Commercial

Q&A: Avionics Upgrades, Airbus Style

Pierre Magro was nominated head of the avionics product line within Airbus Customer Services in 2005. He is responsible for the production, quality and scheduling of all design, technical solutions and supply…

Business & GA

Product Focus: In-Flight Entertainment

Starting this summer, a spate of cellular and voice products are slated to enter the market, further transforming the aircraft cabin into a mobile office, telephone booth and living room. Onboard phone…

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New Products

Sabre Jet Memories Avionics Contributing Editor James W. Ramsey has published "The Buried Dot," chronicling his experiences as a fighter interceptor pilot flying the F-86D/L Sabre Jet in the 1950s. The title…

Military

DRS Wins Radar Contract

DRS Technologies, Parsippany, N.J., said it received a $7.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide depot radar repair services. The contract, which is with the Warner Robins Air Logistics…

Commercial

CAE, Air Canada in Training Pact

Canadian simulator company CAE said it signed a series of contracts with Air Canada to give CAE responsibility for training center operation services for the airline’s Toronto and Vancouver centers. The contracts…

Business & GA

Aspen Avionics Unveils GA Glass Cockpit

Aspen Avionics, Albuquerque, N.M., unveiled its Evolution Flight Display system, a system it calls the most innovative and affordable glass cockpit system for general aviation aircraft. The company, which introduced the system…

Business & GA

Editor’s Note: UAVs Are Rising

They were not to be seen flying overhead, like the graceful, giant Airbus A380 or the versatile Bell/Agusta 609 tiltrotor, but UAVs nevertheless played a prominent role this year at the Paris…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Ferrie: Next-Generation Narrowbody Requires Technology Leap Well before the first flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, perhaps its highest-profile platform, GE Aviation Systems is devoting attention to the next great challenge in…

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People

David Clark InterSense, of Bedford, Mass., named David Clark as European sales manager. In this role, Clark will be responsible for maintaining and expanding the European partner channel, focusing on the leading…

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Calendar

August 6-9 Unmanned Systems North America 2007, Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. Contact Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International, phone 703-845-9671 or visit www.auvsi.org. 9-11 Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition,…