Commercial

Esterline Sells Muirhead Subsidiary

Esterline Corp., of Bellevue, Wash., announced Monday it is selling its U.K.-based Muirhead Aerospace subsidiary to AMETEK, Paoli, Pa. Esterline said it anticipates an after-tax gain on the sale of about $16…

Commercial

FAA Signs Contract with Honeywell, ACSS

FAA signed a $9 million agreement with Honeywell and Aviation Communications & Surveillance Systems (ACSS) to accelerate testing and installation of Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) technology. Acting FAA Administrator said the contracts…

ATM Modernization

Sensis to Deploy Multilateration in Montreal

Nav Canada announced plans to deploy a multilateration system for surface surveillance from Sensis, Syracuse, N.Y., Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. The contract also calls for the airport to use Sensis…

Military

AeroVironment Awarded Army UAV Contract

AeroVironment, Monrovia, Calif., was awarded $5.8 million contract from the U.S. Army to procure research, development, test & evaluation digital data link effort for the Raven RQ-11B unmanned aircraft System. Work will be…

Business & GA

Editor’s Note: Light Jets Burdened

One of the interesting subplots of this year’s National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention in Orlando was the state of the light-to-Very Light Jet (VLJ) sectors. A year ago, we were quoting…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Primus Epic Suite Lets Helicopter Pilots Be Flight Managers Honeywell wants to promote pilots of advanced helicopters to the same status long enjoyed by their fixed-wing brethren: flight manager as opposed to…

ATM Modernization

People

Michael Toscano The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), in Arlington, Va., named Michael Toscano executive director. Toscano most recently was chairman of the Physical Security Equipment Action Group (PSEAG) and…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

November 2-5 Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) 53rd Annual Conference & Exhibition, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. Contact ATCA, phone 703-299-2430 or visit www.atca.org. 4-9 7th Annual China International Aviation &…

Commercial

Engine Indications

Managing optimal engine performance is becoming increasingly critical, not only for safety and reliability, but for fuel burn savings so important to airlines and business jet operators. Advances in heat-resistant sensors and…

Business & GA

Q&A: IS&S: Display Systems Provider

Now in its 20th year, Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S) has evolved from being a supplier of discrete avionic instruments to providing advanced, integrated display systems as well as air-data products, fuel…