Northstar Aerospace workers have occupied their plant in Milton, Ontario, Canada, demanding that the company fulfill its pension obligations, after it announced the facility would be shuttered due to the loss of a major Boeing contract.

According to Unifor, the union representing the workers, current retirees, some of whom had worked for Northstar for more than 40 years, could face a 24% cut to their income because of Northstars insufficient funding of the companys pension plan, said Unifor.

This action sends a clear message to Northstar that the company cannot short-change workers and the pension of retirees that have made it profitable for so many years, said Jerry Dias, president of Unifor National in a statement. There is no financial reason for refusing to fund the plan. The only excuse is corporate greed.

The occupation began at 4 am on Aug. 10, and the workers said they have stopped production at the facility until Northstar holds up its end of a commitment to fully fund their pensions. After months the company has refused to discuss the matter, said Scott McIlmoyle, president of Unifor Local 112. Time is running out Northstar needs to do the right thing.

Although Unifor acknowledged that the loss of the Boeing contract makes it difficult to avoid closure, the union said the company is still very healthy and there is no financial excuse not to supplement the pension plan in order to protect future and current retirees.

The union said that the closure was unexpected by the facilitys 200 employees because Northstar workers had been assured that the Milton operation was on solid footing .

Our members helped build Northstar Aerospace into what it is today, said Scott McIlmoyle, president of Unifor Local 112. This is not right; the company has a moral obligation and the financial ability to make up the pension short fall. Northstar is a financially stable and profitable company.

Last week, more than 40 workers and Unifor members from the Greater Toronto Area picketed outside the Northstar facility in Milton, Ontario to pass out leaflets and speak with employees and management arriving for the morning shift. Unifor National President and Local 112 member Jerry Dias addressed the crowd.

We have blood and sweat in this place, and there is no way that theyre taking the machinery out of here and cutting our members pensions, Dias told the crowd. When we say my sisters and my brothers, we mean it and we will fight for you.

Northstar first announced the Milton plants closure in January, which it blamed on the loss of its contract with Boeing for gears.

This facility closure is the result of market factors, not the facilitys performance, said Thomas Smith, Northstars vice president and general manager, in a bulletin to the workers. The closing of the Milton facility is the result of the loss of content on the Boeing AH-64E Apache program. There is not sufficient additional new work to make up for the drastic loss of content on the Apache program for the operation to remain open.

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Automobile executives fromacross Kentuckyand beyondhave been briefedthis weekon many facets affecting their industryduring the annual Autovision conference in Lexington.

Among the topics has been materials used in building todaysvehicles.

Larry Brown is director of Detroit-based Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow or LIFT, a public-private non-profit partnership.

Brown says, in vehicle construction, its all about finding the right material for the right place.

We can selectively put the right materials where we see the highest loads, whether its crash or what have you in the right place, said Brown. So, at the end of the day we do result in lightweight solutions and we do not compromise the safety of the vehicle.

In his presentation, Brown spoke of aluminum, magnesium, and titanium as well as steel and hybrid materials.

Presentations did not focus exclusively on four-wheeled vehiclesonthe ground. Brown touched on aerospace applications in addressing auto executives.

He says moving to lighter construction materials for aircraft can affect both commercial and military operations.

Brown says the aerospace industry may be a little more aggressive than the automotive business in going after newer materials and paying a little more. Kentuckyrankssecond place nationallyinaerospace exports.

The LIFT executive says a program initiated this past spring aims to help military personnel move from the armed services to manufacturing jobs.

We launched that with the idea to reach out to military that we know are going to be separating in the next six months and start a training program that they could start to get into now, noted Brown. So, that once they leave the gates of Fort Campbell, theres a job, theres an opportunity lined up for them.

Brown concluded his remarks noting that the perception of manufacturing jobs being dirty and dangerous remains alive and well today. But the LIFT executive says manufacturing is moving every day into a more high tech profession.

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Indiana is perhaps best known for its Hoosier hospitality and endless fields of corn. Few know the state is also home to a thriving aerospace industry. Thats right rockets.

In 2016, Indiana was ranked sixth in the nation as one of the most attractive states for aerospace manufacturing, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers. Just one year before, it was ranked 18th.

It is an under-recognized, maybe underappreciated, sector of Indianas economy, said Ryan Metzing, executive director of the Indiana Aerospace & Defense Council.

