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[moving up] 11/5/2013 13:41

Beechcraft Q1 Deliveries up 81 Percent

By Mark Phelps / Published: May 09, 2013

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Beechcraft King Air 350


Beechcraft King Air 350

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Last year's restructuring is paying dividends for Beechcraft, at least in terms of deliveries. The manufacturer handed over 59 airplanes to new owners in the first quarter, compared with 37 for the same time frame last year. The deliveries included 16 King Air 350i/ER turboprop twins; 13 King Air 250s; five King Air 90 GTx models; nine T-6A/B/C military trainers; seven G58 Baron piston twins and nine G36 Bonanzas.



The King Air series continues to live up to its name, topping worldwide sales in its class. According to Beech, King Airs accounted for 94 percent of global twin-turboprop sales last year. And in the first quarter of 2013, the King Air fleet achieved the milestone figure of 60 million hours flown.



Important to the continued success of the T-6-series military program, sometime in the second quarter Beech expects to learn the results of its protest lodged with the U.S. General Accounting Office after losing its bid - for the second time - for the Air Force's Light Air Support contract.



But CEO Bill Boisture is still pleased with this year's results, so far. He said, "Beechcraft Corporation's first quarter success is a great start for our new company. Our plan throughout last year's restructuring was to emerge as a stronger, more agile organization able to compete in any economy. We are pleased with how our customers are responding to our products and services."

[scotty tsquared] 11/5/2013 10:34

SteddiEddie .....the 'Eddie' Stalwart



..... collecting his 'goodies'......

[blodders] 09/5/2013 17:32

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share_shark 8 May'13 - 21:14 - 1215 of 1217

re subs posts.

He ALWAYS finds the goodies doesnt he?. Good reseacher and its looks positive news.



sharky, could you ask subs, who is the ceo at YMB GMbH? Out of interest would subs be able to research any link between YMB GMbH and YMB (SCHWEIZ) GMbH.

Here's hoping he finds the goodies.

[share_shark] 09/5/2013 10:52

The Netherland's Defence budget, which values US$10.1 billion in 2013


Future of the Netherland's Defence Industry - Market Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2018



The Netherland's Defence budget, which values US$10.1 billion in 2013, declined at a CAGR of -3.8% during the review period and is expected to drop further over the forecast period to reach US$9.9 billion by 2018 at a CAGR of -0.8%. Joint operations with internal security forces and military modernisation programs are expected to drive the country's military expenditure over the forecast period.


On average, allocations for the Army, Air Force, Common Services and Royal Commando Troopers are expected to remain the same over the forecast period.

[share_shark] 08/5/2013 21:24

interesting too.


The Future of the Malaysian Defence Industry - Market Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2018


Did you know that the Malaysian defence expenditure increased at a CAGR of 6.37% and is valued at US$4.96 billion?

Being located in a politically unstable region, Malaysia has been compensating on the lack of spending its Defence industry has made in recent years. With a focus on the modernization of its armed forces, participation in peacekeeping operations and counter terrorism activities, there are now a lot more opportunities for foreign equipment manufacturers to gain market share in the industry.

This report will provide you with a detailed analysis of both historic and forecast values, including growth stimulators, analysis of the leading companies and key news in order to equip you with the information required to make key business decisions

[share_shark] 08/5/2013 21:14

moving up. Sorry I had not seen your question re subs posts.

He ALWAYS finds the goodies doesnt he?. Good reseacher and its looks positive news.

[moving up] 08/5/2013 20:03

Good post Share Shark, and thanks for posting, reading between the lines Scotty has all to play for, do you not think Share Shark, Woodgate3....

[share_shark] 08/5/2013 19:36

Hi moving up and others.



Future of the Indian Defense Industry - Market Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2018

Synopsis

This report is the result of SDI's extensive market and company research covering the Indian defense industry, and provides detailed analysis of both historic and forecast defense industry values including key growth stimulators, analysis of the leading companies in the industry, and key news.

Summary

Why was the report written?
The Future of the Indian Defense Industry – Market Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2018 offers the reader an insight into the market opportunities and entry strategies adopted by foreign original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to gain a market share in the Indian defense industry.

