Business & GAJet Linx Selects WSI Aviation-Weather iPad App Jet Linx, an Omaha, Neb.-based private jet company, has selected the WSI Pilotbrief Optima for the iPad as its mobile weather flight planning solution for its pilots. The app provides real-time weather…
CommercialObama, Romney Address Sequestration With less than two weeks remaining until the presidential election, the candidates addressed the issue of sequestration on Monday, saying they both would like to see that scenario avoided, but offered little…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman Delivers Second BACN Global Hawk to U.S. Air Force Northrop Grumman delivered a second Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) equipped with the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) to the U.S. Air Force. The BACN uses a suite of computers and…
CommercialElbit to Provide Apache Block III Mission Processor Upgrade Boeing has awarded Elbit Systems of America a five-year $17.5 million contract to redesign and upgrade the AH-64D mission processor for the U.S. Army fleet of Apache Block III helicopters. The Block…
MilitaryLockheed Martin, DCMA Complete C-5M Super Galaxy Production Flight Lockheed Martin and the Defense Contract Management Agency have completed the first C-5M Super Galaxy production joint acceptance flight. The joint acceptance flight is expected to reduce total delivery time by two…
Editor's NoteDRF Luftrettung Using EFBs on Ambulance Aircraft German medical aircraft operator DRF Luftrettung has begun using tablet PCs in the cockpits of its air ambulance jets. The operator uses tablet PCs that contain all route, approach and departure charts,…
Business & GAElliott Aviation to Launch Avionics After Market Division Elliott Aviation announced its launch of an aftermarket avionics sales department, lead by industry veteran Joe Stanley as sales department manager. The aftermarket avionics division will focus on enabling aircraft owners to…
CommercialAeromexico to Install Thales Surveillance System on Boeing 737 Aeromexico selected the Thales/ACSS Traffic and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) 3000 Surveillance Processor (SP) for installation on its new Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft. Thales said its TCAS3000 will allow Aeromexico to…