Aerospace, as defined by Metzing, is a broad industry comprised of companies that design, manufacture or service various types of aircraft. Aerospace technologies range from military to commercial use, developing drones, aircraft and satellites.

Statewide, were seeing growth, he said. I think the commercial aerospace aviation sector is doing really well. That sector is projecting huge growth over the next 10 years or so.

With aircraft orders lined up for the next decade, Metzing believes Indianas aerospace industry is poised for success.

I think a lot of it has to do with some of the investment that had been going on here, he added. All of the deals over the past three or four years brought in more than $1 billion of investment in Indiana.

Rolls-Royce and Alcoa, two of the states largest aerospace companies, made significant investments in 2015. Rolls-Royce dedicated $600 million for redevelopment at its Indianapolis location, while Alcoa doubled its capacity after starting construction on a new jet engine parts facility in La Porte.

Collectively, the companies employ almost 9,000 Hoosiers. Many of those, Metzing noted, are experienced manufacturers.

Indiana has the strongest manufacturing workforce per capita in the nation more than 17 percent, he said. When you take how strong we are in manufacturing in general, and then marry that with some of these major aerospace investments that helped to boost our ranking.

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Anderson inventor Pete Bitar isnt surprised Indiana is ranked so high on the list. Bitar created AirBuoyant, an aerospace company that specializes in personal flight. In his 11 years of experience, hes watched Indianas aerospace industry transform.

Were starting to see things like Amazon delivering packages with drones, electric vehicles that you fly in an urban environment, Bitar said. Youre seeing these new frontiers develop based on the new technologies and capabilities from the market today that werent there five to seven years ago.

But Bitar isnt completely satisfied with Indianas recent success.

We dont have a lot of headquartered aerospace companies in Indiana, he pointed out. Thats the challenge looking forward. And Im hoping in some small way I can contribute to that.

Though his local business is small, Bitar hopes he can be an example to prove its possible to come up with innovative ideas and keep them close to home.

Were developing an electric jet pack for personal flight that you can wear and fly around in, with no fuel, he said. If we can develop what Im developing and manufacturing here in Madison County, that can then be applied to other companies and other ideas coming through in the aerospace field.

Metzing agreed having a diverse aerospace industry across the state will be beneficial in the long run, no matter the company's size.

It provides a nice opportunity to grow some of those smaller communities, Metzing said, if we can get the aerospace companies to continue their growth.

Contact Katie Stancombe at 765-648-4258 or katie.stancombe@indianamediagroup.com.

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Over the past two years, Americas near-peer competitors have reorganized and integrated their air, deterrent, missile defense, cyber and space forces to make them more effective.

But U.S. competitors arent just reorganizing; they are building and fielding capabilities that create new vulnerabilities for the U.S. in space. As Gen. Jay Raymond, head of Air Force Space Command said in recent testimony:In the not too distant future, near-peer competitors will have the ability to hold every U.S. space asset in every orbital regime at risk.

Dissatisfied with the speed of the Air Forces response to these challenges, House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee Chair Mike Rogers and Ranking Member Jim Cooper have proposed (and the full House has adopted) a semi-independent Space Force within the Air Force Department in the House version of the fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.

In a joint statement, Chairman Rogers and Rep. Cooper say:There is bipartisan acknowledgement that the strategic advantages we derive from our national security space systems are eroding We are convinced that the Department of Defense is unable to take the measures necessary to address these challenges effectively and decisively, or even recognize the nature and scale of its problems.

Congressional frustration with the Air Force is understandable. After years of Air Force underinvestment in the basics of access to space, the United States depends on Russian engines to get national security satellites into space. To make matters worse, U.S. satellites often run into technical challenges and cost overruns that delay them for years. And when they finally arrive in orbit, they are increasingly vulnerable.

Russian-made RD-180 engines propel an Atlas V rocket heavenward.

In addition, after years of failed investment in reusable launch systems designed to lower the cost of access to space, the Air Force left it to the private sector to solve the challenges of inventing a practical, reusable first stage.

But the best response to todays challenges may not be the creation of a separate and weaker Space Corps, one carved out of a diminished Air Force and authorized by statute to focus mainly on making space safe for satellites.

History suggests that integrated operations and unity of command are much better than stovepiping in successful military operations.

Instead of a separate Space Corps, Congress and the Trump Administration should consider an integrated United States Aerospace Force with new capabilities derived from American industry allowing it to affordably and routinely cross the boundary between air and space.