What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
The Indian defense market offers numerous market opportunities to both domestic and foreign manufacturers. As one of the largest defense equipment markets in the world, the country is expected to spend US$119.3 billion on capital acquisition alone during the forecast period. In the next two years, the country is forecast to spend a significant amount of money on homeland security, intelligence, and cyber security, primarily due to an increasingly hazardous geopolitical environment, the threat of terrorism, and internal security concerns. Some more factors that are likely to influence the future growth course of the defense sector in India are further development of the defense procurement process, the formation and implementation of a defense industrialization strategy to coordinate the use of offsets, transfer of technology, FDI and revisions to the taxation regime, and incentives.

What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
Indian defense expenditure is primarily driven by the need to replace the country's aging military hardware and to protect India from its hostile neighbors. Strong economic growth has also fueled India's defense industry growth. Moreover, given that the Chinese market is closed to the world, India remains the primary place within Asia where major defense systems are sold.

What makes this report unique and essential to read?
The Future of the Indian Defense Industry – Market Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2018 provides detailed analysis of the current industry size and growth expectations from 2014 to 2018, including highlights of key growth stimulators. It also benchmarks the industry against key global markets and provides a detailed understanding of emerging opportunities in specific areas.

Scope

The report provides detailed analysis of the current industry size and growth expectations from 2014 to 2018, including highlights of key growth stimulators, and also benchmarks the industry against key global markets and provides a detailed understanding of emerging opportunities in specific areas.

The report includes trend analysis of imports and exports, together with their implications and impact on the Indian defense industry.

The report covers five forces analysis to identify various power centers in the industry and how these are expected to develop in the future.

The report allows readers to identify possible ways to enter the market, together with detailed descriptions of how existing companies have entered the market, including key contracts, alliances, and strategic initiatives.

The report helps the reader to understand the competitive landscape of the defense industry in India. It provides an overview of key defense companies, both domestic and foreign, together with insights such as key alliances, strategic initiatives, and a brief financial analysis.

Reasons To Buy

Introduced under the DPP 2005 and developed further in 2012, the offset policy encourages the indigenous Indian defense industry to play a major role in meeting the needs of the armed forces by restricting FDI to 26%. It is expected that small- and medium-sized enterprises will benefit from the offsets, leading to a larger presence of private companies in the defense industry. Additionally, the revised DOG's 50% indigenous requirement and timeframe to achieve that will have a negative impact on the domestic defense industry. It is a known fact that very few Indian companies can offer products with 50% or more indigenous content. The stipulated time frame to achieve the same is not encouraging either as Indian companies are now required to prove the indigenous content at the time of submission of technical bids, which implies they need to have 50% indigenous content even before the actual production begins. Far from being realistic, this move also discourages any Indian company that wants to compete at the global level.

Insufficient information and the lack of clear future plans have been key challenges for both the private sector and foreign companies, in planning the development of research and development technology or the formation of joint ventures. Although the MoD has agreed to provide a public version of the long-term plan, its effectiveness remains to be seen. One of the key objectives of DPP 2009 is to enable transparency and integrity in all defense industry acquisitions. To ensure this, the Defense Acquisition Council (DAC), India's supreme defense procurement agency, has recently approved a fifteen year Long Term Integrated Perspective Plan (LTIPP) 2012-2027. The plan defines the acquisition road map for the three forces for the next 15 years. Only the Indian Navy had a perspective plan while the IAF and the army had never had such a practice. Based on the new LTIPP, a technology perspective capability road map would be made and shared with DRDO, defense public sector undertakings and the industry to enable advanced planning.

Since the early 1970s, the Indian defense procurement process has included corruption, delays, and bureaucratic hurdles, due to the monopoly of the civilian bureaucracy and politicians over the purchase decisions of the armed forces. Although the armed forces are in charge of conducting trials on shortlisted equipment and forwarding their recommendations to the Ministry of Defense (MoD), any financial negotiations are conducted by civilian officials. This gives rise to the opportunity for corruption, by way of bribes and collecting money for election funds. Although India is one of the only countries to ban middle-men and brokers from operating, they are unofficially involved in almost every deal negotiated with international companies for the importation of defense equipment. Moreover, in many cases, equipment trials and negotiations drag on for decades. For instance, the IAF's acquisition of advanced jet trainers (AJTs) has been delayed by nearly a quarter of a century. Although the requirement for Hawk trainers was raised by the air force in the early 1980s, the deal could only be signed with BAE in March 2004, with the delivery of the first aircraft in 2009. In early 2013, the Italian firm AgustaWestland emerged at the center of a controversy over allegations of paying kickbacks in the INR 3600 crore (US$ 663 million) VVIP chopper deal. Italian authorities have already made arrests during an investigation into bribes allegedly paid in 2010 by AW's parent company Finmeccanica for the deal involving the supply of a dozen helicopters for the intended use of Indian VVIPS including the Prime Minister and the President.

