CommercialBoeing Sets 787 Delivery Target After supply-chain snags, cost overruns and numerous program delays, Boeing announced Jan. 18 it expects to deliver the first 787 Dreamliner, to launch customer All-Nippon Airways (ANA), in the third quarter of…
Business & GAG650 Flies with Electric Flight Control System Gulfstream flew a G650 flight-test aircraft for the first time using only an electrically powered, fly-by-wire backup flight-control actuation system, the airframer said Wednesday. Gulfstream’s Serial Number (S/N) 6001 flew for a…
MilitaryARINC to Modernize C-130Bs for Indonesia ARINC Engineering Services, of Annapolis, Md., was awarded a $63.7 million contract to modernize five C-130B transport aircraft of the Indonesian Air Force. Under terms of the contract, the program will include…
CommercialL-3 Aviation Recorders Names New President L-3 Aviation Recorders, based in Sarasota, Fla., named R. Michael Smith has been named president, succeeding Bruce Coffey, who was recently appointed president of L-3 Display Systems in Alpharetta, Ga.. Smith has been…
ATM ModernizationACSS Appoints New General Manager ACSS, an L-3 Communications and Thales joint venture, on Wednesday named Terry Flaishans vice president and general manager. Flaishans brings close to 30 years of aerospace experience to ACSS. He joins the company…
Business & GAAMT EFB Software Selected by ATR Aircraft Management Technologies (AMT) of Dublin, Ireland, has been selected to provide its Flightman software package for ATR's Class 2 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB), the companies announced Wednesday. ATR uses Esterline/CMC Electronics' Pilot…
ATM ModernizationSouthwest Using RNP Procedures at 11 Airports Southwest Airlines has now begun using required navigation performance procedures at 11 airports nationwide, the carrier announced Tuesday. The milestone, part of the company's announced $175 million, six-year investment in the technology,…
CommercialITT Splits Into Three Companies ITT Corp. announced plans Wednesday to separate its businesses into three distinct, publicly traded companies –– ITT Corp., ITT water technology division and ITT Defense and Information Solutions segment. ITT said it believe these three…