Gulfstream Aerospace

Year to date, Gulfstream Aerospace has logged more sales from customers outside the U.S. than inside, 66 versus 62, according to Joe Lombardo, Gulfstream president. By comparison, total Gulfstream orders for all of last year were 92 domestic and 67 international, and in 2004 they were 75 domestic and just 22 international.

Gulfstream Aerospace and General Dynamics Aviation Services (GDAS) will present a full day of maintenance and operations sessions today in the Georgia World Congress Center. Each will provide brief updates and technical presentations on current maintenance and operational issues including fleet status, publications, maintenance management and pending technical bulletins.

After a year-and-a-half-long court battle, maintenance-tracking provider Camp Systems International and Gulfstream Aerospace signed a cross-licensing agreement that settles the dispute. Under the agreement, Gulfstream will permit Camp to use Gulfstream’s copyrighted maintenance manuals on a non-exclusive worldwide basis for 15 years.

General Dynamics’ aerospace division, which includes Gulfstream and its support cousin, General Dynamics Aviation Services, had $1.2 billion in sales in the second quarter, up more than 13 percent from the same time a year ago. Earnings increased 20 percent, to $200 million. The backlog stood at more than $10 billion at the end of the quarter, a more than 40-percent increase from the second quarter of last year.