Business & GA

Rockwell Collins Names New President

Robert K. Ortberg Rockwell Collins today announced the appointment of Robert K. Ortberg as the company’s president. He joins Clayton M. Jones, who continues as chairman and CEO, in the newly formed…

ATM Modernization

Harris Awarded FAA's NextGen Datacomm Contract

Harris Corp. has been awarded FAA's $331 million Data Communications Integrated Services (DCIS) contract as part of the NextGen airspace modernization initiative, the agency said Thursday. FAA teased the announcement at this…

Commercial

Thales, Honeywell Partner for In-Flight Broadband

Thales will partner with Honeywell to bring the global broadband aircraft connectivity to the world aviation industry. The companies are working to integrate the Honeywell-developed GX Aviation Ka-band satcom avionics and antenna…

ATM Modernization

Blakey: NextGen Could Face Sequestration Impacts

AIA President Marion Blakey The automatic $1.2 trillion cut from U.S. government spending over the next 10 years scheduled for Jan. 2 could have a devastating impact on the full-scale implementation of NextGen, according to…

Commercial

SkyTrac Awarded STC for Dash-8

SkyTrac Systems obtained a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the ISAT-200 satcom system on the Dash-8 twin-engine, medium range turboprops. The Dash-8 STC in addition to the AML part-23 STC SkyTrac obtained…

ATM Modernization

ITT Exelis, Metron Team on ATM System

ITT Exelis and Metron Aviation are collaborating to develop a joint product offering, Symphony OpsVue with Harmony, which will provide airport and airline customers with a comprehensive view of their operations in…

Commercial

Gogo to Use Intelsat Satellites for Transoceanic Wi-Fi

Satellite service provider Intelsat signed an agreement to provide broadband satellite capacity for Gogo to enable Wi-Fi access for transoceanic air routes and other areas around the globe starting in early 2013.…

Commercial

L2 Awarded ARINC Contract for e-Enabled Aircraft Program

L2 Consulting Services, of Austin, Texas, has been awarded a contract from ARINC to develop aircraft integration, engineering design and manufacture of the prototype kits for the Cathay Pacific e-Enabled Aircraft Program. The…