Reports & Analysis: BAE in Talks to Sell Its 20% Stake in EADS Airbus

by Joe Katzman | Apr 11, 2006 | Airbus, BAE, Britain/U.K., Corporate Financials, Europe - Other, FOCUS Articles, France, Industry & Trends, Issues - International, Issues - Political, L3 Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions, Other Corporation, Satellites & Sensors, Specialty Aircraft, Thales, Transport & Utility, USA

Both BAE Systems and EADS have confirmed that BAE has initiated a discussion on the potential disposal of BAE Systems’ 20% stake in Airbus.” Negotiations were described as being in “the very early stages”; BAE’s 20% holding is valued at...

DaimlerChrysler’s and Lagardere Selling EADS Shares in Est. $3.02B Deal

by Joe Katzman | Apr 11, 2006 | Airbus, Corporate Financials

EADS’s two biggest corporate shareholders, DaimlerChrysler and Lagardere SCA, announced on April 4, 2006 that they’re each selling 7.5% stakes in EADS in simultaneous transactions. Bloomberg reports that the transaction is valued by sale managers JP Morgan...

US LITENING Pod Upgrades Completed

by Joe Katzman | Apr 11, 2006 | Design Innovations, Israel, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Sensors & Guidance, Support Functions - Other, USA

LITENING AT(click to view full) Northrop Grumman announced that it has completed the successful integration of new target detection, acquisition and tracking capabilities into all 189 previously fielded U.S. LITENING pods on the AV-8B, A-10, B-52, F-15E, F-16 and...

$28.1M IT Upgrades for Hawaii’s Pacific Missile Range

by Joe Katzman | Apr 11, 2006 | Bases & Infrastructure, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Raytheon, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation, USA

PMRF, Barking Sands, HI(click to view full) Raytheon Solipsys Corp. in Laurel, MD received a cost-plus-award-fee contract for engineering and technical support related to data distribution system and range mission tool software upgrades to the Pacific Missile Range...

$39M to Keep F-16 HUDs A-OK

by Joe Katzman | Apr 11, 2006 | Avionics, BAE, Contracts - Awards, Other Corporation, Support & Maintenance, USA

F-16 HUD(click to view full) The Headquarters Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill Air Force Base, UT issued a pair of firm-fixed-priced indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contracts for repair services to F-16 Wide Angle Conventional Heads-Up Displays (HUD), HUD...