Firms Vying to Build Presidential Helicopter
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Marine One helicopter is at center of one of the most contentious bidding competitions in years.
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Facing increasing budget pressures, the US Air Force is considering asking rivals Boeing Co. (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Lockheed Martin Corp.
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded an $8.9 million contract to three vendors last week to build a prototype for low-flying unmanned aerial vehicles that can work with Army ground combat vehicles to scout ahead of American forces.
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Boeing and Northrop Grumman may work together on a spacecraft that can take humans to the Moon, Mars and possibly beyond.
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Lockheed Martin beat out Sikorsky Aircraft for the contract to build the new presidential helicopter fleet, the Navy announced Friday. The program cost is &#36;6.1 billion for 23 helicopters. A look at the competitors:
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If Northrop Grumman Corp. gets the multibillion-dollar contract to secure America's borders, the sky above the Rio Grande would be thick with drones.
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A US firm is proposing to use guided missile technology to help make a precision landing on the Moon.
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The aerospace company looks for commercial aviation turnaround to fuel growth.
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ORLANDO, Florida -- Replanting boot prints on the Moon. Hurling expeditionary crews to distant and dusty Mars and other destinations. Executing a 21st century outreach campaign to faraway worlds demands a safe, sustainable, and affordable transport vehicle system.
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Bangalore: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) will line up its newly developed fighter aircraft, including the first Sukhoi 30 Mk1 that it assembled for the Indian Air Force (IAF), when the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, visits its Bangalore complex on
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In the 1990s, as their European rival Airbus Industrie gobbled up market share, senior executives at aircraft builder Boeing Co. -- aviation engineers, financial analysts, retired military brass -- spent hours at team meetings reviewing the Boeing advertising campaign.
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A Canadian team vying for the $10 million X Prize is scrounging for parts, while the heavy favorite, Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne, is ready for a launch next week. By Dan Brekke.
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A group of entrepreneurs backed by the likes of Bill Gates and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are building tiny jets that cost a small fraction of what corporate executives and celebrities pay for luxury Learjets and Gulfstreams.
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A US company has received more than $1bn in funding to build prototype unmanned fighter aircraft for the American military.
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The coming presidential election is sure to be about as close as they come, and technology is at the heart of much of the surrounding discussion.
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Seattle -- The assembly line at Boeing Co.&#39;s cavernous Everett plant near here is designed to keep moving continuously, if almost imperceptibly, as workers scramble over the silvery bodies of skeletal Boeing 777s, applying finishing touches.
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Defense giant Raytheon Co. , stepping up its makeover from parts supplier to prime contractor, is vying for a contract worth up to $6 billion to provide the Army and Air Force with a product not usually associated with an electronics company: a cargo plane.