In order to cater to the Indian defense industry, it is essential that companies develop advanced low-cost technology solutions. This is especially true in the middle tier, where the degree of sophistication is not as high as it could be. Due to low labor and infrastructure costs, the defense products developed in India are generally very competitively priced compared to imports. An example of this is HAL's advanced light helicopter, the Dhruv, which only costs US$5 million, one-third of the price of similar helicopters available from mature markets. In 2009, HAL secured a notable order for seven Dhruv helicopters from Ecuador, despite intense competition from international vendors such as Bell and Sikorsky. However, Ecuador has expressed dissatisfaction that these choppers are becoming a cause for concern due to poor after sales service, expensive spares, and even over-invoicing.

[scotty tsquared] 08/5/2013 19:36

Dear on Dear, that record truly was a million seller.
It was number 1 for over 10 years.

[moving up] 07/5/2013 20:22

Dear oh Dear, the record truly has got stuck, could not agree more minerve.

[minerve] 07/5/2013 20:14

Dear oh Dear, the record truly has got stuck.

[scotty tsquared] 07/5/2013 17:14

I gave everyone the heads up .......... and was put down.

LOL

[blodders] 03/5/2013 19:47

Woody. Was JB not a partner and manager at ICE Securites LTD when you were there? And was JB with Panki at the same time as EW ?
Did JB navigate Panki to EASDAQ, and the first stock placing of Scotty TeleTransport Corporation?


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woodgate3 30 Apr'13 - 17:41 - 1201 of 1206

'As and when I get news I will publish'.



Woody, 'that would be great' if you could give us all the heads up before you buy or sell any more shares !!


AS ALWAYS DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH

[moving up] 01/5/2013 20:35

Hi share shark what made you pick this RNS up in the first place, and what is the connection with Scotty do you think. regards moving. PS what do you make of subs last post.

[share_shark] 01/5/2013 08:03

Seen this ?.

What is meant by the end of this RNS of ADI.


Cairn and SCO group ?.

Typo ?.

[scotty tsquared] 30/4/2013 23:30

Not ..... another TRIAL !!!!

Look at their [Scotty] past ......... how many TRIALs have become solid orders.

Generally TRIALs ................ cover their costs ...... no profit in this business.

IMHO DYOR

[moving up] 30/4/2013 18:30

Thanks for replying woodgate3. moving up

[woodgate3] 30/4/2013 17:41

moving up, the news has nor really filtered through yet but the real problem is that a buyer has to pay €0.99 to buy only 210 shares as that is the only offer. When you contemplate the value(or not) of AIM consider that they (MM's) were bidding €.28 only 3 weeks ago. In any case it is certainly nice to see order flow albeit without the permission to name the customer. As and when I get news I will publish.
PS

[woodgate3] 30/4/2013 17:41

moving up, the news has nor really filtered through yet but the real problem is that a buyer has to pay €0.99 to buy only 210 shares as that is the only offer. When you contemplate the value(or not) of AIM consider that they (MM's) were bidding €.28 only 3 weeks ago. In any case it is certainly nice to see order flow albeit without the permission to name the customer. As and when I get news I will publish.
PS

[moving up] 30/4/2013 08:37

Hi woodgate any signs of buying over in vienna. thanks moving up

[moving up] 29/4/2013 21:04

great post Sub many thanks. any move on the share price. regards moving up

[sub-contractor] 29/4/2013 20:53

SCOTTY Group Austria to Provide Remote Sensor Station (RSS) During Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Managed Services Technology Trial

SCOTTY has secured a contract to provide full RSS capability during a managed services technology trial. The company will organize the aircraft, sensors, pilots, operators, and ground station for a limited period. The goal is to test how well RSS technology can be implemented for surveillance and imagery transmission in real missions.

For more information, please contact SCOTTY.

[sub-contractor] 29/4/2013 20:51

SCOTTY Secures Order for Maritime Tele-Maintenance Upgrade

SCOTTY Group Austria is happy to announce that it has won a contract for a substantial amount of SCOTTY tele-engineering equipment for a major NATO navy. The SCOTTY equipment, which supports staff at sea in keeping highly sensitive sensing equipment working, will be used through military standard encryption and satellite communications.

For more information, please contact SCOTTY.