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December 4, 2012
Lufthansa German Airlines on Tuesday said it has began testing the BoardConnect in-flight entertainment system from Lufthansa Systems on an Airbus A320 stationed in Munich. The Lufthansa Systems system will enable passengers in business and economy class on flights from Munich to 34 short- and medium-haul destinations to watch movies, read digital newspapers and...December 4, 2012
Pilatus Aircraft selected Rockwell Collins to provide simulation and training products and systems as part of a long-term agreement announced Monday. The first programs to launch under the agreement will include Rockwell Collins providing its EP-8000 and EP-80 image generators and SpectraView displays for customers in Asia and the Middle East...December 4, 2012
Etihad Airways on Monday launched its Etihad Wi-Fly in-flight Internet and mobile connectivity service, powered by the Panasonic Avionics Global Communications Suite. The airline’s first aircraft equipped with Panasonic’s communications technology, an Airbus A330-200, took flight today for Brussels, offering high-speed broadband Internet connectivity as well as data and mobile phone services...December 3, 2012
AeroVironment entered into a strategic relationship with Sweden-based CybAero AB to develop and distribute a Tier II vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system in response to requests from multiple customers. The relationship gives AeroVironment exclusive rights to provide CybAero AB systems to U.S. customers and to government customers in NATO and other countries. AeroVironment has...December 3, 2012
Boeing and JVC announced new technology aimed at bringing more realism to military rotary and fixed-wing pilot training. The two companies demonstrated the Constant Resolution Visual System (CRVS), which provides constant target availability by surrounding the pilot and cockpit in an eggshell-like environment that visually...December 3, 2012
Elbit Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have teamed up to establish and operate a new flight training center to train Israeli Air Force pilots with the Aermacchi M3461 training aircraft. Advanced Flight Training (TOR) is a new ground-based...December 3, 2012
FAA has activated Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) technology for air traffic controllers (ATC) at Montrose Regional Airport in western Colorado. WAM uses a network of small sensors in remote areas to send and receive signals that allow system computers to determine the aircraft’s location, which allows...November 30, 2012
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have conducted the Navy's first catapult launch of an unmanned system using the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator. The test was conducted Thursday at a shore-based catapult facility at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. It marks the first of several shore-based catapult-to-flight tests that will be performed before the Navy's UCAS Carrier...November 30, 2012
San Diego-based Schubach Aviation added a Cessna Citation II to its fleet, as it looks to expand its fleet and offer customers a mid-range jet with a cheaper price tag. (Schubach's Cessna Citation II jet) The Citation II has already entered service, equipped with an...November 30, 2012
As negotiations continue between the White House and Congress over how to avoid the highly publicized fiscal cliff, U.S. aerospace and defense manufacturers are bracing themselves for what could happen if the worst-case scenario comes true. Lawmakers from both parties are trying to come up with a compromise with the White House to avoid the automatic $1.2 trillion in government spending cuts starting Jan...November 30, 2012
LAN Airlines and IFE Services have signed a new agreement to keep the UK-based in-flight entertainment (IFE) provider as the South American airline’s IFE service provider. LAN originally selected IFE Services as its...November 29, 2012
Boeing has selected UTC Aerospace Systems to assist in developing advanced actuation technology for future U.S. Air Force tactical fighter and air mobility aircraft. The research and development for the actuators will be performed as part of the U.S. Air Force Research...November 29, 2012
Qantas Airways will be the launch customer for the Airbus iPad electronic flight bag (EFB) “FlySmart with Airbus” application. The airframe manufacturer first announced its new performance-calculating iPad EFB application at the 2012 Farnborough Air Show, and has...November 29, 2012
Carlisle Companies Inc., based in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday said it will pay $265 million to acquire the Thermax–Raydex business, a supplier of hook-up, data and coaxial wire and cable for mission-critical applications for commercial aerospace, defense and industrial customers. With annual sales of about $112 million, the...November 28, 2012
Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion advanced avionics successfully completed the first test flight on the Embraer Executive Jets’ Legacy 500 mid-size business jet, the company said Wednesday. The flight occurred at Embraer’s headquarters in Sấo José dos Campos, Brazil. “This flight brings us one step closer to delivering the best available cockpit technology to Embraer Executive...November 28, 2012
Rockwell Collins has been selected by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to provide a suite of avionics equipment for the U.S. Navy C-130T Avionics Obsolescence Upgrade program. The equipment will be installed on 20 aircraft with work scheduled to begin in 2013. The Rockwell Collins avionics equipment suite will...November 28, 2012
Curtiss Wright Controls signed a $1.6 million contract with Northrop Grumman to provide rotary actuators for the U.S. Marine Corps Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) program. The rotary geared actuators are currently being...November 27, 2012
Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen said Tuesday it has designed and delivered area navigation with required navigation performance (RNAV RNP) based arrivals for the Denver International Airport (DEN). Working with Denver airport officials, FAA, airlines and others, including authorities from Centennial Airport and Rocky Mountain Regional Airport, Jeppesen has designed new arrival procedures that will expedite...November 27, 2012
LynuxWorks, based in San Jose, Calif., said its LynxOS-178 Version 2.2.2 real-time operating system (RTOS) has been certified for use by Rockwell Collins for use in its Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics system. Rockwell Collins’ Pro Line Fusion was granted certification this year from Transport Canada (TC) on the Bombardier Vision Flight Deck...November 27, 2012
New regional carrier OLT Express Germany signed a five-year agreement with Lufthansa Systems to deploy the NetLine/Ops ++ IT solution and Lido/RouteManual navigation charts on its fleet of Fokker and Saab jets. Lufthansa said the NetLine/Ops++ solution will...
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