Industrys recent success with the launch, landing and reuse of Mach 3 to Mach 10 rocket vehicles indicates it can provide this capability, given the right focus from national leadership.

With reusable launch vehicles and higher flight rates driving the cost of access to space down, an Aerospace Force would have far less incentive to raid space accounts to buy air platforms, addressing Chairman Rogers concern that the Air Forces current organization force[s] space to compete with F-35s.

This would not be the first time the US military has needed help from the private sector. In the early 1930s, Boeing leapfrogged the capabilities of contemporary Army Air Corps aircraft when it introduced new aerodynamic and technical features into commercial airliners for the first time in the Boeing 247 with its all-metal flush-rivet semi-monocoque construction, fully cantilevered wing, and retractable landing gear.

These technologies were developed for commercial reasons not in answer to military requirements but after the Air Corps poor performance in the Air Mail crisis and the Baker Boards recommendations to the Corps in 1934, the War Department leveraged these commercial advances directly into warfighting capability through the acquisition of aircraft such as the Boeing 299 (B-17 bomber), the DC-2 (B-18 bomber) and the DC-3 (C-47 military transport).

These aircraft, whose basic technologies were developed by industry for the purpose of transporting civilians safely and profitably, became the backbone of military and civilian aviation through World War II and beyond.

This can be done again today, by

A revitalized United States Aerospace Force could:

This would require bold vision and leadership from the Air Force, comparable to the leadership shown by its leaders at the services birth. The Air Force has shown that it can rise to any challenge from the Berlin Airlift forward to the Persian Gulf especially with the right encouragement and leadership from the Congress and the White House.

Bill Bruner, a former NASA assistant administrator and fellow in the Speakers Office under Newt Gingrich, is CEO of New Frontier Aerospace, a space technology development and consulting company.He is a retired Air Force colonel.

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Police on Thursday questioned Welfare Minister Haim Katz (Likud) for a third time as a criminal suspect in an investigation into alleged corruption at Israel Aerospace Industries.

Katz served as head of the IAI workers union for over two decades before becoming a minister two years ago.

The interrogation at the headquarters of the Lahav 433 anti-corruption unit in the central city of Lod was the third time Katz was questioned under caution by police in connection to the affair.

Suspicions of corruption, fraud and breach of trust at IAI became public in March when police raided the defense contractor, arresting 14 people among them Katzs son Yair.

The younger Katz, 36, who serves in the senior management of IAI and has been a member of its powerful workers union for four years, was arrested at the time on suspicion of coercing employees into joining his fathers Likud party.

He was held along with fellow union member David Peretz and their homes were raided and searched.

Yair Katz (L), son of Welfare Minister Haim Katz (Likud), at a remand hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrates Court, March 22, 2017. (Flash90)

The labor union at IAI, which employs some 16,000 people and is Israels largest state-owned company, is seen as closely tied to the senior Katz.

Responding to the attorney generals decision in March to allow police to question Katz, the minister said that he and others and the IAI were the targets of an unjustified smear campaign.

I will cooperate fully with the investigation and I am sure that everything will return calmly to the way it was before, he said in a statement.

In a separate case, the Israel Securities Authority is investigating suspicions that Haim Katz after being appointed a minister bought shares in a real estate company shortly before the company announced it was merging with the Airport City business park in summer 2015. Together with another suspected insider dealer, he is thought to have illegally reaped a NIS 290,000 ($75,000) profit.

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The union representing the employees of Northstar Aerospace has taken over the facility in Milton.

According to Unifor, Northstar Aerospace is relocating the equipment from its Milton facility to Chicago and Windsor and closing the Milton plant. They allege the company is refusing to meet a 25 per cent pension shortfall for current and future retirees.

The union says that based on the type of pension plan in place, Northstar is not legislatively required to compensate for the shortfall. But Unifor National President Jerry Dias says given the companys considerable resources, they should.

This plant is owned by Wynnchurch Capital, a major private equity company (they) certainly have the financial resources to treat our members with respect.

Dias says Unifor and Local 112 have attempted negotiations with Northstar since January to ensure that current pension provisions and benefits are protected. The company has allegedly refused to discuss the matter.

The union took over the facility at around 4 a.m. on Thursday morning. More than 250 people have set up picket lines outside the plant and more are expected to join the protest.

