ATM ModernizationAerospace Industry Continues To Grow Despite a challenging economic environment, the United States aerospace industry will see record sales of $216.5 billion in 2010, its seventh straight year of growth, according to the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA).…
ATM ModernizationSensis WAM System Certified for North Sea Sensis Corp.'s Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) deployment in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland has been certified for air traffic control by the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority, Sensis announced Monday.…
CommercialElbit to Acquire M7 Aerospace Elbit Systems of America (ESA) on Wednesday said it paid $85 million to acquire M7 Aerospace, of San Antonio, in an all-cash transaction. "We are pleased to take this important step towards enhancing…
CommercialBecker Avionics Wins FAA Approval for DVCS Becker Avionics said Wednesday it was granted FAA production certification to manufacture the Digital Voice Communication System (DVCS) 6100 at its Miramar, Fla., facility. Production of system will begin immediately, the company said.…
CommercialPanasonic Delivers IFE System to Air France Panasonic Avionics, of Lake Forest, Calif., has installed its eX2 in-flight entertainment and communication (IFEC) system on an Air France B777-300ER. This is the first of 11 new Air France B777s that will…
Business & GAGoodrich to Supply Components to MRJ Goodrich signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. to supply air data sensors, ice detectors and windshield heat controllers for the new Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) aircraft family. Goodrich will deliver the…
Business & GACassidian Transponder EASA Certified Cassidian, an EADS subsidiary based in Germany, said its LTR 400 family of transponders received EASA certification. The company said the equipment, which is suitable for the identification of military aircraft as…
ATM ModernizationBoeing Awarded NASA Research Contract A Boeing-led team has been awarded a $5.3 million, one-year research contract from NASA for the study of an airliner that can fly with less noise, cleaner exhaust and lower fuel consumption. The contract…
ATM ModernizationACSS T3CAS Certified on A320 Family ACSS, an L-3 Communications and Thales joint venture company based in Phoenix, announced Wednesday its T3CAS Traffic Management Computer has been certified for the Airbus A320 family. The T3CAS unit includes a…
Business & GANextant Completes Flight Testing on 400XT Nextant Aerospace, based in Cleveland, Ohio, said Tuesday it has completed its research and development flight testing for the 400XT. “We have flown more than 120 flight test hours toward the certification…