Editor's NoteCAE Sells Four Full Flight Simulators for $65 Million Simulation and training services manufacturer CAE announced contract agreements totaling $63.4 million (C$65 million) for four full-flight simulators (FFS) Thursday. CAE sold an Airbus A330 FFS to Singapore Airlines, a A320 FFS…
ConnectivityEaton to Supply Circuit-Protection Systems to DLA Eaton will provide a variety of military aircraft products, including Arc-Alert circuit-protection technology, in four contracts worth $2 million recently awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). “With these contracts, Eaton continues…
CommercialX-47B UCAS Completes First Flight Test Phase Manufacturer Northrop Grumman said Thursday it concluded the first major phase of flight testing the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft in May at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The airworthiness test phase, which…
CommercialDanish Armed Forces Select AV's Puma The Danish Acquisition and Logistics Organization awarded AeroVironment a firm fixed-price order of $9.6 million to supply the Danish Armed Forces with the company's Puma AE small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). "Allied…
Business & GADuncan Awarded Aircell Wi-Fi STC Duncan Aviation, based in Lincoln, Neb., has installed and certified Aircell Broadband with in-flight Wi-Fi in a Learjet 45 and Challenger 600-2B16, including the 601-3A/601-3R/604 variants, via three supplemental type certificates (STC).…
Embedded AvionicsBoeing Completes In-Flight SATCOM Demo for EA-18G Growler Boeing and the U.S. Navy completed a successful in-flight demonstration of a satellite communications (SATCOM) system on a Navy EA-18G Growler, the aerospace manufacturer announced Wednesday. The system would allow F/A-18E/F Super…
CommercialAir France KLM to Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will partner with Panasonic Avionics to offer in-flight Wi-Fi and mobile phone data services on its Boeing 777-300s, the airlines said Monday. The two airlines…
CommercialRow 44 Secures $45 Million in Financing Row 44, of Westlake Village, Calif., closed a $45 million round of financing, led by in-flight content provider Advanced Inflight Alliance (AIA), of Munich, and included participation by PAR Capital Management, an investor…
CommercialSwedish Army Selects Aerovironment UASs AeroVironment received a firm fixed-price order for 12 hybrid small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Försvarets Materielverk) on behalf of the Swedish Army. The order consists of…
Business & GAStandardAero Awarded STC for Honeywell EGPWS StandardAero has received a FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for upgrading Mark V Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) computers with Honeywell’s Smart Runway and SmartLanding runway safety package for Falcon 50,…