CommercialTE Connectivity in Talks to Acquire Deutsch TE Connectivity said Wednesday it is in talks to pay $2.06 billion to acquire connector manufacturer Deutsch Group, of East Sussex, U.K., from owner Wendel. Completion of the transaction is subject to customary…
Business & GAEurocopter to Use GNAT for Demonstrator Eurocopter selected AdaCore's GNAT Pro High-Integrity Edition for development of an ARINC 653 demonstrator for military helicopters, the companies said Tuesday. The demonstrator will provide military interfaces and operational functions within a…
CommercialMonarch Airlines Selects STG Lighting System STG Aerospace has received a fleet-wide order of its SafTGlo photoluminescent (PL) floorpath marking system from U.K.-based Monarch Airlines. The airline, based at London Luton Airport in the U.K., has ordered SafTGlo…
Business & GAGogo to Bring Inmarsat Global Xpress to Airlines Gogo has entered into an agreement with Inmarsat to bring Inmarsat's Global Xpress satellite service to the commercial airline market. According to the agreement announced Tuesday, Gogo will be a service provider, distributing…
MilitaryCMC-Equipped Hawk Mk66 Trainers Delivered Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) handed over the first three Hawk Mk66 advanced trainers equipped with its glass cockpit upgrade to the Finnish Air Force at Kauhava Air Base on Nov. 17. CMC…
Business & GACAE, Arabian Jets in Pilot Training Contract Arabian Jets, a private aircraft management company based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Montreal-based CAE entered into a long-term agreement, for pilot training services on eight business aircraft types. The training will…
Editor's NoteHorizon Air Receives RNP 0.3 Approval Horizon Air has received approval from the FAA for Required Navigation Performance (RNP) 0.3 with Universal Avionics’ WAAS/SBAS-Flight Management System (FMS). This is the first authorization acquired for an operator of a…
Business & GAnavAero EFB Awarded EASA STC NavAero was awarded an EASA supplemental type certificate for its tBag C22 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) system on Airbus A330-200/200F/300 series aircraft. The deployed architecture consists of cross-connected dual tBag C22 EFBs with the…
CommercialAir China Trials Gogo IFE System Gogo on Friday said it has reached an agreement to provide a trial of its wireless in-flight entertainment equipment on Air China. The first live trial on a commercial flight was conducted…
Business & GACAE Signs Pact with Qatar Airways Subsidiary CAE, of Montreal, entered into a long-term agreement with Qatar Executive, Qatar Airways' corporate jet subsidiary, for pilot training services on the Bombardier Global Express XRS (GEX) and the Bombardier Challenger 605.…