Business & GA

Sikorksy Selects L-3 Avionics for H-60, S-70i

Sikorsky is awarding a five-year follow-on contract to L-3 Aviation Products to equip its H-60 and S-70i helicopter platforms with the GH-3001 Electronic Standby Instrument System (ESIS), Stormscope WX-500 Lightning Detection System…

Commercial

Rockwell Collins: ‘Sequestration is a Major Setback'

Rockwell Collins anticipated sequestration by adjusting infrastructure and reducing operating costs for its fiscal year 2013 budget, but the Iowa-based aerospace and defense manufacturer is disappointed to see that the government was…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Challenges for FAA’s Airline Safety Regulations Lead FAA is facing budgetary challenges and industry opposition to provisions of the 2010 Airline Safety and FAA Extension Act, according to a Department of Transportation’s…

ATM Modernization

New Products

AFIRS Production FLYHT Aerospace Solutions executed an agreement with Jabil Defense and Aerospace Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Jabil Circuit, of St Petersburg, Fla., to manufacture the Automated Information Reporting System…

Editor's Note

People

Pamela Drew ITT Exelis appointed Pamela Drew as president of its Information Systems business area, based in Herndon, Va., leading the company’s air traffic management, cybersolutions and space efforts. Before joining Exelis,…

Editor's Note

Calendar

March 4-7 Heli-Expo 2013, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas. Visit www.heliexpo.com. 12-14 ATC Global, Amsterdam RAI Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Visit www.atcglobalhub.com. 25-28 Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) International Convention and Trade…

Editor's Note

Editor's Note: Return of the 'Drones'

It’s tough to be a manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems these days. Not only are they facing regulatory hurdles to the Congressional mandate to integrate unmanned systems into the National…

Commercial

Pegasus Airlines Selects Honeywell's IntuVue Radar System

Honeywell’s IntuVue 3-D Weather Radar Hazard Display Update V1.0 has been selected by Turkish discount carrier Pegasus Airlines. Pegasus Airlines’ selection of the upgrade brings new features, including hail and lightning prediction…