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(LUV) Southwest Airlines Adds More 737s to Fleet
One of the leading domestic carrier, Southwest Airlines (LUV) ordered 208 Boeing (BA) 737 MAX jetliners worth $19 billion, representing the...
(XRT) Stock Market News for December 14, 2011 – Market News
Markets eroded initial gains on Tuesday after it emerged that the Federal Reserve had no new gifts to offer to the economy. The central bank also cautioned that the global financial scenario poses a serious threat for the domestic economy. Additionally, with the pre-holiday...
(BA) Boeing Announces It Has Finalized Agreement With Air Lease Corporation
The Boeing Company (BA) announced that it has finalized an agreement with Air Lease Corporation (AL) for supplying four 787-9 Dreamliners....
(BA) Commercial Aerospace – Upside Story
The tide for commercial aerospace appears to have turned, as the global economy continues to recover. Both airline traffic and new aircraft orders have significantly recovered from their recession lows. Therefore, the stocks dealing with aerospace and defense products should...
(PCE) U.S. Defense Industry to go on Low Fat Diet?
A nation burdened by $15 trillion of national debt and an unemployment rate of 9% has resorted to bariatric surgery of its budget. The administration is catching up to reduce flab in the budget, and the defense budget seems to stand out. In what is one of the final steps,...
(UAL) United Continental Holdings Earns FAA Certification
The largest U.S. airline United Continental Holdings Inc. (UAL), created by the merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines last year, received a single operating certificate from Federal Aviation Administration...
(RTN) Raytheon to Make Miniature Decoys
Raytheon Company (RTN) received authorization from the U.S. Air Force to begin Low Rate Initial Production (“LRIP”) of its Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer (“MALD-J”) variant. Concurrently, the...
(GE) General Electric Analyst Maintains Neutral on Shares – Analysis
We maintain a Neutral rating on General Electric Company (GE), since the shares appear to be fairly valued. While the 10.8 multiple to our earnings estimate for 2011 represents a 37% discount to the peer group,...
(NOC) Northrop Grumman Analyst Maintains Neutral Rating
We maintain our Neutral recommendation on Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC), which is the third largest defense contractor behind The Boeing Company (
28Nov2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(LMT) Lockheed Martin Upgrades Sensors for Navy
Defense major Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) received a contract from the U.S. Navy for continuing the development work of Infrared Search and Track (“IRST”) sensor system for the U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F.
In...
(AXP) Stock Market News for November 4, 2011 – Market News
Greecereversed its call for a referendum on the European debt deal that calmed nerves and helped the markets log their second consecutive days of gains. A drop in weekly jobless claims further added to the cheer coupled with the European Central Bank’s decision to reduce...
(AEP) Company News for October 27, 2011 – Corporate Summary
• American Electric Power Co., Inc.’s (NYSE:AEP) third quarter 2011 adjusted EPS of $1.17 came in ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.14
• General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE:
28Oct2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(LMT) Lockheed Martin to Maintain Persistent Threat Detection Systems for Army
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) announced that it received a contract from the U.S. Army worth $383 million to maintain, operate and sustain the Persistent Threat Detection Systems (“PTDS”).
PDTS...
(BA) U.S. Durable Goods Orders Flat in August
New Orders for Durable Goods dipped a slight 0.1% in August. That was slightly below the consensus expectations of an increase of 0.1%. The July numbers were revised slightly upwards. It was first reported as an increase of 4.0%, but now they say new orders rose 4.1%.
Given...
(BA) Boeing Hopes to Ride Asia Pacific Boom
The Boeing Company (BA) forecasts the Asia Pacific region will require hundreds of thousands of new commercial airline pilots and technicians over the next 20 years to support airline fleet modernization and...
(GD) General Dynamics to Acquire Metro Machine
General Dynamics Corporation (GD) has entered into an agreement to acquire Metro Machine Corp., a leading East Coast surface-ship repair company that supports the U.S. Navy fleet in Norfolk, Virginia. The acquisition...
(RTN) Raytheon Installs Advanced Extremely High Frequency Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal
Raytheon Company (RTN) has installed the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (“AEHF”) Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal (“SMART-T”) satellite communications solution at the U.S....
(BA) Boeing Earns Wideband Global SATCOM Contract From Air Force
The Boeing Company (BA) received a $1.09 billion contract modification from the U.S. Air Force. The contract modification is for the existing Block II follow-on contract for full production, launch and on-orbit...
(LMT) Lockheed Martin to Upgrade U.S. Army Tanks
Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) said it has received a $28.6 million contract to upgrade tank systems for the U.S. Army Program Executive Office of Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI).
The...
(LUV) Southwest Airlines Capacity Growth On Hold
The largest U.S. low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines (LUV) plans to keep next year’s capacity relatively flat with the 2011 level. The company might not increase flights even in 2013.
The decision...
(LMT) Lockheed Martin Earns IT Support Contract From U.S. Air Force
Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) received a contract from the U.S. Air Force worth $791 million to provide Information Technology (“IT”) related services on the Global Combat Support System program (“GCSS”)...
(GD) General Dynamics Gets Army Contract
General Dynamics C4 Systems Inc., a business unit of General Dynamics Corporation (GD) was awarded a contract for the Common Hardware Systems-4 (CHS-4) program by the U.S. Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen...
(RTN) Raytheon Wins Korean Contract
Defense contractor Raytheon Company (RTN) won a $65.5 million contract to deliver five Phalanx Block 1B Close-In Weapon Systems to the Korean Navy. The direct commercial sale calls for the systems to be installed...
(BA) Company News for September 20, 2011 – Corporate Summary
• Shares of Boeing Inc. (NYSE:BA) declined by more than 1.8% after the airline maker said it was unable to deliver its first 747-8 freighter because of issues with its Luxemborg-based customer Cargolux
• ...
(BA) Boeing Awarded $1.09 Billion Air Force Contract
The Boeing Company (BA) received a $1.09 billion contract modification from the U.S. Air Force. The contract modification is for the existing Block II follow-on contract for full production, launch and on-orbit...
(AIR) AAR Corporation Wins Cargo Systems Contract
AAR Corp. (AIR) has recently been selected by EADS EFW to manufacture main deck cargo loading systems for its Airbus A300-600 & A310-300 freighter conversion program. The financial terms of the deal have...
(DAL) Delta Air Lines to Fly Less in 2012
The second largest U.S. airline Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) plans to trim its capacity by 2–3% next year followed by this year’s capacity reductions. The cuts will be in markets where fare hikes are unable...
(ERJ) Embraer S.A. Analyst Downgrades Shares to Neutral
We recently downgraded our recommendation on Embraer S.A (ERJ) to Neutral from Outperform.
The lowered rating is backed by the rising operating cost and significant international competition in the...
(GD) General Dynamics Gets Army Contract
General Dynamics C4 Systems Inc., a business unit of General Dynamics Corporation (GD) won the Command Hardware Systems-4 contract. The fixed-price U.S. Army contract is worth $3.7 billion spread over a period...
(BA) Boeing Announces 747-8 Set for First Delivery
The Boeing Company (BA) announced that it will deliver its first 747-8 Freighter to Cargolux Airlines International S.A. on September 19, 2011 at Paine Field in Everett, Washington. Cargolux will also take...