AGC Aerospace & Defense (AGC) announces the merger of its financial unit SinglePoint Aircraft Finance and Aerolend.

Oklahoma City, OK (PRWEB) - AGC Aerospace & Defense (AGC) announces the merger of its financial unit SinglePoint Aircraft Finance and Aerolend.

SinglePoint Aircraft Finance (SinglePoint) and Aerolend specialize in providing private and commercial aircraft finance solutions.

Each company brings a niche approach and assets are complimentary of each other. SinglePoint has an established and enviable reputation for supplying capital to a broad range of private and commercial networks within the aviation community in the U.S., focusing on aging aircraft and traditionally difficult to finance transactions. Aerolend brings experience with the international markets having worked with buyers from over 25 different countries, ranging from private acquirers to commercial airlines and charter companies.

The merger is part of AGCs strategy to strengthen its position in the consumer aircraft business by providing greater economies of scale, flexibility and cost efficiency. Tim Wilson, President of SinglePoint, highlights. In addition, the company will benefit from market synergy, streamlined business monitoring, portfolio diversification and market expansion.

The merged entity will remain branded as SinglePoint, and will continue to be a strategically important subsidiary of AGC Aerospace & Defense.

Another added value is the wealth of experience in banking, and the intimate knowledge of aircraft and aircraft engines that will result from the union of key executive management from both companies added Dave Cooperman, former President of Aerolend.

Tim Wilson, an established commercial lender with over 15 years of commercial banking experience in the aviation community, will continue to lead the operations and management of assets as President of SinglePoint. Dave Coopermans vast expertise in sourcing, structuring, negotiating and closing leases and loans will be put to practice as he leads the business development activity.

About AGC Aerospace & Defense AGC Aerospace & Defense, the unifying brand of private equity group Acorn Growth Companies, is a global supplier of technologies, systems and services supporting commercial and military programs. Capabilities within the AGC Aerospace & Defense portfolio include: intelligence services, financing, engineering, integration services, manufacturing, logistics, and aircraft modifications. Companys portfolio is organized into four operating groups: Aero Composites, Finance, Integrated Defense, and Services.

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12 APRIL 2014 Prince William and Kate Middleton undertook separate engagements in the North Island region of Waikato on Saturday, the sixth day of their New Zealand tour.

Hamilton's mayor Julie Hardaker greeted William and Kate when they arrived at the airport before the Duke of Cambridge toured aircraft production company Pacific Aerospace and his wife attended a nearby children's hospice called Rainbow Place.

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The second in line to the throne was accompanied by as he was shown around the company'sheadquarters.

One young girl in the party informed the Prince that she had been stung by a bee while waiting for him to arrive. "Oh poor you," repsponded William. "Did you put any cream on it?"

Prince William gifted with fun caricature of him, Kate and George

William's visit to Pacific Aerospace falls almost six years to the day since he qualified to pursure a career in the RAF.

In January 2009, William was promoted to Flight Lieutenant and trained to become a helicopter pilot with the RAF's Search and Rescue Force.

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XCOR Aerospace announced today that the XCOR Lynx Mark I cockpit has been delivered. AdamWorks engineers, along with XCOR engineers, performed several successful pressure tests before it was packed and shipped to XCOR.

The cockpit is the principle major subassembly XCOR needs to begin assembly of the Lynx suborbital spaceplane.

"The successful pressure testing of the Lynx cockpit and its delivery is a major milestone for us," said XCOR Founder and CEO Jeff Greason. "This will enable us to accelerate toward integration, ground testing and first flight over the rest of this year."

Andrew Nelson, Chief Operating Officer of XCOR added, "Our clients and partners are very happy to see this significant sign of progress. I could not be more happy with our designers, engineers and team who have worked so hard on this major accomplishment. We are that much closer to suborbital operations."

XCOR Aerospace: XCOR Aerospace is based in Mojave, California. It is currently creating a Research and Development Center in Midland, Texas, and will be establishing an operational and manufacturing site at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. XCOR builds safe, reliable and reusable rocket-powered vehicles, propulsion systems, advanced non-flammable composites and rocket piston pumps. XCOR works with aerospace prime contractors and government customers on major propulsion systems, while also building Lynx. Lynx is a piloted, two-seat, fully reusable liquid rocket-powered vehicle that takes off and lands horizontally. The Lynx family of vehicles serves three primary missions depending on their specific type including: research and scientific missions, private spaceflight and micro satellite launch (only on the Lynx Mark III). Lynx production models (designated Lynx Mark II) are designed to be robust, multi-mission (research/scientific or private spaceflight) commercial vehicles capable of flying to 100+ km in altitude, up to four times per day. Lynx vehicles are available to customers in the free world on a wet lease basis to start their own manned space flight program. Learn more at http://www.xcor.com.

