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AP via Yahoo! News - Thu May 15, 7:49 pm EDT
Lockheed Martin Corp. beat out Boeing Co. to win an Air Force contract worth up to $3.57 billion to build as many as 12 next-generation global positioning satellites, the Pentagon said Thursday.
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Los Angeles Times - Fri May 16, 3:31 am EDT
The defeat could mean fewer jobs at Boeing's El Segundo facility, which would have made the satellites. In another blow to Boeing Co.'s battered defense business, the U.S. Air Force on Thursday tapped rival Lockheed Martin Corp. for a contract potentially worth more than $3.5 billion to build a new generation of global positioning satellites.
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Bloomberg.com - Thu May 15, 8:58 pm EDT
May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Lockheed Martin Corp. , the world's largest defense company, beat Boeing Co. for a $1.46 billion U.S. Air Force award to build a new network of navigation satellites for military and civilian use.
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Louisville Courier-Journal - 2 hours, 3 minutes ago
Plane maker Airbus and diversified manufacturer Honeywell International said yesterday that they are developing a biofuel that by 2030 could satisfy nearly one-third of the worldwide demand from commercial aircraft, without affecting food supplies.
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San Jose Mercury News - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Plane maker Airbus and diversified manufacturer Honeywell International on Thursday said they are developing a biofuel that by 2030 could satisfy nearly a third of the worldwide demand from commercial aircraft, without affecting food supplies.
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San Francisco Chronicle - Fri May 16, 3:43 am EDT
Planemaker Airbus and diversified manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. on Thursday said they are developing a biofuel that by 2030 could satisfy nearly a third of the worldwide demand from commercial aircraft, without affecting food supplies. Along with...
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Everett Herald - Fri May 16, 1:32 am EDT
PARIS -- Airbus on Tuesday announced new delays on deliveries of the superjumbo A380, already almost two years late, saying the company is behind schedule in switching to automated production.
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Bloomberg.com - Thu May 15, 5:28 pm EDT
May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Lockheed Martin Corp. , the world's largest defense company, beat Boeing Co. for a $1.46 billion U.S. Air Force award to build a new network of navigation satellites used by military and civilians.
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NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance - Thu May 15, 10:37 pm EDT
EADS bounced back to a quarterly profit, reflecting an unexpected turnaround at Airbus, its commercial plane maker, and a hefty early payment for its military transport aircraft.
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Tacoma News Tribune - 2 hours, 7 minutes ago
Plane maker Airbus and diversified manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. said Thursday that they are developing a biofuel that by 2030 could satisfy nearly one-third of the worldwide demand from commercial aircraft, without affecting food supplies.
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Everett Herald - Fri May 16, 3:24 am EDT
Boeing upped its rhetoric today in a lengthy public battle with Northrop Grumman and EADS over a $35 billion tanker contract. The Air Force awarded the contract to Northrop and EADS in February. Boeing has protested the deal with the GAO.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed May 14, 3:35 pm EDT
Delta Air Lines said Wednesday its pilots had cleared merger plans with Northwest Airlines that would create the largest US carrier.
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Washington Post - Thu May 15, 11:41 pm EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Airlines has begun talks with Continental Airlines Inc (CAL.N) for a possible alliance even as its merger talks with US Airways continue to advance, sources briefed on the matter said.
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Philadelphia Daily News - Fri May 16, 3:43 am EDT
Criminal investigators from the Defense Department yesterday offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for damaging two Army helicopters at the Boeing Co. plant in Delaware County.
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The Wichita Eagle - Fri May 16, 2:07 am EDT
Six years ago, U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt praised Airbus when it opened an engineering office in Old Town. Now Tiahrt is dismissing the company and its 200 Wichita employees, an Airbus official said this week while visiting the Airbus North America Engineering office here. "I would like to see, quite frankly, a little more respect from Congressman Tiahrt on the continued commitment of Airbus to ...