AEROSPACE

AlliedSignal Gets $1 Billion in Contracts: The company’s Torrance-based aerospace business received the contracts to supply aircraft parts and avionics. The largest pact, valued at $700 million, came from GE Capital Aviation Services, a subsidiary of General Electric Co., of Fairfield, Conn. Under the deal, AlliedSignal Aerospace will supply auxiliary power units, wheels, brakes and avionics for up to 254 Boeing 737 aircraft that GE Capital plans to buy. AlliedSignal Inc., of Morristown, N.J., said it also received a contract, valued at $250 million, from Singapore Airlines to supply air turbine starters, wheels, brakes, and avionics equipment for up to 61 Boeing 777 aircraft. Malaysia Airlines’s order was for more than $100 million to supply components for up to 17 Boeing 777 and up to 13 Boeing 747-400 aircraft.