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...The company behind Cessna jets and Bell helicopters said its aviation unit benefited from improved volume and favourable pricing....
...Uber’s ambition is for the flying taxis it plans to operate, which will be made by companies such as Boeing and Bell Helicopter, to be only half as loud as a medium-sized truck passing a house at 50 feet...
...Last week, Textron, the company behind Cessna jets and Bell helicopters, cited strengthening demand for business jets for a better than expected quarterly profit....
...In the US, the L3-Harris merger will leave Textron, which makes Bell helicopters and Cessna jets, as one of the few remaining independent mid-sized defence contractors, according to analysts at Jefferies...
...In third and fourth were Leonardo Helicopters and Bell Helicopter with 102 and 87, respectively....
...Chargepoint is one of several companies partnering with Uber to bring its vision of short-range urban aerial transport to life, alongside vehicle developers Aurora, Embraer, Pipistrel and Bell Helicopter...
...Other partners include Mooney, a Texas-based light aircraft maker, and Bell Helicopter, which manufactures military aircraft including the Osprey VTOL....
...Announcing partnerships with the vehicle developers Aurora, Embraer, Pipistrel and Bell Helicopter, as well as the battery provider Chargepoint, Uber said it planned to start testing an aerial taxi service...
...AgustaWestland’s AW189, Airbus’s EC175 and the 525 from Textron’s Bell Helicopter all fit into the so-called “super-medium” gap between Sikorsky’s two models....
...“Aggregate second quarter 2016 S&P 500 earnings are estimated at $28.14, representing a decline of 5.5 per cent year-over-year, for the fourth quarterly decline in a row,” said Lindsey Bell, senior analyst...
...Bell-Fuji offered a cheaper, modestly modified version of the Bell 412EPI — a derivative of a helicopter that has been in use since before the Vietnam war....
...Bell, part of Textron, is also fighting back in the very light sector....
...Aerospace and defence conglomerate Textron flew higher on Wednesday on an upgrade from Citi as Wall Street rebounded from a weak start to September....
...Sikorsky’s main rivals in supplying the US military are Boeing, manufacturer of Chinook heavy lift helicopters, and Textron, whose Bell Helicopter unit supplies the UH-1Y — the latest version of the “Huey...
...The parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, among other brands, said it would spin off its China unit....
...Now Texas-based Bell, owned by Textron which has fixed-wing manufacturers Cessna and Beechcraft under its Textron Aviation banner, has some work to do in the commercial field, especially in Europe, to fight...
...In my last column, I described the larger successor to the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey that is being developed by Bell Helicopter along with Lockheed Martin and a clutch of other specialist companies....
...Textron, which also builds Bell helicopters, may announce the deal to buy Beechcraft as early as Friday, according to people familiar with the matter....
...Fuel efficiencies are helping builders of smaller helicopters – including the US’s Bell Helicopter, part of Textron, and Finmeccanica’s AgustaWestland – to nibble at the edges of Sikorsky’s and Eurocopter...
...Meanwhile, Bell Helicopter, part of Textron of the US, is not far behind in developing its own variant....
...Cessna accounted for a quarter of Textron’s revenues last year, but only about 7 per cent of its segment profits (the company also makes helicopters and drones, among other things)....
...Textron surged 14.5 per cent to $24.76 for the best performance in the index after forecasting higher 2012 profit than analysts expected, amid growing demand for its Cessna aircraft and Bell helicopters...
...Because of long lead times, even aircrafts still on multiyear contracts from the US, such as Bell Boeing’s V-22 tilt rotor, a helicopter propeller aircraft hybrid, need to quickly secure international customers...
...Textron, the maker of Cessna aircraft and Bell helicopters, led the losses, falling 5 per cent to $22.74 while Cummins declined 1.6 per cent to $105.69....
...Cessna, which makes everything from golf carts to helicopters, reported net income of $29m on revenues of $2.5bn....
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