher-performance synthesizer designed to simplify RF calibration and improve calibration lab productivity for even more demanding workload coverage. Marketwire.com Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:55:00 GMT Data Device Corporation (DDC) announces the release of a -55 to +125 degree C temperature grade RD-19240 resolver converter Data Device Corporation (DDC) announces the release of a -55 to +125 degree C temperature grade RD-19240 resolver converter. The new RD-19240FS-100 resolver-to-digital converter is highly repeatable to 1 LSB in 14-bit mode and contains programmable features such as resolution, bandwidth, and tracking rate, which allow for best dynamic configurability. A built-in-test output additionally monitors for loss of signal, reference frequency, or tracking. "This new temperature option opens up many new design possibilities for applications requiring a wide temperature range and up to 14 bit resolution," stated DDC's Senior Product Marketing Specialist, Roger Tomassi. Package type is a small 10mm x 10mm MQFP. Data Device Corporation (DDC) is recognized as a leading international supplier of high-reliability motion control, solid-state power controllers, and data interface products for military and industrial applications for over 40 years. DDC's broad product line consists of Synchro/Resolver interface components, solid-state power controllers, MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC 429 data bus boards and components, and advanced data bus technology for high-speed Ethernet and Fibre Channel networks. aerospace-technology.com Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:43:30 GMT Beta Transformer Technology Corporation Achieves AS9100 Registration Beta Transformer Technology Corporation, the leader in Military and High Reliability Aerospace Magnetics has achieved AS9100 registration. Beta Transformer now joins other top tier aerospace suppliers in demonstrating its commitment to delivering high quality products that meet or exceed its customers' expectations. Beta Transformer's was granted AS9100:2004-01 registration by Underwriters Laboratories on May 30, 2008. aerospace-technology.com Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:58:32 GMT Red Box Partnership with Flyer-Truck Ground Handling System Red Box International, the Hampshire-based Ground Power Unit (GPU) manufacturer has entered into a formal partnership agreement to market the highly successful Flyer-Truck range of ground handling systems in the UK. The German-made Flyer-Truck range currently comprises 12 self-powered units capable of moving private and business aircraft from the smallest single seater up to a take-off weight of 20 tonnes. Suitable for both fixed and rotary winged aircraft, the units have landing gear brackets to suit virtually every aeroplane, including historic models. Recently introduced models at the top of the range have taken Flyer-Truck into the commercial sector. "This is an ideal partnership for both companies," claims Red Box Marketing Director Adrian Jackson. "We are essentially selling to identical markets, and our products complement each other perfectly. As agents for Flyer-Truck, we shall be able to provide in-depth aftersales service to customers throughout the UK." Under the reciprocal agreement, Maschinenbau Zaglauer, the makers of Flyer-Truck, will market and support Red Box products in Germany. They will also be incorporating Red Box ground power units as integral parts of some of their vehicles. Flyer-Truck have been looking for an appropriate UK partner for some time and the two companies have been in regular contact since being introduced at Aero Friedrichshafen in 2007. The contract was signed during the course of the recent AeroExpo London. Flyer-Truck's Managing Director Werner Zaglauer sees the partnership with Red Box International as a huge step forward for his company also with regards to the overseas presence. "We are very pleased that we could win Red Box as our UK representative and combine the strengths of two strong market-leading partners," he said. Red Box International has a range of portable Ground Power Units suitable for almost all aircraft. They also manufacture Continuous Power Supplies, high current Transformer Rectifier Units and Frequency Converters. aerospace-technology.com Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:45:47 GMT Rosler Helping to Reduce Production Costs and Increase the Quality of Aero Engine Blades If an aerospace engineer were to show even a small finished aero engine blade to a person outside the industry and ask them to estimate its production cost, it is unlikely they could do so, because it is difficult for an "outsider" to appreciate the skill and time required to produce it. Multi Axis machining centres are widely used in the industry and have played a significant part in the quality/ cost factor. Surface finishing however is still an expensive and