Business & GAQantas Becomes Launch Customer for Airbus iPad EFB Qantas Airways will be the launch customer for the Airbus iPad electronic flight bag (EFB) “FlySmart with Airbus” application. The airframe manufacturer first announced its new performance-calculating iPad EFB application at the…
MilitaryCurtiss-Wright to Provide Rotary Actuators for Northrop Grumman Curtiss Wright Controls signed a $1.6 million contract with Northrop Grumman to provide rotary actuators for the U.S. Marine Corps Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) program. The rotary geared actuators are currently…
CommercialOLT Express Germany, Lufthansa Systems Form New Agreement New regional carrier OLT Express Germany signed a five-year agreement with Lufthansa Systems to deploy the NetLine/Ops ++ IT solution and Lido/RouteManual navigation charts on its fleet of Fokker and Saab jets.…
CommercialLuxair Signs Avionics Support Agreement With Thales Luxemburg carrier Luxair has signed a seven-year avionics by the hour (ABTH) agreement with Thales to provide spares provisioning and component maintenance services for its fleet of Bombardier Dash8-400 aircraft. The agreement…
ATM ModernizationAirbus Prosky Looks to Improve Air Traffic Management in Latin America Airbus Prosky is partnering with air traffic systems provider Atech to develop solutions that will support the future growth of air transportation in Latin America. The recent global market forecast (GMF) released…
MilitaryThales Opens Research Center in Canada Thales has opened its fifth Thales Research & Technology Center (TRT) at the Parc du Technologique in Quebec City, its first R&D facility in North America. The new facility will focus on…
Embedded AvionicsGeneral Dynamics Canada Delivers Airborne Underwater Threat Locating System General Dynamics completed the final delivery and operational validation of its Modular VME Acoustic Signal Processor (MVASP) — an airborne underwater detection system — to the Canadian Department of National Defense for…
CommercialQatar’s First Boeing 787 Features OnAir In-Flight Connectivity Qatar Airways’ first flight with its Boeing 787 Dreamliner featured inflight Wi-Fi Internet and mobile phone connectivity provided by OnAir. The airline has a total of 60 Dreamliners on order, all of…