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Sikorsky Continues Legacy With Latest Contract to Build Presidential Helicopters

WIL BALDWIN February 10, 2021

STRATFORD, Conn. Feb. 10 – Continuing its 63-year legacy of providing safe and reliable transportation for the president of the United States, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), is under contract to manufacture a total…

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Talgo Begins Rail Test for Very High-Speed Avril Train

WIL BALDWIN February 6, 2021

The first unit of the very high-speed train Talgo Avril began its first rail tests this week, a decisive step in the technical homologation, prior to its commercial circulation by Spanish operator Renfe. This is…

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Sikorsky-Boeing Reveals Advanced Assault Helicopter Design to Revolutionize U.S. Army Capability

WIL BALDWIN January 25, 2021

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company (NYSE: LMT), and Boeing (NYSE: BA) today released details of its advanced helicopter for the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft competition, known as FLRAA. The aircraft, named DEFIANT…

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Mercedes-Benz Berlin Plant Boss to Join Tesla

WIL BALDWIN November 11, 2020

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The head of the Berlin engine plant run by Mercedes-Benz has defected to rival Tesla <TSLA>, German union IG Metall said on Wednesday, calling on employees to protest over his departure. IG…

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Queensland to Assemble Boeing’s First Australian Designed & Developed Unmanned Aircraft

WIL BALDWIN October 5, 2020

Queensland is poised to take another bold step in aerospace and advanced manufacturing with an historic opportunity to be the final production home for unmanned defence aircraft – the first military aircraft to be designed,…

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Alstom Introduces the Citadis X05 Tram to Athens, Greece

WIL BALDWIN September 17, 2020

Alstom is proud to deliver the first two of the 25 Citadis X05 trams ordered by Attiko Metro, the urban transport authority of Athens, in July 2018. The tram will begin dynamic tests at the…

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Airbus Celebrates 5 Years of Production in Mobile, Alabama

WIL BALDWIN September 14, 2020

In 2015, Mobile, Alabama became home to Airbus’ first US-based commercial aircraft manufacturing facility. Now celebrating five years of production, it has grown from an initial workforce of around 250 staff producing A320 Family aircraft,…

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Boeing Australia Fires Up Engine on First Loyal Wingman Aircraft

WIL BALDWIN September 14, 2020

ATS Engine Test Boeing Australia powered up the commercial turbofan engine on the first Loyal Wingman aircraft in September, as part of ground testing and preparations for first flight. This milestone comes on the heels…

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Ford Announces Goal to Donate 100 Million Masks

WIL BALDWIN September 4, 2020

- New Documentary Celebrates Workforce Response to Covid-19 https://youtu.be/lYHgV2u1T2Y DEARBORN, Michigan, Sept. 4, 2020 – Following completion of its 50,000th ventilator to help clinicians treat COVID-19 patients, Ford is pivoting to target production of 100 million…

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Alstom Begins Validation Tests on Azerbaijan Freight Locomotives

WIL BALDWIN August 9, 2020

Alstom has launched the validation test campaign for the Prima T8 AZ8A freight locomotives in Azerbaijan on the main freight transit line, which has recently been converted from 3kV DC to 25kV AC. In 2014,…