Business & GAEU Clears GE-Smiths Deal European regulators cleared GE’s $4.8 billion bid to buy Smiths Aerospace, after finding the deal would not threaten competition. "The new entity would have neither the ability nor the incentive to discriminate…
MilitaryCAE Inks Simulator Contract Canadian simulator company CAE signed a contract with an undisclosed customer to provide a full suite of Boeing 757 simulation equipment, including two full-flight simulators, one Level 6 flight training device and…
Editor's NoteTeal Group: Aviation Industry Poised for Historic Growth Richard Aboulafia, vice president of analysis for The Teal Group, a widely followed aviation consultancy, will emphasize explosive growth in all sectors of the aviation business in a forthcoming webinar, entitled, The…
MilitaryBoeing Tests AWACS Aircraft Boeing said it conducted a successful first mission system test flight of an Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft upgraded under the Block 40/45 program, the largest enhancement in the history…
CommercialLufthansa Technik Opens India MRO Facility Lufthansa Technik said it will set up a new maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in India to support the country’s growing aviation sector. The new facility, which will be located at Shamshabad,…
CommercialCAE Adds to Its Global Academy Canadian simulator company CAE added three new flight training organizations to its CAE Global Academy bringing the number of schools in its network to six and increasing the supply of pilots that…
ATM ModernizationNav Canada Cuts Customer Charges Canadian civil air navigation officials are proposing a 3 percent reduction in its customer service charges, effective Sept. 1, 2007, saying its cost control efforts and traffic growth are paying off. Nav…
MilitaryBAE to Convert F-4 Jets BAE Systems received a $26.5 million contract to convert 20 F-4 Phantom fighter jets to full-scale aerial targets for the U.S. Air Force. The converted aircraft, designated QF-4s, provide the Air Force…
CommercialEADS Socata Orders Shadin Encoders Shadin Avionics, St. Louis Park, Minn., received a purchase order from EADS Socata for 800 of the 8800-T Altitude encoders. Financial and delivery terms of the contract were not disclosed. Shadin Avionics…
CommercialGroups Form Anti-User-Fee Coalition A group of businesses ranging from agriculture to small business to local governments is banding together against the FAA’s user-fee proposal. The Alliance for Aviation Across America, which includes the National Business…