August 9, 2004 -- LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS -- General Electric's CT7-8A turboshaft engines will power 28 Sikorsky H-92 Cyclone helicopters ordered last month by the Canadian government.
Selected as part of Canada's US$3-billion Maritime Helicopter Project (MHP), the twin-engine H-92s will perform anti-submarine patrols, surveillance and ship-borne duties, and a wide range of utility roles such as Search and Rescue support, cargo and personnel transport, and disaster relief support. The first aircraft will be delivered in 2008.
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WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 2004--
U.S. Transportation Security Administration Program Designed To
Enhance Airport Security
Tampa International Airport today became the fourth airport in the country to participate in a live pilot of GE's EntryScan3 walk-through explosives detector conducted by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration.
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August 03, 2004 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - GE Transportation's marine business received United States Navy certification for its LM2500+ aeroderivative gas turbine. The LM2500+ has been certified by the U.S. Navy for 35,000 brake horsepower (bhp) for mechanical drive applications.
The LM2500+ received the certification for use powering the U.S. Navy's eighth LHD and follow-on ships in the WASP (LHD 1) class of large-deck, multipurpose amphibious assault ships.
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WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 2004--GE Infrastructure, Security, a unit of General Electric Company, announced today that the United States Department of the Interior will deploy several GE EntryScan3 walk-through explosives detection portals in an effort to help protect one of the nation's most treasured symbols of freedom and democracy. Additionally, GE's Itemiser3 desktop explosives detection systems will be deployed to strengthen the monument's checkpoint security program.
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August 02, 2004 -- Cologne, Germany - GE Inspection Technologies, a division of GE Transportation, has completed its acquisition of Hocking NDT Limited (Hocking), after receipt of all required regulatory approvals. The transaction, terms of which were not disclosed, was completed on July 31, 2004.
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GE Infrastructure is a high-technology platform comprised of some of the fastest growing businesses within GE; which includes the Water Technologies, Security, Sensing and GE Fanuc Automation divisions. They represent a set of advanced solutions to some of the most pressing issues that industries face - pure water, safe facilities, plant automation and detecting changes in the operating environment.
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With the current demands placed on engineers and managers to drive greater production and improve efficiencies, the pressures of the plant don't readily afford much time away, for staff to learn new technologies that could assist them in achieving their manufacturing demands.
GE Fanuc Automation, a division of the GE Infrastructure global business platform, is hosting conferences in four South African cities to introduce engineers and managers to new technology that was designed specifically to help them.
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WILTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 30, 2004--InVision Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has made a voluntary disclosure to the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission of an InVision internal investigation.
GE agreed on March 15, 2004 to acquire InVision Technologies Inc. in a cash merger.
Since this matter is before the U.S. Department of Justice and the SEC, GE will not be making any further comments at this time on the investigation.
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Increasing the security level for commercial installation and lowering the installation time and cost were the drivers in the development of the GE Addressable Security System(GE-A2S) by GE Infrastructure's Security division.
This is according to Brett Birch, managing director of GE Infrastructure's Security division in South Africa.
According to Birch, the main advantages of the GE-A2S are:
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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 2004--GE announced today that it has signed its first North American order for the new LMS100(TM), the world's most efficient simple-cycle gas turbine, with Basin Electric Power Cooperative of Bismarck, N.D. Introduced in December 2003, the LMS100 is the most extensive collaboration of design and manufacturing in GE's history, with four GE business units and three other companies participating in the development program.