FILE PHOTO: The logo of Airbus is pictured at the entrance of the Airbus facility in Bouguenais, near Nantes, France, July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo
TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) – Major French unions on Monday signed a keenly awaited labor deal with Europe’s Airbus <EADSY> covering job reductions and furloughs for production workers affected by coronavirus-blighted demand for passenger jets.
After three months of talks, unions representing a majority of the planemaker’s French workers signed an agreement paving the way for 4,200 job reductions in France, including 3,400 in Toulouse, Europe’s aerospace capital where Airbus is based.
Unions say the agreement will prevent compulsory redundancies, although Chief Executive Guillaume Faury recently warned staff that voluntary measures would not be enough.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 21, 2019 – The Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT™ helicopter achieved first flight today at Sikorsky’s West Palm Beach, Fla., site. This revolutionary aircraft, developed by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company [NYSE: LMT], and Boeing [NYSE: BA], will help inform the next generation of military helicopters as part of the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift program.
“The design and development of DEFIANT has revealed the capability
advancement that is truly possible for Future Vertical Lift,” said David
Koopersmith, vice president and general manager, Boeing Vertical Lift.
“Clearly, the performance, speed and agility of DEFIANT will be a game
changer on the battlefield and we look forward to demonstrating for the
U.S. Army the tremendous capabilities of this aircraft.”
With its two coaxial main rotors and a rear mounted pusher propulsor,
DEFIANT is unlike production rotorcraft available today. It represents a
leap forward in technology to achieve the U.S. government’s desire for
vast increases in speed and range while improving maneuverability and
survivability in a cost-effective way. DEFIANT aircraft’s use of X2™
Technology will allow the Army to penetrate from strategic standoff and
exploit gaps created in complex Anti-Access Area Denial systems against
near-peer adversaries.
“DEFIANT is designed to fly at nearly twice the speed and has twice
the range of conventional helicopters while retaining the very best, if
not better, low-speed and hover performance of conventional
helicopters,” said Dan Spoor, vice president, Sikorsky Future Vertical
Lift. “This design provides for exceptional performance in the objective
area, where potential enemy activity places a premium on
maneuverability, survivability and flexibility. We are thrilled with the
results of today’s flight and look forward to an exciting flight test
program.”
The helicopter is participating in the Army’s Joint Multi-Role-Medium
Technology Demonstrator program. Data from DEFIANT will help the Army
develop requirements for new utility helicopters expected to enter
service in the early 2030s. This flight marks a key milestone for the
Sikorsky-Boeing team and is the culmination of significant design,
simulation and test activity to further demonstrate the capability of
the X2 Technology.
X2 Technology is scalable to a variety of military missions such as
attack and assault, long-range transportation, infiltration and
resupply. DEFIANT is the third X2® aircraft in less than 10 years.
About Lockheed Martin Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 105,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.
One person died Tuesday after a Southwest Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Philadelphia after it experienced engine failure, officials said.
Seven others who were aboard Flight 1380, which was headed from LaGuardia Airport in New York City to Dallas’ Love Field, suffered minor injuries, but were not transported to the hospital.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) confirmed one person was killed in the incident.
WACU reported a female passenger was “partially sucked out” of one of the Boeing 737’s windows when the engine exploded and shrapnel from the engine pierced through a window, a father of one of the passengers said.
“One passenger, a woman, was partially…was drawn out towards the outside of the plane…was pulled back in by other passengers,” Todd Bauer, the father of one of the passengers said.
Click the link below for the full story, pictures, and video!