Dias says that for employees who have been retired for several years, a sudden steep reduction in pension is completely unacceptable.

The fact that they are nonchalant about our current retirees taking a 25 per cent reduction is outrageous, said Dias. These are some of the wealthiest private equity companies in the world for them the pension shortfall is nickels and dimes, but its not nickels and dimes to the people that depend on it for basic survival.

CityNews has reached out to Northstar Aerospace for a statement but has not yet heard back.

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Newly released documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation reveal that a disgruntled satellite expert allegedly stole highly sensitive tracking information for planes, helicopters, and boats used by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that he attempted to sell to Mexican drug cartels, The Daily Mail reported on Monday.

Senior project management specialist Robert Miller, 45, was fired from Honeywell Aerospace in February this year and supposedly wanted to screw over the company because he was pissed that he didnt get a raise. The company deactivated Millers access to their systems at the time of his termination but were unaware that he created a secret login into its system in case such an event took place. Millers plan was to sell secret access codes for the companys high-tech location-tracking system the Satellite Tracking System (STS) on the black market for $2 million, court documents show.

Millers alleged plan took an unexpected turn when the FBI launched an investigation after a man calling himself John Patriot tipped off the company in late July that he discovered Miller was planning to sell the STS logins on the black market.

Posing as members of a well-funded Mexican drug cartel, FBI agents met with Miller at a resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he demonstrated his ability to login into the companys STS system and showed agents how to locate vehicles and aircraft used by the DEA. The undercover agents arrested Miller after the meeting without incident.

FBI Special Agent Steven Garbett said in court documents that Miller then claimed in an interview with investigators that his intentions were innocent.

Miller claimed that his intention in meeting with the individuals whom he thought represented the Mexican cartel was to gather and share information with law enforcement, Garbett wrote. Miller stated that he had researched how to become a DEA informant and was planned to talk to a DEA agent friend of Millers brother.

Miller now faces two counts of computer fraud.

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Defense and aerospace giants Lockheed Martin (LMT), Northrop Grumman (NOC) and Raytheon (RTN) have already shot past their buy points, but fastener distributor and logistics services leader KLX (KLXI)is trying to launch its own breakout move.

XAutoplay: On | Off Driven by Donald Trump's plan to boost defense spending and the rising tensions with North Korea, China and Russia, the Aerospace/Defense industry group has moved up the rankings to No. 35 out of 197, up from No. 87 six weeks ago.

KLX and Northrop are tied for the No. 9 spot among their industry peers with a 91 Composite Rating, ahead of Lockheed (No. 12) and Raytheon (No. 13).

After several quarters of declining earnings and sales growth, KLX has bounced back with three consecutive quarters of triple-digit earnings growth, including a 158% rise in fiscal Q1, ended April 30. (Note that KLX's big 689% EPS gain in fiscal Q4 was based on a comparison to a year-over-year quarter that had no earnings.)

Sales growth rose from 7% to 17% in the most recent report.

Analysts expect Q2 earnings to rise 55% when the company reports Aug. 23.

KLX is a global leader in aerospace fasteners, consumables and supply-chain management services for commercial airliners, business jets and defense original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

Through KLX Energy Services, the company also provides technical services and rental equipment to the oil and gas exploration and production industry.

KLX was spun off from B/E Aerospace and had its IPO in 2014.

Institutional demand for the stock is reflected in a B Accumulation/Distribution Rating, 1.4 up/down volume rating and five quarters of rising fund ownership.

Heading into Tuesday's session, the stock had been trading within a tight price range for several weeks, which can be a sign a stock is like a tightly coiled spring getting ready to jump higher.

That seemed to be the case for KLX as it sprang higher Tuesday to temporarily clear a 53.23 entry in aflat base. But the stock gave buck much of its earlier gains to close about 1% higher, but below the buy point. Volume was more than double its daily average.

Keep in mind that the stock is set to report soon and that can swing the stock sharply higher or lower.

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Pacific Aerospace chief executive Damian Camp with a P-750, the type of plane spotted at a North Korean airshow in October 2016.

New Zealand Customs has charged a Hamilton-based aircraft manufacturer for the export of aircraft parts to North Korea.

Customs confirmed last week it was investigating Pacific Aerospace for potentially breaching United Nations sanctions after a plane was sighted at a North Korean airshow in September 2016.

