| Articles |
| Boeing Announces New Rotorcraft Program: AH-6 |
| The Boeing Company has launched a new rotorcraft program, the AH-6 light attack/reconnaissance helicopter. Designed on a combat-proven platform with a heritage of successful service with Special Operations, the AH-6 is designed to meet the current requirements of international military customers while maintaining flexibility for future growth. Read More |
| General Dynamics Gets $34 Million Contract For Army Ammunition |
| General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a $33.6 million contract by the U.S. Army Field Support Command, Rock Island, Ill. for production of small-caliber ammunition. Read More |
| General Dynamics Gets $66 Million From U.S. Army For Grenade Machine Guns |
| General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded two contracts valued at $66 million by U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC for the production of MK19 grenade machine guns. Deliveries are expected to begin in 2009 and extend through late 2012. Read More |
| General Dynamics NASSCO Starts Construction Of Tenth T-AKE Ship |
| General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics , has begun construction of the tenth ship of the U.S. Navy’s T-AKE program. The ship will be named later and is scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in the third quarter of 2010. Read More |
| Goodyear Gets Long-Term Contract with New York City Transit |
| The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced today that it has been awarded a seven-year contract to supply tires and business solutions to New York City Transit, the nation's largest transit bus fleet. Read More |
| Lockheed Martin Gets Contract For Four C-130J Super Hercules Aircraft |
| The State of Qatar has signed a $393.6 million contract with Lockheed Martin for the purchase of four C-130J Super Hercules airlifters plus training and spares with deliveries to begin in 2011. Qatar's new C-130Js will be the longer fuselage or "stretched" variant of the C-130J. Read More |
| AM Webcast Series |
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Benchmarking at IMTSAmerican Machinist conducted its third annual Benchmark Survey of American Machine Shops between February and April of this year. American Machinist, reviews the results of this third annual survey, and talks about what the data means and how shops can use the data to make plans for this year's IMTS. Watch Now!Tool Shop Optimization: Concurrent Engineering for Today's Machine Shop Applying concurrent engineering processes to design and manufacturing can help toolmakers increase productivity and shorten product delivery times—improving responsiveness to customers and your company's bottom-line results.Watch Now!Sponsored by: Cimatron Group
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| Announcements |
American Machinist Launches New Internet Forum The American Machinist Forum is a place to share thoughts, ideas and best practices for machine shops. The focus is on making machine shops competitive, efficient and flexible enough to compete in a global environment. You'll find discussion about manpower, use of automation and technology, creative uses of machine tools and a whole lot more. So sign up now and jump in. Click Here
| AM Machine Tool Theater |
New Machine Tool TheaterAmerican Machinist announces launch of Machine Tool Theater. Watch videos about machining and machining equipment. You'll see faster, more precise machines; cutting tools to process virtually any material; finishing technologies; automation systems; quality instruments and manufacturing software. You'll see how to reduce cycle times and increase productivity. Watch Videos Now
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