Commercial

New Members Added to Biofuels Group

Alaska Airlines, British Airiways, Cathay Pacific, TUIfly and Virgin Blue have been added to the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group, an airline-led industry working group formed to accelerate the use of biofuels in…

Military

Lockheed Martin Awarded F-16 Pact

Lockheed Martin was awarded contracts worth a total of $33 million from the U.S. Air Force to provide Air Force and Air National Guard pilot training for the F-16. Under terms of…

Military

Second E-2D Enters Next Phase of Tests

Northrop Grumman said its second E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, known as Delta Two, has moved on to the next stage of flight testing, transitioning to Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland in…

Business & GA

Blue Mountain Avionics Ceases Operations

Blue Mountain Avionics (BMA), a Copperhill, Tenn.-based manufacturer of electronics for the experimental and light sport aircraft market, has ceased production, citing the lagging economy, according to an announcement on the company's…

Commercial

Alaska Airlines Tests RNP in Seattle

Alaska Airlines and its sister carrier Horizon Airlines began testing required navigation performance (RNP) at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in June in a bid to reduce emissions and flight-path length. The project, dubbed "Greener…

Military

Harris Participates in Networking Demo

Harris Corp., based in Melbourne, Fla., took part in a military flight demonstration in Australia, supplying a variety of networking, tactical communication and situational awareness systems. The laboratory demonstration, which streamed video over a simulated…

Military

Lockheed Martin Wins Maintenance Pact

Lockheed Martin was awarded a five-year, $60 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide continued depot maintenance support for LANTIRN navigation and targeting pods at the Lockheed Martin Warner Robins…

Editor's Note

Boeing Buys S.C. 787 Production Facility

Boeing said Tuesday it will pay $580 million to acquire a Vought Aircraft Industries plant in North Charleston, S.C., where aft fuselage section of the 787 Dreamliner are constructed. After the transaction, Boeing said Vought…