CALGARY, CANADA - May 20, 2010 - PII Pipeline Solutions, a GE Oil & Gas and Al Shaheen joint venture, today marked the official opening of a new state-of-the-art services facility in Calgary. The facility will support North America's oil and gas infrastructure with advanced pipeline inspection technology and services, and will become a global centre of excellence for pipeline crack analysis, serving Canadian, U.S. and European pipeline operators.
KING CITY, CA, Thursday, May 20, 2010-- GE Energy Financial Services -- a unit of GE (NYSE: GE) -- announced today it is expanding its 26-gigawatt power portfolio by buying the King City cogeneration power plant in California's Salinas Valley for $68 million. Calpine Corporation (NYSE: CPN), based in Houston, has leased, operated and maintained the plant since 1996 and will continue to do so under GE's ownership.
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EVENDALE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The full U.S. House Armed Services Committee (HASC) today led the charge for defense acquisition reform by voting on a National Defense Authorization Bill that includes $485 million in continued funding for the GE/Rolls-Royce F136 engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
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At a time when many in the industry are cutting costs by eliminating or scaling back user groups and associated meetings, GE Healthcare is announcing its intention to further its commitment by hosting another customer-focused, imaging user summit connected to the sector's most well-attended annual conference.
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Permet une certification RTCA DO-178B et EUROCAE ED-12B de Niveau A avec la disponibilité des justificatifs de certification sous VxWorks 653.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, le 24 avril 2010 GE Intelligent Platforms a annoncé le support de la Plateforme VxWorks 653 l de Wind River pour le controle de systèmes ARINC 653 Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) complexes et critiques pour la sécurité. La plateforme VxWorks 653 est utilisée dans plus de 180 sous-systèmes et par plus de 100 clients dans le monde entier dans plus de 40 platformes avioniques, y compris le Boeing 787 Dreamliner™.
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PARIS, 19th May, 2010: GE Capital, one of Europe's leading providers of SME financing, has signed an agreement with The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS) to acquire 100% of RBS Factor S.A., RBS' factoring business in France, for an undisclosed amount. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval. The move follows an agreement entered into with RBS earlier this year to acquire the bank's factoring business in Germany, subject to regulatory approval.