Business & GAHi Fly Airlines Adds EFBs Portugual carrier Hi Fly is moving to an electronic flight environment, under a new five-year service agreement with Jeppesen to add electronic flight bag (EFB) services to its international wet lease flights. …
CommercialRussian Avionics Compliance Gets New Leader U.K.-based software testing provider LDRA has secured contracts with five major, still unnamed, avionics suppliers in Russia, a region that is increasing the international presence of its aviation industry with new airframes,…
CommercialPanasonic-China In-flight Connectivity Partnership Is Firm Panasonic Avionics and China Telecom Satellite Communications signed a firm agreement to jointly support in-flight connectivity for domestic and international airlines flying over Chinese airspace. The firm agreement follows a Memorandum…
Business & GAL-3 Acquires Mustang Technology Group L-3 Communications has acquired aerospace and defense systems manufacturer Mustang Technology Group, now re-named L-3 Mustang Technology, the company said Thursday Dec. 19. The Plano, Texas-based L-3 Mustang develops and manufactures…
CommercialAerospace Sales Projected at $232 Billion for 2014 Military spending cuts offset the increase in sales for commercial aircraft leading to a slight reduction in overall aerospace sales for 2013, however demand is expected to increase leading to an overall…
CommercialGogo Wins Aeromexico Deal for 737s Aeromexico has a new agreement to add Gogo's in-flight connectivity network to its fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft, Mexico's largest carrier said Thursday, Dec. 19. Under the agreement Gogo's Ku-band satellite…
ATM ModernizationAirAsia Cleared for RNP The Malaysia Department of Civil Aviation Authority (DCA) has approved AirAsia to begin flying required navigation performance (RNP) flight paths in Malaysia. Approval was granted following a collaborative nationwide flight path…
CommercialEA100 Autopilot Approved for Century IIB, III and IV Aspen Avionics on Monday; Dec. 16 announced its EA100 autopilot adapter has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for compatibility with all attitude-based Century…
CommercialGlobal Hawk UAS Performs First Canadian Civil Flight Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) performed its first flight within Canadian civil airspace, a mission to collect environmental data in the Canadian Arctic, the aerospace and defense manufacturer said…
CommercialAirbus, EGTS Evaluate A320 Electric Taxi Airbus has signed an agreement with EGTS International to develop and evaluate an autonomous electric push-back and taxiing system for its A320 family aircraft. Under the agreement, EGTS, a joint venture…