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Singapore, 9 April 2014 ST Aerospace today announced that it has recorded new ordersworth $460m in the first quarter (1Q) of 2014. These contracts cover a wide range of theaerospace sectors suite of capabilities, from airframe, component and enginemaintenance, to cabin reconfiguration and engine wash.

Included in the 1Q2014 contracts is a two-year agreement with a major airline for heavymaintenance of 20 Embraer E-190 aircraft at the aerospace sectors San Antonio facility.The aerospace sector has also signed a contract with Aircalin, New Caledoniasinternational airline for C-level checks on three Airbus A320 and A330 aircraft. This is theinaugural partnership between ST Aerospace and Aircalin the first A320 has since beenredelivered, with the last maintenance check scheduled for completion in third quarter thisyear.

In 1Q2014, ST Aerospace redelivered a total of 249 aircraft for airframe maintenance andmodification work. In addition to airframe deliveries, a total of 10,417 components,66 landing gears and 44 engines were processed, while 2,280 engine washes wereconducted for both commercial and military customers. This includes the redelivery ofone Boeing Business Jet and one Boeing 757 aircraft by AERIA Luxury Interiors,ST Aerospaces VIP completion brand name based in San Antonio, Texas, US. On aircraft capability development, its airframe facility in Guangzhou has startedoperations with the induction of the first two aircraft (an Airbus A320 and Boeing 767)respectively from a Chinese regional airline and an international air carrier. Both aircraftare currently in the hangar for C-level and heavy maintenance checks.

In Singapore, ST Aerospace officially opened its new aviation centre at SingaporesSeletar Aerospace Park (SAP), housing a comprehensive suite of air charter, groundtraining, flight training and support facilities. With an expanded Seletar footprint occupyingover 75,000 sqm, ST Aerospace becomes the second largest tenant and the onlyintegrated aviation service provider in SAP.

In San Antonio, AERIA has acquired a state-of-the-art 3D printer for prototyping and smallproduction of non-structural parts. In addition, AERIAs facility is currently undergoing a14,000-sq-ft expansion, which will see the addition of a new cabinet and upholstery shopas well as an additional building for the design, sales and marketing teams.

In Burlington, ST Aerospaces affiliate company Volant, which specialises in themanufacturing of cabin interior parts, has also added industrial capability and inventorycapacity for the Boeing 777 aircraft to its extensive portfolio of services.

On pilot training capability development, ST Aerospaces training academy was awardedan extension contract to train another 60 cadet pilots for Xiamen Airlines. In addition,Qatar Airways' pioneer batch of cadets has started its Multi-crew Pilot Licence trainingprogramme.

The above developments are not expected to have any material impact on theconsolidated net tangible assets per share and earnings per share of ST Engineering forthe current financial year.

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SYLMAR, Calif., April 9, 2014 PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) aerospace business has qualified a new chromate-free wash primer coatings system to SAE Internationals Aerospace Material Specification 3095 for airline exterior paint.

The PPG Aerospace system added to the AMS 3095 Qualified Products Listing has DESOTHANE(R) HS/CA 8800 buffable topcoat applied over new chromate-free DESOPRIME(R) CF/CA 7530 epoxy wash primer and new chromate-free, high-solids Desoprime CF/CA 7065 polyurethane primer.

PPG continues to develop new products with improved performance in eco-friendly formulations for AMS 3095 qualification that meet airline maintenance needs, according to Scott Cavin, PPG Aerospace global coatings marketing manager for airlines and aftermarket.

PPG developed new Desoprime CF/CA 7530 chromate-free wash primer and new chromate-free Desoprime CF/CA 7065 polyurethane primer that not only have reduced VOC (volatile organic compound) levels but also work together to inhibit corrosion on aluminum airframe structures, Cavin said. Having complete systems with AMS 3095 qualification facilitates their selection and use by airline maintenance operations.