On Tuesday, Customs confirmed charges have been laid against the company for three breachesof United Nations sanctions under New Zealand law, and one charge under the Customs and Excise Act 1996.

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A New Zealand-made Pacific Aerospace P-750 XSTOL was spotted at North Korea's first airshow in October 2016.

The charges relate to the export of aircraft parts, and an alleged "erroneousdeclaration" about parts inside an exported aircraft.

READ MORE: *Kiwi firm investigated after plane ends up in North Korea *How did a New Zealand-built plane end up at a North Korean air show? *Prime Minister Bill English in the dark over raid *Claims of blood on New Zealand's hands need answers

Pacific Aerospace chief executive Damian Camp declined to comment while the company reviewed the charges.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un continues to progress nuclear weapons development, drawing tougher sanctions from UN member states.

Previously, Campexpressed surprise when one of the company's P-750 XSTOL planes was spotted at the WonsanAir Festival in North Korea in September 2016.

A UN Security Council report from February includes a chain of emails that suggest the company knew one its planes was in North Korea, and planned to provide parts and engineering training.

The emails, from January 2016,show Pacific Aerospaceand its Chinese partner were planning to providea replacement flap motor, tools and training to fix a problem with the aircraft.

The direct or indirect supply of aircraft, related parts and aerospace training to North Korea is a violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718.

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Hamilton-based Pacific Aerospace is based at Hamilton airport.

The 2006 resolution wasagreed on by UN member statesin response to North Koreatestinga nuclear weapon.

United Nations sanctions against North Korea in 2006,meant acompany which breacheda UN-mandated ban couldbe fined up to $100,000.

A company can be fined up to $5000 for making an erroneousdeclaration under the Customs and Excise Act.

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The P-750 XSTOL, called the "Swiss army knife of an aircraft" by its maker, is able to take off on short runways, ascend quickly, and carry heavy loads.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) declined to comment, but in a previous statement said it expects NewZealand companies to abide by the letter and spirit of UN sanctions.

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Business groups in the South Bay have launched the South Bay Aerospace Industry Alliance to support the local aerospace sector and bolster efforts to prevent the closure of Los Angeles Air Force Base.

The South Bay Association of Chambers of Commerce, comprised of 18 business groups representing communities from Los Angeles International Airport to Long Beach, formed the alliance last week, in part as a response to repeated threats to close the air force base.

About 6,000 administrators and engineers at the Los Angeles Air Force Base in an El Segundo office campus oversee billions of dollars in defense contracts to local aerospace firms. The base has been put forward as a target for closure or consolidation to other bases several times over the past 25 years.

When there are efforts in Washington, D.C., that threaten the LAAFBs presence in El Segundo, the Alliance will most definitely do all it can with its broad group of community partners to help keep the base here, said Michael Jackson, a transportation project management consultant and former local aerospace executive who chairs the new alliance.

Jackson said the alliances 11-member executive committee will meet monthly at the offices of the Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce to consider a broad array of issues impacting the local aerospace industry, such as federal defense funding for fighter jets or potential relocation of aerospace company operations outside of the region.

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The U.S. and Brazil are teaming up to study scintillation in the ionosphere, a phenomena that affects radio signals, disrupting communications and GPS navigation. Aerospace is providing a sensor for this international CubeSat mission, dubbed SPORT, that will be deployed off the International Space Station. The ionosphere is a portion of Earth's atmosphere where radiation from the sun creates a lot of electrically charged particles called plasma. The density of the plasma varies depending on the season, time of day, and other factors.

Sometimes there are density depletions near the equator known as equatorial plasma bubbles, and rapid changes in the density at the edges of the bubbles are known as scintillation. Radio signals transmitting from satellites to the ground must pass through the ionosphere and may be affected by the scintillation.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, "Severe scintillation conditions can prevent a GPS receiver from locking on to the signal and can make it impossible to calculate a position. Less severe scintillation conditions can reduce the accuracy and the confidence of positioning results."

Since scintillation can adversely impact everything from GPS signals to communication to over-the-horizon radar, there has been a large amount of research trying to understand what causes scintillation, how to predict its occurrence, and how to mitigate its effects. However, the ability to predict scintillation remains elusive.

SPORT, which stands for Scintillation Prediction Observations Research Task, is an effort to study the formation and evolution of equatorial plasma bubbles which may, in turn, cause scintillation. "We want to know what are the background conditions pre-scintillation, and can we use that to determine when scintillation will occur?" said Dr. Rebecca Bishop, Aerospace's lead on this project. "That's kind of the holy grail of our whole field."

