Commercial

Turkish Airlines to Use Jeppesen System

Jeppesen signed a service agreement with Turkish Airlines to provide a crew tracking and manpower planning system. Jeppesen said the crew management system provided will allow the airline to integrate powerful decision…

Commercial

Thomas Cook Airlines to Use Lufthansa Charts

Lufthansa Systems signed a five-year contract with Thomas Cook Airlines to provide navigation charts and its Lido/RouteManual system.  “We were impressed by the very clear presentation and high quality of production of…

Military

CAE Wins Air Force Simulator Contract

CAE won a U.S. Air Force contract to design and manufacture a C-130H full-mission simulator for the Egyptian Air Force. The contract was awarded to CAE USA under the United States foreign…

Business & GA

LaBarge Wins HH-60M Wiring Contract

LaBarge, based in St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a $5 million contract from Sikorsky to supply wiring harnesses for the HH-60M Medevac helicopter. The new contract expands LaBarge's manufacturing role to include wiring harnesses…

Military

Northrop Grumman to Supply IMUs for Typhoon

Northrop Grumman will supply 88 inertial measurement units (IMU) for Tranche 3A of the Eurofighter Typhoon, under a contract signed with EADS Defense and Security. The IMUs, which provide motion data for the aircraft,…

Commercial

EgyptAir to Use Lufthansa Flight Planning System

EgyptAir selected the Lido/Flight flight planning system from Lufthansa Systems. Lido/Flight calculates the optimal route regarding flight time, fuel consumption or costs for each flight, which can lead to fuel savings of…

Commercial

TTTech Forms Alliance With AIT

TTTech North America, a subsidiary of Austria-based TTTech, formed a long-term strategic alliance with Avionics Interface Technologies (AIT)  to add local support for North American customers. AIT is formerly AIM-USA, the U.S.…

Military

Boeing C-130 AMP HUD OKed by Air Force

Boeing said Thursday its C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) Head-Up Display (HUD) and Head-Down Primary Flight Display (HDPFD) has been endorsed by the Headquarters U.S. Air Force Directorate of Operations (HQ USAF/A3O)…

Business & GA

Lockheed Martin Wins Army Sensor Contract

The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $260 million follow-on production contract for the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS), also known as Arrowhead, for the AH-64D Apache…

Business & GA

Honeywell Unveils Moving Map Upgrade

Honeywell introduced JetMap III, a moving map upgrade providing real-time flight data and data services for passengers, the company announced Monday. The system provides worldwide 3D perspective views of terrain, ocean topography, enhanced…