Honeywell

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, NJ, August 15, 2007 -- Honeywell (NYSE:HON) today announced that Rob Gillette, President and CEO of Honeywell Aerospace, will be presenting at the Gabelli & Company Aircraft Supplier Conference in New York, New York on Thursday, September 6, 2007 from 8:40 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. EDT.    » read more »

Project focuses on demonstrating efficient conversion of vegetable and algae oils to Jet Propellant-8, and assessing feasibility for oil feedstock and fuel production scale-up

August 9, 2007 -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M. and Livermore, Calif., are part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) -funded team led by UOP, LLC, a Honeywell company, looking at the production of military Jet Propellant 8 (JP-8) fuel based on the use of renewable biomass oil crop feedstocks, including microalgae.    » read more »

CONTRACTS

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

Minacorp Ltd., Gibraltar, is being awarded a maximum $367,298,266.00 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for fuel. Using services are Air Force. Other locations of performance are Biskek, Kyrgyzstan. The original proposal was web solicited with 4 responses. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Date of performance completion is May 30, 2009. Contracting activity is Defense Energy Support Center (DESC), Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-07-D-1007).

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