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Union: Pratt & Whitney seeks buyouts
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney is seeking an unspecified number of workers to accept voluntary retirement packages as the company cuts its work force to adapt to troubles in the airline industry. Company spokeswoman...Tags: Retirement, Defense, Boeing Co., Contracts, East Hartford
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Delays hurt Boeing's 2Q profit, which falls 19 pct
AP Business WriterDelays hurt Boeing Co.'s second-quarter profit, which fell 19 percent because of late delivery of military aircraft and rising costs from the postponed introduction of its 787 jetliner. But the Chicago-based company, the world's second-largest...Tags: Lost, Boeing Co., Productivity, Earnings
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Northrop Grumman among cos. awarded $10B contract
Northrop Grumman says it is among eight companies awarded a contract worth up to $10.12 billion to support weapons systems at U.S. military installations in the United States and abroad. Under the seven-year contract, Herndon, Va.-based Northrop Grumman...Tags: Defense, Northrop Grumman Corp., Military Equipment, Grumman, Contracts
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Boeing's tanker tantrum
The yawns that greet stories about the Pentagon's process of selecting new equipment have, in recent months, been replaced by gasps as the fight over a particular acquisition has played out in the pages of this newspaper and others. Specifically at...Tags: Defense, Northrop Grumman Corp., Los Angeles, Grumman, Boeing Co.
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Air Force Nominee Says Changes Needed In Contracting
The Associated PressThe nominee to lead the Air Force says a recent report citing numerous problems with a 35 billion dollar tanker contract is troubling. Acting Air Force Secretary Michael Donley told the Senate Armed Services Committee today he doesn't think the Air...Tags: Defense, Grumman, Boeing Co., Contracts, Armed Forces
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Air Force Nominee: Changes Needed In Contracting
AP Business WriterWASHINGTON (AP) - The nominee to lead the Air Force said Tuesday a recent report detailing numerous problems with a $35 billion tanker contract was "troubling," and he is planning reviews of the service's process of awarding contracts. In response to...Tags: Defense, Upper House, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, Los Angeles
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Air Force nominee: Changes needed in contracting
AP Business WriterThe nominee to lead the Air Force said Tuesday a recent report detailing numerous problems with a $35 billion tanker contract was "troubling," and is planning reviews of the service's process of awarding contracts. In response to questions submitted to...Tags: Defense, Northrop Grumman Corp., Boeing Co., John Warner, Contracts
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Russia faces an aging defense industry
At a once-secret airfield outside Moscow, test pilot Sergei Bogdan proudly introduces reporters to what was billed as the latest in Russian military aircraft technology, the Su-35 fighter jet. But the plane is only an upgrade of a 20-year-old model --...Tags: Corporate Crime, Defense Equipment, Defense, Weaponry, Plant Openings
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Canadian Plane Maker Launches New Jetliner
The Associated PressCanadian planemaker Bombardier has issued a challenge to bigger rivals Boeing and Airbus with the launch of a new jetliner. The C-series plane will carry 110-145 passengers and is designed to compete against the aging Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 jets - as...Tags: Embraer SA, Boeing Co.
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John Lautner's ground-breaking style
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFEW GRASPED how John Lautner used architecture to embrace the natural world. He opened a Sunset Boulevard diner to the sky and was dismayed to see it become a symbol of "Googie" Atomic Age design. His flying saucer-shaped Chemosphere residence, conceived...Tags: Bob Hope, Movies, Architecture, Miles Davis, Norman Rockwell
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