time-consuming part of aero engine blade production, and it is in this area that Rösler have and are playing a major role in the design and supply of finishing equipment to the World's engine builders and repair centres. A well known UK based aero-engine manufacturer for instance have recently invested heavily in Rösler finishing machines for their new purpose built factory. Forged blades require de-Scaling between forging stages and this manufacturer chose the Rösler Multi-Nozzle Thru- Feed Blast Machine for this operation. The transport belt and nozzles of the SBI 1200. Blades are loaded by conveyor once a heat sensor has determined that they have cooled sufficiently They exit onto a motorised circular table to avoid damage, having been exposed to the aluminium oxide shot for seven minutes. There is a first and second stage forging process which produces the familiar shape of an aero engine blade. The surface at this stage will be clean from the work carried out in the SBI. The surface of the aerofoil and platforms now become important features of the component, The finishing of these surfaces was traditionally carried out by hand using abrasive belts and wheels. A highly skilled and expensive process that Rösler helped to supersede with the development of the vibratory finishing machine and special ceramic abrasive medias that were developed and produced by them. The modern method of blade finishing is the Rösler FKS35 1A2 high energy centrifugal force finishing machine. The FKS is able to cut down the surface of a component up to twenty times faster than a conventional vibrator or barrel. The movement of the abrasive mass in the working chamber is activated by a spinner plate located in its base, centrifuging it, and creating a vortex. Although cutting rates are high, surface protection is also high, the blades being completely encapsulated in the special ceramic abrasive media that is produced by Rösler, and travelling through it all at the same speed, in the same direction. The FKS is a double-batch finishing system, meaning that one batch of work is being processed whilst another is being separated from the abrasive media, the batch in separation will be washed on the screen area before feeding into a Rösler through-feed hot air dryer. The system programmes are controlled and monitored by a PLC. Process times will sometimes vary a little to take into account the surface start condition across blade families. It is however around two hours, and in this time a surface reading of 20 micro inches (0.5 micro-metres ) Ra or less will have been reached. SHOTBLASTING SYSTEM WITH ROBOTIC HAND The aerospace industries of the world probably more than any others use the technique of shot peening to re-introduce compressive stress into many of their components after forming or machining, lifting the fatigue strength, and considerably reducing the possibility of stress cracks appearing during their working life. A well known aero-engine manufacturer are no exception to this, and they themselves have considerable knowledge and expertise in this field, their engine blades, discs, shafts all being peened at some stage in their production cycle. Rösler are rightly proud that over the past few years they have played a major role in the development of peening machines and processes now used in the aerospace industries. The main advantage of a robotised system is that once all the critical times and settings of the blades in the blast stream have been determined and set, such as, angles, distances, coverage velocity, etc then the process is infinity repeatable. A further important advantage is that many aero engine blades require masking in certain area during peening or blast cleanings. It is possible with a robot system to sometimes design the tooling to mask these critical areas. aerospace-technology.com Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:25:18 GMT Shot Peening - an Indispensable Process Shot peening is an important and, for safety reasons, an essential process in many industrial sectors, primarily in the aerospace and automotive industries. Peening dates back to Bronze Age armourers; although in more recent years, this technique has been used by engineers who worked the surface of a component with a "ball peen hammer" in order to induce internal compressive stress and thus increase service life. Drive components (i.e. gears) are often subjected to the shot peening process in order to induce compressive stress, which considerably reduces the risk of fatigue cracks during their operation. Technological requirements in all industrial sectors, especially the automotive and aircraft industries, are becoming more and more extensive, particularly with regard to shot peening. With precise adherence to all shot blasting parameters such as angle of impact, shot-blasting time and shot-blasting pressure (compressed air blasting), discharge rate of the shot-blasting media from the shot-blasting