CommercialBoeing Sets New 787 Schedule Boeing announced an updated schedule and more delays for its 787 Dreamliner program, pushing the aircraft's first flight into the second quarter 2009 and first delivery to the first quarter 2010, putting…
Business & GASTC Granted for Rockwell Collins FMS FAA granted certification for Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance (LPV) functionality on the Bombardier Challenger 604 aircraft equipped with Rockwell Collins' upgraded Flight Management System (FMS) and GPS-4000S…
MilitaryDucommun Wins F/A-18 E/F Radar Contract Ducommun Technologies, of Carson, Calif., was awarded a $102 million contract from Raytheon to manufacture and integrate radar system components used on the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet and the radar modernization program for…
MilitaryF-35 'CATBird' Hits Avionics Milestone Lockheed Martin's Cooperative Avionics Test Bed, or "CATBird," has begun in-flight integration and verification of the F-35 Lightning II mission systems suite, the company announced Monday. The CATBird, a modified 737, will…
Business & GAJet Works Air Center Awarded STC Jet Works Air Center in Denton, Texas, was awarded two FAA supplemental type certificates for the installation of the Rockwell Collins AHS-3000S Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS) on the Learjet 31A and installation of…
Business & GAThrane & Thrane Broadband System OKed Thrane & Thrane, of Denmark, received Inmarsat Type Approval for its Aero-SB Lite cabin connectivity system. The approval will enable the system to utilize the Inmarsat SwiftBroadband service. Aero-SB Lite system provides…
CommercialSAE International Developing TTP Standard SAE International, based in Warrendale, Pa., said its AS-2 Embedded Computing Systems Committee is developing a new aerospace standard that it hopes will help simplify the design of advanced integrated systems using time-triggered protocol…
MilitaryRaytheon Wins Navy Contract Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems was awarded a $17.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy for repair overhaul of various weapons replaceable assemblies used on the Airborne Low Frequency Sonar utilized on the MH-60R…