CommercialDOT to Announce NY Flight Changes In an effort to ease congestion in the crowded airspace over New York City-area airports next summer, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is expected to announce shifts in flights to less busy…
Business & GARockwell Collins Closes SKYLink Purchase Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, completed the purchase of the SKYLink broadband terminal product line from ARINC. Rockwell Collins will sell and support the product line to large business jets under the…
MilitaryBAE Wins 737 Contract BAE Systems received a $37 million contract to provide mission computer system suites for four Boeing 737 airborne early warning and control aircraft, supporting the Republic of Korea's EX program. BAE Systems…
MilitaryKorean Military Selects Elbit UAV Israel-based Elbit Systems’ Skylark II unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was selected by the Korean military. Financial terms were not disclosed. The first phase of the contract includes a comprehensive Skylark II system…
MilitaryAAI Receives Army UAV Order United Industrial Corp.’s AAI Corp. subsidiary received a $153.4 million order from the U.S. Army for production of 14 additional Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS). Sixty-one systems have been delivered…
Business & GARosen, Elliot Partner on IFE System Rosen Aviation, Eugene, Ore., is partnering with Elliott Aviation to provide a noise-canceling system combined with an in-flight entertainment (IFE) system for King Air 200, 300 and 350 series aircraft. Elliott Aviation’s…
CommercialEra’s MSS System Deployed in California A noise monitoring and flight tracking system manufactured by Era, Reston, Va., is now operational at the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport in Southern California, the company said. Era deployed its AirScene.com Noise…
CommercialEFB STC Chicago-based NavAero’s tBagTMC22 Class 2 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) received Supplemental Type Certification (STC) from the FAA on A300 and A310 aircraft series. NavAero said this STC, which covers the A300-600 and…
CommercialJetBlue to Launch In-Flight E-Mail Service Low-fare carrier JetBlue Airways is expanding its in-flight entertainment options this month, adding e-mail and instant message capabilities to its fleet. JetBlue, and its partners Yahoo!, Blackberry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM)…
MilitaryCAE Inks Simulator Contracts Canadian simulator company CAE signed two contracts with the Netherlands Ministry of Defense with a combined value of $59.4 million to design two full-mission simulators (FMS) for the Royal Netherlands Air Force…