Business & GAFAA Approves New Flight Deck for Piper PA-32 Saratoga FAA has issued Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for installation of the Avidyne Entegra Release 9 Integrated Flight Deck (R9) on the Piper PA-32-301 series Saratoga aircraft. (The upgraded Piper-PA-32…
Embedded AvionicsBoeing to Expand Support for Australian Air Defense System Boeing will expand its support of an Australian air defense command and control system, Vigilare, under a new five-year $60 million contract announced Thursday with the Australian Department of Defense. Boeing…
CommercialMalaysia Airlines Upgrades A380 Avionics Malaysia Airlines is upgrading its Airbus A380 fleet with Lufthansa Systems' Airport Mapping Database Lido/AMDB, which will provide the data necessary to operate the Onboard Airport Navigation System currently installed on the…
Embedded AvionicsU.S. Navy Taps Raytheon to Develop New Airborne Jammer Raytheon has edged out several competitors for the opportunity to develop a new U.S. Navy airborne system to jam enemy radar and communications. But it may be too early for Raytheon to…
CommercialNavy Completes First X-47B Arrested Landing The U.S. Navy on Wednesday conducted the first arrested landing onto an aircraft carrier with Northrop Grumman's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) carrier demonstration aircraft. (The X-47B aboard USS…
Business & GADanish Air Transport Selects Installed, Mobile EFBs Charter carrier Danish Air Transport has a new three-year charting and electronic flight bag (EFB) service agreement with Jeppesen to begin using a combination of onboard and mobile EFBs. (Jeppesen's…
CommercialThales Announces New In-Flight Entertainment Chief Executive Thales on Tuesday named Dominique Giannoni as the new chief executive of its California-based in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) business. Giannoni first joined the company as the head of its…
CommercialRockwell Collins Restructures Commercial Systems Leadership Rockwell Collins on Wednesday announced restructuring within the leadership of its commercial systems business. (Left to Right: Steve Timm, vice president and general manager, Air Transport Systems; Jeff Standerski, vice…