Business & GAWorkhorse in Glass Carson Helicopters in Perkasie, Pa., rebuilds Sikorsky H-3s and S-61s for the State Department and commercial operators. The company holds 29 STCs for S-61 improvements. Carson Helicopters in Perkasie, Pa., has a…
ATM ModernizationHuerta: Air Traffic Controllers Will Be Furloughed Under Sequestration FAA Administrator Michael Huerta told the House Subcommittee on Aviation on Wednesday his agency cannot avoid furloughing its employees under its $600 million in automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect this…
CommercialChina Eastern Airlines Selects Honeywell Avionics Systems Honeywell has extended its strategic partnership with China Eastern Airlines, signing a series of agreements to provide avionics products for 58 new Boeing 737NGs, scheduled to be delivered over the next five…
CommercialL-3 Link Updates A380 Simulator L-3 Link’s Crawley, U.K.-based operation has updated a Lufthansa flight training A380 simulator to the latest Airbus 1.3 product baseline. The updates focused on the simulator’s aircraft systems, avionics and flight aero…
Business & GAAstronics EVS System Approved for Bell Helicopters in China Astronics’s Max-Viz-1500 enhanced vision system received approval by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for retrofit installation in Bell B206B/206L-4/407 helicopters. “Astronics concurs with Bell Helicopter’s assessment that China will be…
CommercialBoeing’s Phantom Eye Flies Higher, Longer in Second Flight Boeing’s Phantom Eye unmanned aircraft system (UAS) made its second flight Monday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (Boeing Phantom Eye. Photo, courtesy of Boeing.) The liquid-hydrogen powered UAS climbed to an…
Business & GAG1000 Avionics Selected for Seneca V Piper Aircraft has selected Garmin's G1000 integrated flight deck for its twin-engine Seneca V model aircraft. “We have a strong, long-standing partnership with Piper Aircraft, and we are honored by the confidence…
Embedded AvionicsDoD Awards Rockwell Collins Contract to Continue GPS Cost Savings Program Rockwell Collins received a $3.2 million technology investment agreement from the Department of Defense (DoD) to continue the next phase of the low-cost military GPS program. DoD previously selected the company for…