Commercial

Mexicana Airlines Installs Panasonic Systems

Panasonic Avionics, based in Lake Forest, Calif., announced it had supplied Mexicana Airlines with Digital Multiplexed Passenger Entertainment System (DMPES) for retrofit to its single aisle fleet. The airline installed the system on 39…

Business & GA

Raytheon Awarded Helicopter Sensor Contract

Raytheon was awarded a $13 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop additional sensor prototypes for the Advanced Distributed Aperture System (ADAS), which gives helicopter pilots 360-degree situational awareness. The award…

Commercial

Lumexis, EMS Formation in IFE Deal

Lumexis Corp., based in Costa Mesa, Calif., announced a deal with EMS Formation under which EMS will design and manufacture the Server Swtich Unit (SSU) optical video/application server for the Lumexis FTTS (Fiber-To-The-Screen) in-flight…

Commercial

Saudi Arabian Airlines Selects OnAir

Saudi Arabian Airlines will install OnAir's full SwiftBroadband Mobile OnAir and WiFi Internet OnAir inflight passenger communications services on its fleet of Airbus A330s flying international routes. Saudi Arabian Airlines are expecting…

Commercial

Condor Berlin to Use Rockwell Collins System

German airline Condor Berlin is adding Rockwell Collins in-flight information products to its fleet of Airbus A320s. The upgrades, which will occur between 2009 and 2011, include Rockwell Collins Airshow 4200 moving map and…

Military

Rockwell Collins Awarded Army Pact

Rockwell Collinswas awarded a $39.3 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide the common avionics architecture system (CAAS) hardware for a variety of airframes. The contract provides the CAAS in support of the…

Commercial

Row 44 Unveils In-Flight Retail System

Row 44, based in Westlake Village, Calif., announced the creation of an in-flight entertainment and retail "store," which will allow pasengers with WiFi-enabled devices to shop from a variety of retailers during the flight.…

Military

Northrop Grumman Wins Air Force Pact

Northrop Grumman was awarded a $153 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide Litening G4 targeting and sensor systems and related equipment. Under the terms of the agreement, Northrop Grumman…

Commercial

WestWind Technologies Opens Center

WestWind Technologies opened its Huntsville Aircraft Modification & Integration Center in Alabama in late September. The 62,000-square-foot facility provides engineering, manufacturing, electronics integration and structural modifications and can accommodate large fixed-wing (C-130s)…

Business & GA

Vector Aerospace Granted STC

Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America, based in Richmond, British Columbia, received FAA certification for the development of a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for an Integrated Cockpit Display System for the Bell 407. The…