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• ANA in Talks With Boeing to Speed Up 777 Jet Deliveries

  Japan's All Nippon Airways is in talks with U.S. aircraft maker Boeing to speed up the delivery of three 777 jetliners as its fleet of 787 Dreamliner airplanes remains grounded with undiagnosed battery problems, the Nikkei newspaper said on Sunday.

• ANA in talks with Boeing to speed up 777 jet deliveries-Nikkei

  TOKYO, Feb 3- Japan's All Nippon Airways is in talks with U.S. aircraft maker Boeing Co to speed up the delivery of three 777 jetliners as its fleet of 787 Dreamliner airplanes remains grounded with undiagnosed battery problems, the Nikkei newspaper said on Sunday.

• RPT-Pentagon expands probe of troubled components on fighter jet-sources

  *Navy official wants to check company's quality practices. WASHINGTON, Feb 1- The Pentagon is inspecting other components of the F-35 fighter jet in addition to the faulty fuel lines blamed for the grounding of the Marine Corps version of the warplane, two sources familiar with the program said on Friday.

• Bell Helicopters' upgraded H-1 generates foreign interest

  WASHINGTON, Jan 31- As U.S. budget pressures mount, the U.S. Marine Corps says growing foreign demand could help drive down the unit cost of its new upgraded H-1 utility and attack helicopters built by Bell Helicopter, a unit of Textron Inc..

• Navy: Ship run aground is complete loss

  HONOLULU-- The U.S. Navy plans to dismantle a minesweeper that ran aground on a coral reef off the Philippines because the ship is a complete loss and because removing it intact would cause more damage to the reef and the ship's hull, a spokesman said Wednesday. Limiting damage to the coral, which is part of a national marine park, is important to the Navy, James said.

• NASA launches communication satellite

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.-- NASA launched a new communication satellite Wednesday to stay in touch with its space station astronauts and relay more Hubble telescope images. This is the 11th TDRS satellite to be launched by NASA. NASA estimates the satellite costs between $350 million and $400 million.

• Rocket blasts off with new NASA communications satellite

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Jan 30- An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off on Wednesday to put the first of a new generation of NASA communications satellites into orbit, where it will support the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope and other spacecraft.

• Conservative Economist Against Spending Cuts 

  

  John Makin, AEI Resident Scholar and noted "conservative" economist explains why he thinks spending cuts could make the debt crisis even worse than it is: and Lindsey Piegza, FTN Financial economist, shares her opinions.

• Boeing Profit Beats; 'No Impact' From 787 Grounding

  

  Boeing reported earnings that beat expectations, and said its 2013 forecast "assumes no significant financial impact" from the grounding of its 787 passenger jet.

• Does Boeing's Earnings Beat Matter? 

  

  CNBC's Phil LeBeau; Howard Rubel, Jefferies; and Robert Spingarn, Credit Suisse, discuss the impact of the Dreamliner's battery problems on the company's bottom line, and take a look at 2013 guidance.

• Boeing profit drops, sees no significant impact from 787 in 2013

  NEW YORK, Jan 30- Boeing Co reported profit dipped in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, and said its 2013 forecast "assumes no significant financial impact" from the grounding of its 787 Dreamliner passenger jet by regulators.

• Boeing Q4 Earnings Beat Estimates 

  

  CNBC's Phil LeBeau breaks down the fourth quarter numbers on the aerospace giant; reporting EPS of $1.28 vs. $1.19 estimates, on revenues of $22.3 billion.

• Financial Liabilities Will 'Pile Up' on Boeing: Expert 

  

  CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports there is more turbulence ahead for the aerospace giant as an investigation into its 787 battery problem continues. And, Michael Boyd, The Boyd Group chairman, weighs in.

• UPDATE 1-Canada talking to 5 manufacturers about new fighter jets

  Canada says will spend C $9 billion on jets. *Canada talking to Lockheed, Boeing, three European firms. Canada announced in 2010 it would give a single source contract to Lockheed-Martin Corp for 65 F-35 jets but later reversed course as cost estimates soared.

• Honeywell Profit, Revenue Better Than Expected

  

  Honeywell posted earnings and revenue a shade above expectations.

• Brace for Prolonged Grounding of Dreamliner

  

  U.S. safety regulators are nowhere near finishing an investigation into a battery fire on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a top official said on Thursday, raising the prospect of a prolonged grounding for the aircraft.

• WRAPUP 4-787 probe far from complete, regulator 'very concerned'

  WASHINGTON, Jan 24- U.S. safety regulators are nowhere near finishing an investigation into a battery fire on the Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner, a top official said on Thursday, raising the prospect of a prolonged grounding for the aircraft.

• SkyWest shares fall after Raymond James downgrade

  NEW YORK-- Shares of SkyWest Inc. tumbled Thursday after a Raymond James analyst downgraded the stock, saying that it recently missed out on a pair of key business opportunities.

• UPDATE 1-Lockheed sees deals for next F-35 jets in 1st half

  WASHINGTON, Jan 24- Lockheed Martin Corp Chief Executive Marillyn Hewson said the company's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program was progressing "very well" despite the grounding of the Marine Corps model, and she expected to sign a deal with the Pentagon on sixth and seventh production lots in the first half of 2013..

• Lockheed Martin 4Q net income falls 17 percent

  BETHESDA, Md.-- Lockheed Martin Corp. said Thursday its fourth-quarter net income fell 17 percent, but issued a better than expected profit guidance for the current year. The Bethesda, Md.- based aerospace and defense contractor earned $569 million, or $1.73 per share, down from $683 million, or $2.09 per share, in the 2011 fourth quarter.