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February 15, 2013
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller expressed concern Thursday regarding the proposed merger between American Airlines (AA) and US Airways. Rockefeller said while major network airline mergers have created financially viable airlines in the past, they also lead to higher airfare for consumers. “Industry consolidation has created...February 15, 2013
EADS subsidiary Cassidian delivered a new Eurofighter flight simulator to the Spanish air force, adding to the two already in use at the Morón de la Frontera Air Base in Seville. Cassidian said the...February 14, 2013
Washington, D.C.-based National Aeronautical Association (NAA) has listed the unmanned Lockheed Martin/Kaman K-Max as one of seven finalists for the 2012 Robert J. Collier Trophy...February 14, 2013
Raytheon Technical Services, together with teammate Thales Visionix Inc. (TVI), has won a $3.5 million award for the engineering and manufacturing development of Common Helmet Mounted Display (CHMD) systems for the U.S. Army's Air Soldier Program. Under the contract, the RTSC/TVI team will perform...February 14, 2013
Honeywell’s SmartPath has been selected by Airservices Australia as the country’s first Ground-Based Augmentation System (GBAS) to improve operational efficiency and decrease air traffic noise at Sydney Airport. Designed to overcome the limitations of traditional Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), a ground-based instrument...February 14, 2013
The International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) has released a new Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) program...February 14, 2013
American Airlines and US Airways officially announced their $11 billion merger Thursday to create the world’s largest airline, and perhaps the last major network merger for the domestic airline industry. The merger comes as American continues to undergo Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, which it filed for in 2011. US Airways CEO Doug Parker pursued the merger throughout 2012, and the two...February 14, 2013
FAA is launching the second phase of its general aviation airports study, aimed at further defining the diverse functions GA airports serve within the national air transportation system. In May 2012, the agency released the initial results of its 18-month...February 14, 2013
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued three safety recommendations to Hawker Beechcraft to address fatigue cracks of nose landing gear (NLG) end caps on their 1900D airplanes. NTSB’s recommendations come following its investigations into three recent...February 14, 2013
ICAO has approved an interim amendment to prohibit the carriage of lithium ion aircraft batteries as cargo on passenger airplanes, the organization said Wednesday. If approved when the ICAO Council returns to Session later this month, the amendment will rescind the organization’s ercent inclusion...February 13, 2013
The Night Vision Awards selection committee is accepting nominations through Friday, Feb. 15 for the 2013 candidates that will be honored at an “award show” during Heli-Expo, a change in format for this year’s event. Aviation Specialties Unlimited (ASU)’s Hannah Gordon, director of sales and marketing, explains that...February 13, 2013
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Airbus ProSky signed a Research Collaboration Agreement (RCA) to jointly develop a Concept of Operations for Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) based on Collaborative Decision Making (CDM). The RCA follows the foundational Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Air Traffic Management (ATM) research and development collaboration that was signed in November 2012...February 13, 2013
Raytheon and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) are working together to develop a highly autonomous, unmanned electronic warfare capability based on equipping GA-ASI's Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) with Raytheon's Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD). With...February 13, 2013
Thales was selected by the Civil Aviation Authority of Cyprus and a provider of integrated electronic communication services in Cyprus, Cyta, for the modernization of the country’s air traffic management system. The upgraded system will significantly increase capacity with additional positions and the performances with some advanced functionalities, Thales...February 13, 2013
The Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) will guarantee a loan of more than $500 million provided by Apple Bank for Savings to finance the export of a fleet of Boeing 777s to...February 13, 2013
Lockheed Martin signed two new production contracts worth $161.7 million to continue upgrades of the night vision sensors on U.S. Army Apache attack helicopters. Under the contracts Lockheed will provide 482...February 13, 2013
Cadorath Group subsidiary Meridian Helicopters on Monday announced its move to a new facility in Lafayette...February 13, 2013
Boeing announced a firm order Wednesday from Icelandair for 16 737 MAX aircraft, worth $1.6 billion at current list prices. Icelandair originally placed an order for 12 planes in...February 13, 2013
The ICAO and Civil Air Navigation Services Organization (CANSO) have signed a new agreement to jointly pursue opportunities to increase air navigation safety worldwide. ICAO President Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez and CANSO Director General Jeff Poole signed the memorandum of...February 13, 2013
A day after President Barack Obama called for an alternative to the upcoming sequester, Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee released a report outlining the impact of the $1.2 trillion in federal spending cuts scheduled to occur in two weeks, including the impact to FAA’s operating budget. According to the report, the Office of Management and Budget will sequester $85 billion in federal...
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