Business & GA

StandardAero to Reopen Engine Shop

StandardAero said Monday it will reopen the 225,000-square-foot engine shop at its Springfield, Ill., service center (SPI) in the third quarter of 2010. The shop will be capable of providing major periodic…

Military

Boeing Receives JHMCS Contract

Boeing said Thursday it received a $39.6 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense in December to provide 85 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS). Boeing said it will deliver JHMCS…

Commercial

Pickering, Geotest-Marvin Form Alliance

Geotest-Marvin Test Systems, of Irvine, Calif., and U.K.-based Pickering Interfaces have formed a strategic alliance aimed at providing customers a broader range of test equipment choices. An initial element of this program…

Military

L-3 Awarded F-16 Simulator Contract Option

L-3 Communications' Link Simulation & Training division has been awarded a $20.9 million contract option on the F-16 Mission Training Center (MTC) program. This contract option, received from the Aeronautical Systems Center's…

Military

B-2 EHF Satellite Hardware Installed

Northrop Grumman said Wednesday that it has begun installing the first set of satellite communications hardware for a B-2 stealth bomber that will eventually allow the jet to send and receive battlefield…

Business & GA

Rockwell Collins Avionics Certified for CJ4

Rockwell Collins said its avionics systems, including its Pro Line 21 flight deck, MultiScan Hazard Detection System and Venue Cabin Management System (CMS), were certified for the Cessna Citation CJ4 under a…

Military

MIDS JTRS Receives NSA Certification

The Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS) received National Security Agency (NSA) certification to provide secure distribution of situational awareness and command and control information among airborne warfighters,…

Business & GA

Nextant 400NEXT Completes First Flight

The Rockwell Collins-equipped Phase 1 400NEXT aircraft from Nextant Aerospace completed its first flight, Nextant announced last Thursday. The flight, which took place Feb. 25, completed the aircraft's transition from experimental to production aircraft,…

ATM Modernization

FreeFlight WAAS Receiver in ADS-B Tests

FreeFlight Systems, based in Waco, Texas, said its 1203 Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) GPS receiver has been selected by FAA as part of the automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) testing in Alaska. FreeFlight also…

Commercial

FAA Issues AD on Airbus A320 TCAS Products

FAA issued an airworthiness directive (AD) on Thursday requiring operators of the Airbus A320 family to update software in their traffic collision avoidance systems (TCAS) following two near-mid-air collisions. The directive, effective April…