Military

Boeing Inks Air Force Contract

Boeing Service Co., based in Richardson, Texas, signed a $31 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to provide broadband data service to Department of Defense and Department of State operated aircraft…

Business & GA

Eclipse Develops Weather Radar

Eclipse Aviation, Albuquerque, N.M., said it completed development of the its Weather Radar System. The system, which was designed by Eclipse and manufactured by Japan Radio Co., Ltd. (JRC), is comprised of…

Commercial

Las Vegas Selects Era’s MSS

Las Vegas McCarran International Airport has selected MSS multilateration system by Era, Alexandria, Va., to provide real-time flight arrival and tracking information for the airport’s Flight Information Display System.   Era said its…

Business & GA

S-TEC, Avidyne Eye Flight Deck STC

Avidyne and S-TEC said they are working on an FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) to retrofit the Alliant Integrated Flight Deck into Cessna Conquest II twin-engine turboprop aircraft. Avidyne said this STC…

Business & GA

Emiraes-CAE Training Certified

Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) received international accreditation for its Gulfstream 550/450 business jet training programs. Emirates-CAE, which is located near the Dubai International Airport and operated jointly between the Canadian simulator company…

Military

Extended 1553 Milestone

Edgewater Computer Systems Inc. (ECSI) said it completed a flight test of its Extended 1553 data bus technology in a U.S. Air Force F-16. The Ottawa, Canada-based company said the primary purpose…

Business & GA

ADS-B for GA

Garmin International is adding automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) capabilities to its general aviation transponders. Garmin said it is enabling its GTX 330 and GTX 33 transponders with 1090 MHz Extended Squitter (ES)…

Business & GA

CAE, Mooney Airplane Ink Contract

Canadian simulator company CAE signed a contract with first time customer, Mooney Airplane Company (MAC), maker of a single-engine, piston-powered aircraft. Financial terms were not disclosed. Under the contract, CAE will develop…