wheel, type of shot-blasting media and degree of surface coverage, the service life of many components such as gearbox components, drive and crank shafts, springs, turbine blades and turbine components in general and many others, increases. The flow of shot blasting media is monitored either magnetically or by weighing devices, depending on whether metal or non-metal shot blasting media is used. Shot blasting media classification, which classifies the media by shape and size, is an important point in shot peening or compression-shot-blasting. Thanks to our multiple research and development activities and our in-house worldwide test centres, Rösler is in a position to offer a wide spectrum of sophisticated shot peening systems. Shot peening requires absolute accuracy and repeatability. These are guaranteed by a special, fully-automatic process control with the universal robot shot peening system developed by Rösler for EADS, SNECMA and other aircraft manufacturers for the repair and maintenance of all types of engine components. A large range of engine components can be processed, and their life improved, using these systems. They operate fully automatically, PLC or computer-controlled (Supervisor) and fulfil all technical requirements and specifications. aerospace-technology.com Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:12:22 GMT TITAL® Signs a Contract with BAYERN-CHEMIE "The agreement represents one of the most important orders in TITAL's® 30 year history," said Philipp Jerusalem, Tital Director of Sales and Marketing. "This order will contribute to a strong financial backlog, provide a sustainable base for the growing production capacity and also provide job security at TITAL's production facility in Bestwig, Germany." TITAL and BAYERN-CHEMIE conducted a very comprehensive concurrent engineering process which led to a successful development phase where the design has been optimized to assure cost-effective manufacturing and assembly. TITAL will deliver assembly ready subsystems in 2008 directly to the customers production line. Under the terms of the agreement, TITAL will provide six complex titanium investment castings that make up the two air intake ducts on the high performance air-to-air combat missile Meteor. The main success of Meteor is the throttleable ducted rocket motor by BAYERN-CHEMIE, offering high performance with variable thrust for maneuvering and delivering under a wide range of launch conditions. The Meteor was developed for European Partner Nations of the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden for use on Eurofighter-Typhoon, Swedish Saab Gripen and French Rafale aircraft. The prime contractor is MBDA (UK). In order to satisfy the growing demand in the aerospace sector for titanium components TITAL has expanded their production capacity. The latest addition has added over 45,000 sq. ft. of operational floor space and equipment. A new titanium casting furnace is in the final assembly stage and will be installed in the third quarter 2008. The new furnace will allow TITAL to offer it's customers complex titanium investment castings up to 60in and pour weights up to 330lbs. Titan-Aluminium-Feinguß GmbH (TITAL) foundry is a leading manufacturer of investment casting products in titanium and aluminum alloys with approx. 450 employees. From the headquarters in Bestwig, Germany, TITAL serves worldwide customers in the fields of aerospace, electronics, optics, industrial and medical systems, Formula 1 and general motor sports. aerospace-technology.com Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:18:03 GMT DDC Announces a New Addition to the MIL-STD-1553 / ARINC 429 USB Avionics Device Family! Data Device Corporation (DDC) introduces a new multi-protocol USB 2.0 Interface for MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC 429 data bus applications. The new BU-65591U is a lightweight USB 2.0 device that provides two dual redundant 1553 channels, four ARINC 429 receive channels, two ARINC 429 transmit channels, seven Digital Discrete I/Os, and an IRIG-B time synchronization input. In addition to the 1553/429 device, DDC offers 1553-only and 429-only versions. An extension to DDC's rugged version that was released in 2006, the BU-65591U is ideal for lab applications that require an interface to MIL-STD-1553 and/or ARINC 429 data buses, while the BU-65590U provides the same functionality in a more rugged package that is ideal for flight line use and embedded systems. "The high channel count and mix of 429 and 1553 in a USB device make it an ideal portable solution for avionics labs that use MIL-STD-1553 or ARINC 429 data buses," said Mike Hegarty, DDC's MIL-STD-1553 Marketing Manager. The USB avionics device includes both 1553 and 429 C Software Development Kits (SDK) and drivers for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. These SDKs allow users to quickly integrate DDC's 1553 and 429 I/O into a C source