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Boeing to buy Insitu for undisclosed terms

KOMO - News - Local (Free subscription) | yesterday

Boeing Co. is buying aircraft design and development company Insitu Inc. for undisclosed terms to help boost its presence in the unmanned systems market.

Boeing to buy Insitu for undisclosed terms

SignalBlog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Boeing Co. said Tuesday it will acquire aircraft design and development company Insitu Inc. for undisclosed terms to help boost its presence in the unmanned systems market. The purchase is expected to close by the end of September, following regulatory approval. Boeing said the purchase does not affect its outlook and said Insitu will operate as a [...]

Boeing buys unmanned aircraft maker Insitu

John Cook's Venture Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

This may be the first and last M&A deal to occur in the tiny Columbia River town of Bingen, Wash., this year.

Airbus orders top Boeing's at Farnborough

KOMO - News - Local (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

European plane maker Airbus emerged as the clear winner at the Farnborough International Airshow on Thursday after racking up plane orders dwarfing the deals done by U.S. rival Boeing Co.

Aviation Capital Group Orders 15 Boeing NG 737-700s

Aviation India (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

Farnborough : U.S.-based leasing company Aviation Capital Group Wednesday ordered 15 Next Generation 737-700s from Boeing Co. (BA). The order, revealed at the Farnborough Air Show, is worth $934 million at list prices. Aviation Capital Group Chief Executive Stephen Hannahs said the leasing company is also considering purchasing an additional 10 or 15 Boeing 787s. The company has already ordered five...

Boeing keen to develop India's aerospace industry

Aviation India (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

New Delhi : Leading U.S. aircraft manufacturer, Boeing Co is looking to bid for defence projects worth up to $20 billion over the next 10 years in India, a top official said. The company is also submitting a detailed proposal to the Indian government on Aug. 4 to help build the country's aerospace industry and transfer defence technology to meet government conditions for defence contracts. "The opportunity...

Boeing's 787 Timetable Tight--But Still on Schedule

Hispanic Business Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

FARNBOROUGH, England -- European plane maker Airbus booked orders for 143 planes at the world's biggest air show on Tuesday, while The Boeing Co. reassured the industry that its previously delayed 787 jetliner remains on schedule....

New orders for Boeing and Airbus at Farnborough

SignalBlog (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

Asian airlines joined their counterparts in the Middle East and plane leasing companies in a buying spree at the Farnborough International Airshow on Wednesday, as cash-strapped carriers from Europe and the U.S. continued to keep their hands in their pockets. Firm plane orders at the show, the biggest on the aviation calendar, reached $55.2 billion on [...]

Boeing, Malaysia Airlines Announce Order for 35 Next-Generation 737s

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Kuala Lumpur-based Malaysia Airlines today announced the airline has ordered 35 Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes. The order is valued at more than $2.6 billion at current list prices. The airline also has acquired purchase rights for an additional 20 Next-Generation 737-800s. Today's announcement was made at the Farnborough...

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Google In Final Negotiations To Acquire Digg For “Around $200 Million”

TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago | Technology

Google’s on and off negotiations with Digg have been back on in a big way for the last six weeks, we’ve heard from multiple sources inside of Google, and the two companies are close to a deal that will bring Digg under the Google News property. The acquisition price is in the $200 million range, [...]

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Airlines and military aviation turn to biofuels; South Africa’s Sasol in lead as jet synfuel producer

Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Aviation Week published a summary of biofuels progress for commercial and military aviation with a focus on the coal-to-liquid fuel; using the Fisher-Tropsch process. Last year, Sasol, the South African state fuel company, received ASTM certification for a Fischer-Tropsch based synfuel, which has been blended by South African Airways with conventional Jet-A for many years. The [...]

Steve Rauschenberger, Former President of the National Conference of State Legislatures, Joins NSI's Legislative Practice

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

WASHINGTON, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Steve Rauschenberger, former president of the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) and a former member of the Illinois State Senate, joins NSI as Managing Director of the firm's Legislative Practice. In this role, Rauschenberger joins Vice Presidents, Dennis LaComb and Corey Miltimore as the leadership team. "This additional focus on our legislative...

U.S. Weapons Package for Taiwan Stalls as China Tensions Ease

China Digital Times (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

From Wall Street Journal: The White House appears increasingly unlikely to proceed with a planned $11 billion weapons sale to Taiwan, a decision that critics say could alter the strategic balance between the island and China and that could leave a thorny issue for the next U.S. president. The weapons package -- ...

Another New Jet Engine Enters the Fray

Autopia (Free subscription) | yesterday

With the reality of alt-fuel powered aircraft at least a decade away, it's no wonder there's been so much hype around engine design. So far Pratt & Whitney's Geared Turbofan (since renamed PurePower) has grabbed most of the headlines, but...