Aerospace News

Aerospace chiefs fear for supply chain (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) The aerospace industry’s supply chain is struggling to secure finance as the credit crunch hits smaller sector players, the Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) said Thursday.

Aerospace council, institute may end up on same runway (Everett Herald) Proposals for a statewide advisory council on aerospace and a Snohomish County training center for the industry s workers may wind up as a single undertaking.

B/E Aerospace Schedules 2009 First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call for April 27, 2009 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) WELLINGTON, Fla.—-B/E Aerospace, Inc. will issue its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 prior to the opening of the NASDAQ Stock Market on Monday, April 27, 2009, and will hold a conference [...]

Future aerospace work depends on state’s competitiveness, Gregoire says (Seattle Times) Spurred by fears that Washington state may lose future aerospace work, such as a potential second 787 assembly line, Gov. Gregoire rolled out a new industry task force Thursday to improve the state’s competitiveness.

Embry-Riddle Offers Aviation/Aerospace Summer Programs for Teens (Aircraft Maintenance Technology) DAYTONA BEACH, FL Teens who’d enjoy hands-on exploration of aviation and aerospace topics will want to sign up for the Summer Academy operated by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at its Daytona Beach campus.

Embry-Riddle Offers Aviation/Aerospace Summer Programs for Teens (Aircraft Maintenance Technology) DAYTONA BEACH, FL Teens who’d enjoy hands-on exploration of aviation and aerospace topics will want to sign up for the Summer Academy operated by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at its Daytona Beach campus.

Bombardier Aerospace to cut 10 percent of staff (AP via Yahoo! News) Canada’s Bombardier Aerospace says it is cutting 3,000 jobs as its revises downward all of its business and regional jets production.

Aerospace avoids factory job crash (GlobalTV Ontario) The charmed life of Quebec’s aerospace industry seems likely to continue this year, even as every other part of manufacturing goes into a slump, says a new analysis by Toronto-Dominion Bank economist Derek Burleton.

Ball Aerospace Wins Ares Flight Computer Contract (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been selected by The Boeing Company as the contractor for the Ares I Instrument Unit Assembly Flight Computer and Command Telemetry Computer .