PZL Mielec begins Black Hawk assembly
KIELCE, Poland, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Sikorsky announced a milestone achievement following the beginning of the final assembly in Poland of an international variant of its Black Hawk helicopter.
Sikorsky and Workers Avoid Strike
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Connecticut, Events, Services, Sikorsky, States, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, UTC, production program
Sikorsky and its unionized workers were able to agree on a contract today avoiding another potentially costly strike. The Journal Inquirer reports that the Teamsters Union and Sikorsky agreed to a contract on Sunday. Three years ago a long strike severely impacted the ability of the company to build aircraft at the desired rate of production. Since then Sikorsky has signed a big UH-60 Black Hawk contract as well as begun the CH-53K program and hopes to possibly win the CSAR-X re-competition. With all the work underway the new contract is substantially better in terms of pay then the last one. The strike was about employee contributions to health insurance although the union ended up settling on the company’s proposal.
Canada and Sikorsky Have Issues with New Helicopters
Filed under: Business Line, Canada, Contract Additions, Contract Awards, Military Aviation, Restructuring, Sikorsky, production program
In 2004 the Canadian government ordered 40 new helicopters from Sikorsky to replace aging Sea King search and rescue aircraft. The original contract was for about $5 billion Canadian and set an initial delivery date of 2008. Now The Globe and Mail reports that due to requirement changes requested by the government $117 million had to be paid to Sikorsky. The contract has also slipped deliveries to 2012. There are also indications that due to further changes planned by the government more money will have to be paid. At the same time Canada has refused to collect a penalty clause in the contract to punish the company for delayed deliveries.
Boeing workers want strike, union postpones
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, GAO, Military Aviation, Proposal, Protest, U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics, production program
Update – The machinists started their strike last night. While some work could be done, no aircraft assembly is possible. This will delay the 787 further, and have a negative impact on their bid for the KC-45.
See a The New York Times story here.
The Boeing machinists voted to strike effective Wednesday night, but the leaders of the Union have given Boeing 48 more hours to come to an agreement. The strike will start tonight if no deal is reached. The leadership decision was controversial and not well received by the members who had voted overwhelmingly to strike. Any extended strike, as Sikorsky illustrated in 2006, will be very disruptive to the delivery schedules for all Boeing problems. It is especially key now as Boeing is expected to turn in their new proposal for the KC-45 soon.
See the St Louis Business Journal for some more information.
India goes with AW for new VIP aircraft
Filed under: Agusta Westland, Contract Awards, India, Military Aviation, Sikorsky, commercial aviation, production program
Like the US Navy, India awarded a contract to Augusta Westland for their new VIP transport helicopter. The contract is worth about $300 M. Sikorsky was one of the unsuccessful bidders with their S-92 aircraft. The EH-101 selected will offer a larger cabin, although it is a more expensive aircraft. US companies have been trying hard lately to break into the Indian market as that country has turned away from its traditional English and Russian suppliers. India has also made a great effort to begin developing a sophisticated, indigenous arm suppliers.
See The Hartford Courant article about this contract here.
US Air Force to award CSAR-X recompete soon
Filed under: Agusta Westland, Boeing, Contract Awards, GAO, Military Aviation, Northrop Grumman Corp., Proposal, Protest, Sikorsky, U.S. Air Force, UTC, commercial aviation, development program, production program
In a contract that has fallen to the back burner recently due to KC-45 events, the Air Force announced that they would complete the recompete for the CSAR-X by September. Contract award would be soon after. The CSAR-X contract to replace the HH-60 PaveHawk aircraft was originally awarded to Boeing with a variant of the CH-47. Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin protested and won with the GAO ruling that the Air Force did not apply the selection criteria properly. The whole contract was recompeted with Boeing, Sikorsky and Lockheed resubmitting bids.
For more see this article at www.pressconnects.com for the Binghamton area.
After debriefs protest to come
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, EADS, GAO, Northrop Grumman Corp., Protest, U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics, production program
According to press reports Boeing will protest the KC-45 award to Northrop-Grumman and EADS. They are supposedly going to the General Accounting Office (GAO), which is the middle level. The lowest is the agency making the decision, here probably Air Force Material Command, and the highest is straight to Federal Court. They can still go to court if they disagree with the GAO decision. If you go to court you will most likely just get some money, not the contract. The GAO if it upholds the protest will most likely direct recompetition. See the CSAR-X for an example of that, which funnily Boeing won but Sikorsky and Augusta Westland won on protests. Northrop Grumman on the other hand put out a press release on why they won.
Pall Teams with Carson Helicopters on Sikorsky S-61 Modernization Program
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