Brazil will build and operate the 6U CubeSat as well as maintain the ground observation network of radars, imagers, and scintillation monitors. On the U.S. side, NASA is coordinating the launch and the instruments that will go on the CubeSat, including Aerospace's sensor and five other instruments provided by NASA and university partners. Both Brazil and the U.S. will analyze the data and collaborate on individual studies.

"Brazil is very, very interested in scintillation," Bishop said. Due to a large part of Brazil being located near the magnetic equator, and a feature known as the South Atlantic Anomaly, Brazil experiences more scintillation than a lot of other countries.

Aerospace's contribution to SPORT is the Compact Total Electron Content Sensor (CTECS), which is a GPS radio occultation (RO) sensor. It receives the GPS signals and measures how they change as they pass through the ionosphere. From these measurements, the plasma density and a scintillation index can be extracted.

"Historically, GPS RO sensors are on the order of 5 kg and 20 watts, which is basically the same size and twice the power of a 3U CubeSat," Bishop said. "We were developing this as a low-cost, low-mass, low-power GPS RO sensor for a CubeSat."

Aerospace adapted a commercial receiver by adding special software and a custom antenna to create CTECS.

The 0.153 kg sensor will fit nicely on the SPORT CubeSat, and together with the other five instruments, contribute to the valuable data this mission will collect.

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August 08, 2017 14:12 ET | Source: Flight Research, Inc.

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MOJAVE, Calif., Aug. 08, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Flight Research, Inc. has entered the federal aerospace marketplace with multiple mission awards this year, officials of the Mojave based company announced today.

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The Flight Research, Inc. and the International Flight Test Institute operate a 924,000-square foot campus at the northeast corner of the Mojave Air and Space Port. With ideal accommodations for flight testing and ITAR certifications complete, Flight Research and the International Flight Test Institute have stepped into the prime and subprime federal marketplace for aerospace and weapons testing.

Over the last 35 years, the company has provided flight testing solutions for several aircraft design, certification and UAS projects. Flight Research is also designated by the FAA as the manufacturer of multiple aircraft assembled at the expansive facility.

Flight Research made a strategic decision last year to begin exploring opportunities in the rapidly growing federal aerospace marketplace, said Bill Korner CEO and Chairman of the Flight Research board. "We felt that leveraging our historical experience in aerospace testing and manufacturing at a federal level would be natural and would further our mission of advancing safety, technology, and capability of the aerospace industry.

Flight Research owns and operates more than 40 aircraft comprised of multiple fleets. Aircraft types range from supersonic trainers to single and twin turboprop aircraft as well as many helicopters which are all sought after resources in the aerospace sector. The company has designed a new website to showcase their fleet and vast range of capabilities.

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Flight Research has assembled a team of industry leaders and engineers as well as former military test pilots and astronauts. Established in 1981,Flight Research conducts flight test and certification for airframes, aircraft maintenance and modifications, avionics installations, weapons systems testing, test pilot training, advanced upset pilot training and commercial spaceflight training.

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Southeast Aerospacehas recently completed a multifaceted Bell 206 Garmin avionics package installation. This program included structural and electrical installations performed by SEA service technicians at the customers facility in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

The Garmin avionics package included the installation of a GTN-750H with helicopter terrain awareness and warning system (HTAWS), a GTN-650H, and an ADS-B compliant GTX-345R remote transponder. The GTX-345R was interfaced to the new GTN units for display and control.

A mid-continent HTAWS annunciator control panel was also installed in the pilots line of sight. The GTN was interfaced with the current CDI/HSI, while the non-wide area augmentation system (WAAS) global positioning system (GPS) antennas were replaced with GA35 WAAS GPS antennas.

A GTS-800 TAS system was installed using a single GA58 directional antenna. The GTS-800 system interfaced to the GTN series radios to provide an active traffic solution. To complement the innovative features of the GTN package, Garmins FlightStream 510 multimedia card was also supplied to assure Wi-Fi/Bluetooth connectivity and simplified cockpit management.

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OSHKOSH, Wis. When one thinks of air shows, images of sleek fighter planes, aerial acrobats spinning plumes of smoke and old warbirds majestically flying past spectators. However, with ever-increasing regularity, spacecraft and astronauts are becoming key participants in these shows. The recent EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2017 air show was no exception.

