Commercial

Cundiff Named Astronautics President

Astronautics Corporation of America, based in Milwaukee, named Chad Cundiff president, succeeding Michael Russek who is retiring.   Cundiff has more than 20 years of executive, managerial and professional experience in aerospace.…

Commercial

Aer Lingus Launches In-Flight Connectivity Service

Ireland national carrier Aer Lingus is launching in-flight Wi-Fi connectivity service on its fleet of Airbus A330 aircraft with AeroMobile.      [Aer Lingus A330. Photo, courtesy of Aer Lingus.]    AeroMobile,…

ATM Modernization

Kazkhstan to Receive Lockheed Air Traffic Management Training

Lockheed Martin on Friday announced plans to deploy three air traffic management training and simulation systems for the air navigation services provider of Kazakhstan, Kazeronavigatsia.    The three systems will be installed at…

ATM Modernization

Senate: NextGen Put on Hold Altogether Due to Shutdown

The government shutdown enters its 14th day Monday, three days after the Senate commerce committee released a report detailing the shutdown's negative impact on FAA and other critical federal agencies.    According…

Commercial

Rockwell Collins Reveals EVS-3000 Vision System

Rockwell Collins on Friday introduced EVS-3000 enhanced vision system (EVS), which it calls the "most advanced and highest fidelity" EVS in the commercial aviation market.      [EVS-3000. Photo, courtesy of Rockwell…

Business & GA

TMC Adds ATG 2000 to Hawker 400XP Fleet

Elkhart, Ind.-based private jet charter carrier Travel Management Company (TMC) has completed the activation of Aircell's new ATG 2000 in-flight voice and Internet systems for its fleet of Hawker 400XPs.    The…

Embedded Avionics

F-35 Program Scraps Alternate Helmet 

Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program has scrapped an alternate helmet testing program in favor of "exclusively" focusing on developing the Rockwell Collins Elbit Systems of America Vision Systems Generation 2 (Gen 2) helmet…