A system using a Desothane topcoat, Desoprime CF/CA 7530 wash primer and Desoprime CF/CA 7065 primer has VOC levels more than 60 percent lower than a standard system, Cavin said. In addition, Desoprime CF/CA 7530 wash primer has good washability, and it is formulated for electrostatic application. Desoprime CF/CA 7065 primer has resistance to fingerprints.

Application trials of the new PPG Aerospace wash primer and polyurethane primer at a major aviation maintenance operation demonstrated application benefits, low odor, sandability and surface contamination resistance, Cavin said.

He said the PPG system qualified to AMS 3095 has undergone independent laboratory testing that confirms performance.

PPG Aerospace is the aerospace products and services business of PPG Industries. PPG Aerospace PRC-DeSoto is the leading global producer of aerospace sealants, coatings, and packaging and application systems. PPG Aerospace Transparencies is the worlds largest supplier of aircraft windshields, windows and canopies.

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Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has completed a series of environmental tests on WorldView-3, the next generation commercial remote-sensing satellite built for DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions.

The satellite and its integrated sensors and electronics successfully completed thermal vacuum, acoustic, vibration, and pyro-separation testing to confirm the design integrity of the spacecraft. Electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic compatibility will complete onApril 23.

"Successful completion of the major environmental testing is the latest example of Ball's reputation for providing DigitalGlobe with the most agile, advanced platforms for remote-sensing," saidCary Ludtke, vice president and general manager for Ball's Operational Space business unit.

New to WorldView-3 is a Ball Aerospace-built atmospheric instrument called CAVIS, which stands for Cloud, Aerosol, water Vapor, Ice, Snow. CAVIS will monitor the atmosphere and provide correction data to improve WorldView-3's imagery when it images earth objects through haze, soot, dust or other obscurants. CAVIS has also been integrated with the spacecraft.

"The addition of a new Ball-built sensing instrument to WorldView-3 will enable the satellite to significantly improve the quality of some of the world's most accurate images following the anticipated mid-August launch," said Ludtke.

WorldView-3 is the first multi-payload, super-spectral, high-resolution commercial satellite for earth observations and advanced geospatial solutions. Operating at an expected altitude of 617 km, WorldView-3 collects imagery with 31 cm panchromatic resolution, 1.24 m multispectral resolution, 3.7 m short-wave infrared (SWIR) resolution, and 30 m CAVIS resolution. This level of resolution performance would be fundamentally impossible without the 1.1 m aperture telescope built by Exelis and carried by WorldView-3, which allows for a breadth of applications unmatched by smaller, lower-performance satellites. Currently, U.S. government restrictions require commercial satellite imagery provided to non-U.S. government customers be limited to no less than 50 cm panchromatic, 2.0 m multispectral, or 7.5 meter SWIR.

The range of customer applications enabled by the DigitalGlobe constellation is greatly expanded by WorldView-3's ability to sense both the visible spectrum as well as deeper into the infrared spectrum. Its data-rich imagery will enable customers to search for new sources of minerals and fuels, manage forests and farms, and accelerate DigitalGlobe's creation of Geospatial Big Data a living inventory of the surface of the earth.

"With WorldView-3 heading closer to launch, we're excited to continue moving the industry forward with unmatched capabilities and the most advanced commercial satellite constellation in existence," said Dr.Walter Scott, executive vice president, chief technical officer and founder of DigitalGlobe. "Once WorldView-3 is operational, innovations like CAVIS and the SWIR bands will open up new frontiers of information and insight for customers who rely on DigitalGlobe as an indispensable source of information about our changing planet." By carrying forward the satellites' advanced Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMGs), WorldView-3 builds upon WorldView-2 and WorldView-1 technology. The CMGs reorient a satellite over a desired collection area in 4-5 seconds, compared to 30-45 seconds needed for traditional reaction wheels.

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WorldView-3 is expected to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in mid-August. WorldView-3 is the fifth satellite built by Ball Aerospace for DigitalGlobe and the fourth that will join the remote-sensing constellation.

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Rockwell Collins Inc. (COL) is in preliminary talks about a partnership with Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Aerospace as the U.S. aircraft-electronics supplier seeks to boost revenue from foreign markets.

Rockwell Collins is exploring as tie-up with the unit of Mubadala Development Co. on after-market support, including logistics and repairs on the equipment it sells in the region, Chief Executive Officer Kelly Ortberg said in an interview.

Wed bring some know-how and theyd bring the market capacity and facility and people, Ortberg said in Abu Dhabi yesterday. Wed find some shared arrangement to do that.