Guests at Oshkosh 2017 can be seen circling round Blue Origins New Shepard display. Image Credit: Jeff Bezos / Twitter

NASAs new super heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion programs were represented at Oshkosh, with prime contractors Orbital ATK, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Lockheed Martin and Boeing attending. However, without a doubt, the biggest draw at this years air show was Blue Origins New Shepard rocket and capsule.

Blue Origins Founder Jeff Bezos posted an aerial picture from Oshkosh 2017 showing attendees lining up to tour New Shepard on Twitter the line can be seen stretching and arcing around and around. However, hardware wasnt the only draw for the show.

With Apollo astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Frank Borman, Walt Cunningham, Fred Haise, Jim Lovell and Al Worden, and retired NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz Oshkosh 2017 had some serious star power from the brave men and women who kicked open the door of the Space Age more than 50 years ago. Some more recent members of this elite cadre were on hand for Oshkosh 2017.

The Space Launch System and Orion industry team was pleased by the excitement at EAA AirVenture for the SLS and Orion programs, Charlie Precourt, general manager and vice president, Orbital ATKs Propulsion Systems Division, and four-time space shuttle astronaut told SpaceFlight Insider. Its great to see our youth planning to be the first people on Mars, and they know the rocket theyre going to fly is NASAs Space Launch System.

Precourts involvement with this years Oshkosh was beneficial in terms of promoting NASAs long term space ambitions. With the space agency planning on sending crews to deep space destinations within the next decade, the four-time shuttle veteran was joined bySLS Strategic Communications Manager Marcia Lindstrom who moderated a discussion that detailed the new rockets capabilities. He was joined on the panel discussion byBoeings Tony Castilleja, Kim Couch, and Orbital ATKs Jeremy Redden. By all accounts, Oshkosh 2017 helped provide the public with more information about the new rocket and spacecraft.

The SLS/Orion exhibit was in NASAs building at Oshkosh (some 881 commercial exhibitors were at this years air show) and saw more foot traffic than in the last five years at the airshow.When one considers the volume of attendees at Oshkosh 2017, that is substantial.

More than 10,000 aircraft arrived for the air show (with some 2,991 showplanes), with an estimated 590,000 guests attending. With each passing year, Oshkosh continues to increase its aeronautical and space flight awareness efforts, something the shows producers have worked to emphasize.

What an incredible year it was at Oshkosh. From the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and Apollo reunion, to new aviation innovations on display and two B-29s flying formation as part of 75 years of bombers on parade, it was a week filled with OnIy at Oshkosh moments, said the EAAs Chairman Jack Pelton via a release. You could feel the energy as thousands of airplanes arrived early and stayed longer, pushing aircraft camping to capacity for most of the event. The aviators and enthusiasts who attended were engaged, eager, and passionate, demonstrating how Oshkosh is the best example of why general aviation is so vitally important to the country. I believe its the best AirVenture week that Ive ever seen.

Airshows often highlight the past, present and future of space exploration initiatives and the EAA Airventure 2017 Oshkosh festival - was no exception. Held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the event ran from July 24-30, 2017 and saw scores of personal aircraft, military jets, war birds, rockets, spacecraft and even Apollo-era astronauts attend. Photos courtesy: Patrick Franklin, Mark Usciak

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The local subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd is expanding its lease agreement inside the San Antonio International Airport. San Antonio Business Journal M7 Aerospace LLC is an aircraft maintenance depot, engineering and repair division inside Elbit Systems of America LLC's (Nasdaq: ESLT) sustainment and support solutions department. Elbit Systems' U.S. headquarters is in Fort Worth. Its parent company ...

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Brennan Industries has received Nadcapand AS9100accreditation for its fluid system manufacturing. These two certifications from the Performance Review Institute and the American Society for Quality make the companys fittings, components, and fluid systems more qualified for use in the aerospace industry.

These certifications are not easy things to achieve, says David M. Carr, president of Brennan. I am extremely proud of everyone on our team who put in the effort required. The evaluations and improvements weve made will ensure that Brennan continues to manufacture hydraulic fittings and adapters of the highest possible quality.

