Business & GAGulfstream Sets Mark for Asia-to-North America Tandem Speed with New Biz Jets Gulfstream paired their upcoming G500 and G600 jets for a record-setting flight from Shanghai to Honolulu. Flying together, the jets averaged Mach 0.90, according to Gulfstream, with the G500 taking 8 hours…
UnmannedUS DHS, DOJ Receive Counter-Drone Authority Under Proposed Senate Bill A small bipartisan group of senators Monday introduced legislation that would give the U.S. departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice (DOJ) authority to defeat threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to…
ConnectivityHoneywell Helicopter Software Gets New FDM App Honeywell has introduced a new flight data monitoring (FDM) iPad application for helicopter operators equipped with Sky Connect Tracker III systems. Operators can use the Sky Connect flight data monitoring app to…
MilitaryF-35 Joint Program Office Contracts Analytics Company for Consulting Decisive Analytics Corporation has been awarded a blank purchase agreement contract with NAVAIR Warfare Center Lakehurst's Aircraft Division to provide support to the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO). Task orders under this…
CommercialClash of the Titans: WTO Rules EU Illegally Favored Airbus to the Tune of $22B The World Trade Organization (WTO) Tuesday found that the European Union has failed to honor multiple previous rulings and has provided more than $22 billion of illegal subsidies to European aircraft maker Airbus aiding…
CommercialBoeing Pursues 3-D-Printing Protection with Assembrix Pact Boeing signed an agreement with Israeli company Assembrix Ltd., enabling it to use Assembrix software to manage and protect intellectual property shared with vendors during design and manufacturing. Assembrix's software will enable…
MilitaryUS Defense Authorization Bill Passes HASC, Includes Funding For 77 F-35s The U.S. House Armed Services Committee (HASC) approved its fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill by a 60-to-1 vote early May 10 after more than 14 hours of deliberations on various amendments.…
ConnectivityThales to Connect Spirit with Ka-band Satellite System Guests on Spirit Airlines will soon be able to watch, stream, surf and text from 30,000 feet, as the carrier has signed an agreement to install Wi-Fi on all of its planes by mid-2019.…
CommercialAirbus CFO to Join Executive Exodus, Follow CEO Out in 2019 Airbus CFO Harald Wilhelm will leave the company in 2019. Wilhelm joins CEO Tom Enders and COO Fabrice Brégier in a top-brass bow out from the European planemaker. Ender will also be leaving…
CommercialAmerican to Use New ADS-B Solution on A321s American Airlines will equip its fleet of Airbus A321 aircraft with the ACSS SafeRoute ADS-B in suite of software applications. ACSS, an L3 and Thales joint venture, will also support traffic collision…