Rockwell Collins is expanding overseas as core markets such as U.S. defense become pretty soft, Ortberg said. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based company currently gets about 40 percent of revenue abroad and plans to increase the proportion to 50 percent over five years, aided by double-digit growth in China, the Middle East and Brazil, the CEO said.

Rockwell will seek to do more partnering in countries for support of products, repair, overhaul or logistics, he said, with the local payroll likely to expand accordingly.

An anticipated 9 percent increase in plane deliveries in the Middle East over five years will be a boon for the company given its status as a major supplier to Boeing Co. (BA) and Airbus Group NV (AIR), Ortberg said. Current double-digit annual growth for the business in the region is likely to continue, he added.

Opportunities include providing broadband connectivity for planes, moving information on and off aircraft using satellite communications, and investing in guidance technology.

The region is very important to Rockwell Collins, its a growth engine for us, Ortberg said. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which includes Abu Dhabi, are the leading markets, with Qatar showing good growth on the commercial side.

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Oklahoma City, Okla. (PRWEB) April 07, 2014

AGC Aerospace & Defense (AGC), a global supplier of technologies, systems and services for commercial and military programs will exhibit its AeroComposites and Service business groups at one of the most well regarded events in the industry, MRO Americas.

To be held April 8-10 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, AZ, MRO Americas is considered the premier event for the commercial air transport maintenance, repair and overhaul industry. Every year the event brings together airline maintenance professionals and leading aviation experts to discuss the latest issues surrounding the industry.

AGC AeroComposites will showcase its latest technology in composite materials, metallic structures and customized processes. The company is backed by a vast experience in producing high-quality aftermarket and production assemblies for a variety of military and commercial airframes, as well as general aviation aircraft platforms. With operations in Seattle (WA), Monterey (CA), and Hayden (ID) in the United States and Yeovil, Portland and Derby in the United Kingdom, AGC AeroCompositess reputation for responsiveness and meeting complex market demands is second to none. AGC AeroComposites is an AGC Aerospace & Defense company.

Aerospace Products SE (APSE), another AGC Aerospace & Defense company, will also exhibit and highlight its supply chain capabilities at the event. The company is well positioned in the industry for its ability to procure and expedite "hard-to-find" parts for both military and commercial platforms. In addition to providing on-site supply chain integration services, bin management, and kitting services, APSE offers an extensive array of value added solutions. APSEs capabilities include warehousing, distribution and replenishment of customer and government furnished parts, configuration management, procurement consolidation, and kitting of components and sub assemblies.

About AGC Aerospace & Defense AGC Aerospace & Defense is a global supplier of technologies, systems and services that support key commercial and military programs. Capabilities within the AGC Aerospace & Defense portfolio include: intelligence services, financing, engineering, integration services, manufacturing, logistics, and aircraft modifications.

For more information visit AGC Aerospace & Defense at stand 1522 Or visit: http://www.AGCAerospace.com

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Oklahoma City, Okla. (PRWEB) April 07, 2014

AGC Aerospace & Defense (AGC), a global supplier of technologies, systems and services for commercial and military programs will exhibit its [AeroComposites business group at one of the most well regarded events in the industry, the Navy Leagues Sea-Air-Space Exposition.

To be held April 7-9 at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD, the Sea-Air-Space Exposition is considered the largest maritime exposition in the U.S., bringing together the U.S. defense industrial base, private-sector companies and key military decision makers.

AGC AeroComposites will showcase its latest technology in composite materials and customized processes, which include radar, acoustic, and stealth solutions for submarines and surface ships. AGCs presence at Sea-Air-Space will reinforce its commitment to provide integrated market solutions and expedite product for current and future U.S. Navy systems.

AGC AeroComposites has vast experience producing a wide range of materials and applied treatments that improve the acoustic performance of vital detection equipment while significantly reducing detectability. With operations in Seattle (WA), Monterey (CA), and Hayden (ID) in the United States and Yeovil, Portland and Derby in the United Kingdom, the company has a reputation for responsiveness and meeting complex market demands.

AGC AeroComposites is an AGC Aerospace & Defense company.

About AGC Aerospace & Defense AGC Aerospace & Defense is a global supplier of technologies, systems and services that support key commercial and military programs. Capabilities within the AGC Aerospace & Defense portfolio include: intelligence services, financing, engineering, integration services, manufacturing, logistics, and aircraft modifications.

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