Compliance via Nadcap accreditation is a milestone in demonstrating manufacturing excellence, says Joe Pinto, executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Performance Review Institute. It is one of the ways in which the aerospace industry identifies those who excel at manufacturing quality product through superior special processes. By obtaining Nadcap in fluid systems manufacturing, Brennan has proven to the industry that they are committed to quality and aerospace safety.

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A Hawkesbury, Ont.,aerospacefirm has decided to shut down its U.S. design and manufacturing facility andrelocate about 20 jobs to eastern Ontario.

In a statement posted on its website, Dart Aerospace said it would be closing its plant in Eugene, Oregon, by the end of 2017.

The decision to shut downthe facility which designed tools, hooks and other helicopter parts means the workforce at their remodeled Hawkesbury plantwill grow from about 85 to 105 employees, said Alain Madore, the company's president and CEO.

Alain Madore is the president and CEO of Dart Aerospace. (CBC)

Madoresaid there were two main reasons to "centralize" the company's activity in Canada: to reduce costs and to take advantage of the exchange rate, which is currently favourable for exporters like Dart.

"Most of our business is international. With the strength of the U.S. dollar and the exchange rate with the Canadian dollar, there was a 20 to 25 per cent saving in this area," said Madore.

The majority of Dart's workforce isfrom either eastern Ontario or western Quebec, said Madore,callingthe decision to relocate "good news for the region."

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Aerospace Industry Now Supported By South Bay Alliance Patch.com REDONDO BEACH, CA The South Bay Association of Chambers of Commerce (SBACC) has approved a new organization to support the regional aerospace industry. The South Bay Aerospace Industry Alliance is a non-partisan community-based coalition ...

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A global perspective on innovation and technology will be the focus of this years Canadian Aerospace Summit, an annual gathering of industry leaders organized by the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC).

The focus is around innovation because of the work that the government has done in terms of the innovation and skills agenda and other policies similar to the defence policy, explained Jim Quick, president and chief executive officer of the AIAC.

We think this is the premier event for Canadian aerospace. Certainly, thats what the attendees tell us, he said. This is really a global-facing type of event where we are looking at where the future of our industry is going, and then what Canada needs to do to maintain its position as a global leading aerospace nation.

AIAC expects to welcome more than 1,000 attendees, including government officials, representatives of original equipment manufacturers like Airbus, Bell Helicopter and Lockheed Martin, as well as other industry leaders and international companies.

Last year, Canadas aerospace industry contributed nearly $28 billion to Canadas gross domestic product (GDP) and 208,000 jobs to the Canadian economy.

What we have been trying to do is bring in the leaders of large international companies to talk about where they see the future of our industry, to talk specifically about their relationships with the Canadian industry and then what we should be doing as a global leading aerospace nation to be more successful in the future, explained Quick.

He told Skiesthat AIAC has three main goals for the Summit.

The first is to bring global thought leaders to Canada to discuss what this country needs to be doing in order to be successful over the next 10 to 15 years.

The second goal is for the Summit to be the premier place to meet Canadian industry members.

The third goal is to use the event to build on existing relationships with Canadas federal government.

When you come to the Canadian Aerospace Summit you are going to see all of the companies across the country that are major players inside the Canadian aerospace industry, and their leaders will be there, he said. So, if you want to see where Canadian aerospace leadership is, then this is the place to come to see them.

AIAC has already confirmed an impressive line-up of speakers for this years Summit, including Dirk Hoke, the CEO of Airbus Defence and Space; Marc Parent, president and CEO of CAE; Charles Charlie Bouchard, CEO of Lockheed Martin Canada; David Curtis, president and CEO of Viking Air; Don Osborne, president of MDA Information Systems; and Cynthia Garneau, president of Bell Helicopter.

The executive panel of CEOs will discuss the trends, challenges and opportunities Canadian aerospace executives face as they try to move forward while managing uncertain times. Its very much looking at the question of how we are successful in the future and who to be successful with, said Quick.

Some of the other things we are going to be looking to do is talk about connections with other industries, especially on the innovation and technology front, and how they might be related to the aerospace industry, he added. So you can expect to hear more program announcements that will be very interesting and different from what weve done in the past.

AIAC has also reached out to Judy Foote, Canadas public services and procurement minister, and Navdeep Bains, minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, to attend the Summit and discuss defence procurement, as well as the federal governments innovation agenda.

Its going to be a pretty complete program, concluded Quick.

The 2017 Canadian Aerospace Summit will take place from Nov. 7 to 8 at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa.

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