Aerospace-Defense News

Physical therapy students at American International College are working with the Boeing Corporation to find out which type of floor mat provides the best balance.

U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., has lifted his "hold" on more than 70 presidential nominations, but continues to block three who have been selected for senior Pentagon posts.

Defense contractor Cubic Corp. recorded a 3.5 percent drop in quarterly profit Monday, missing the consensus Wall Street estimate as its stock price slipped.

Air Canada Jazz is buying 15 new Bombardier Q400 turboprops, fuelling speculation that some of the planes will be deployed as part of Jazz's return to Toronto's downtown island airport.

New Gold Inc., Acceleware Corp. and other companies once saddled with insolvent commercial paper in Canada are recouping as much as 60 percent of their investments a year after a C$32 billion debt swap.

Idaho lawmakers hope a proposed sales tax rebate up for debate in the House will prompt an aircraft maintenance company to expand.

Koito Industries Ltd., the Japanese supplier of seats used in Airbus SAS and Boeing Co.

The Boeing Co. is ready to put its 747-8 Freighter in the air at 10 a.m. If you can't make it to Paine Field in Everett this morning, you can watch the freighter's takeoff online: 747-8firstflight.com . And check HeraldNet for video, photos and updates.

Chinese firm would build rail cars in Montreal Commuters crowd the Montreal's Berri-UQAM subway station.

Lockheed Martin Corp. and Kaman Aerospace Corp. are launching their own unmanned military helicopter.

Airbus SAS and Boeing Co., the worlda s two biggest planemakers, expect a demand slump to continue for at least two more years as airlines pare growth following a record drop in air travel.

The launch of the US space shuttle Endeavour was delayed by 24 hours early Sunday due to bad weather over the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA officials said.

The mobile demonstration is a high-tech experience where public safety professionals can fully immerse themselves in rescue scenarios and realize the benefits that interoperable communications provide.

EVERETT, Wash. Boeing ) completed taxi tests on the first 747-8 Freighter today.

Some $20 million in stimulus funds from NASA could put a northern Nevada at the forefront of the United States' commercial spacecraft industry.

"The Montreal commuter rail system is undergoing an important transformation and we are very pleased to be able to contribute in collaboration with the AMT, to one of this continent's most important public transit agencies," said Raymond Bachant, president of Bombardier Transportation's North American operations.

Aerospace giant Boeing expects a global economic recovery this year to result in renewed demand for aircraft in 2012.

Bombardier Inc. said aircraft orders plunged last fiscal year as the global economic crisis weighed on the aviation industry.

Northrop Grumman has good reasons to drop out of the U.S. Air Force tanker contest, writes Lexington Institute's Loren B. Thompson in this piece .

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated today announced that Jason VanWees, vice president, corporate development and investor relations, will make a presentation at Cowen and Company's 31st Annual Aerospace/Defense Conference on Wednesday, February 10, at 11:55 a.m. at the InterContinental The Barclay New York in New York City.