code application. A common SDK exists across all operating systems allowing the programmer portability across different platforms. The easy-to-use high-level functions abstract all low-level hardware accesses and memory allocation such that specific hardware knowledge is not required. Graphical bus analysis and simulation tools for both MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC 429 are also available in addition to ARINC 615 data loading software. The graphical bus analysis and simulation tools allow users to effortlessly simulate, monitor, and troubleshoot 1553 and 429 data buses simultaneously or independently without the need for time and cost prohibitive custom software coding. Data Device Corporation (DDC) is recognized as a leading international supplier of high-reliability data interface products, motion control, and solid-state power controllers for military and industrial applications for over 40 years. DDC's broad product line consists of advanced data bus technology for high-speed Ethernet and Fibre Channel networks, MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC 429 data bus boards and components, Synchro/Resolver interface components, and solid-state power controllers and motor drives. The company's design and manufacturing facility is located in Bohemia, aerospace-technology.com Fri, 30 May 2008 15:36:21 GMT ANN FAQ: Getting The Most Out Of ANN's Newsletters ANN goes through a lot of trouble to make the graphics flashy and cool and an integral part of the story. But let's face it, they're bandwidth-intensive. So here are a couple of thoughts on how to correct that problem and get the most out of Aero-News in the least amount of time. First, subscribe. That way, you can get the latest aviation news in your e-mail every day. To link up with Aero-News, head for www.aero-news.net and go to My Stuff. Then, on the left side of the page, click on "About Me." The system will ask you to log on. If you don't have an ANN subscription, you can make one up on the spot. In two simple screens, you'll be on your way. Unsubscribing is just as easy. Once you've entered and verified your email address, you can browse on over to "Subscribe." Now, here's the part where you get decide how you want your Aero-News. It depends on where you're going and how you're going to get it. aero-news.net Wed, Jul 02,2008 11:57:10PM Aero-News: Quote of the Day (07.03.08) "A lot of us are concerned that they are now trying to pass off responsibility." Source: House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS). Airlines have called upon their friends in Congress to block a White House plan calling for carriers to fingerprint foreign visitors before they travel back home. That plan, backed by the Bush administration, calls for all international carriers to tackle the financial and logistical burden of computerized fingerprinting for 33 million visitors each year... something the airlines say will cost $12 billion annually through 2018. Thompson says it's the responsibility of government, not private carriers, to handle fingerprinting of international visitors. aero-news.net Wed, Jul 02,2008 11:52:40PM NAFI Names June 2008 Master Instructors "The Best Of The Best" The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) takes pride in announcing a significant aviation accomplishment on the part of these very special aviation educators. Recently, they were all accredited as Master Instructors by NAFI, their professional aviation education association. aero-news.net Wed, Jul 02,2008 11:49:41PM RDD Introduces Speed Bra-X For Vans RV-10s Allows Steeper Descents At Lower Airspeeds RDD Enterprises, LLC announced this week the immediate availability of the 'Speed Bra-X' (as in, "speed brakes") for the Vans Aircraft RV-10. aero-news.net Wed, Jul 02,2008 11:49:25PM 787 Horizontal Stab Structure Test A Success Some Good News From Alenia Aeronautica After seeing its Global Aeronautica joint-venture with Boeing in the news twice in as many days due to production-related issues, Alenia Aeronautica was ready for some good news. The company reported Wednesday it successfully completed destructive testing on the horizontal stabilizer of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. aero-news.net Wed, Jul 02,2008 08:05:10PM Aero-TV Tours Piper With CEO Jim Bass (Part 2 of 2) An Inside Look At One Of The World's Aviation Legends (Part Two) Piper Aircraft is one of the legends of aviation... responsible for some of the iconic aircraft that literally define what the world thinks about general aviation. This is a company that is determined stay a force in the GA world. And, of course, the fact that Piper is about to launch the test program for their first jet project is ample testimony of their commitment to the future of the company and the position they want to play in the aviation world. aero-news.net Wed, Jul 02,2008 08:03:18PM |
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