Business & GADuncan, Universal Avionics Partner on Falcon 900B Avionics Upgrade Duncan Aviation, based in Lincoln, Neb., has partnered with Universal Avionics, of Tucson, Ariz., to install and certify an advanced cockpit for the Dassault Falcon 900B, the companies said Tuesday. This cockpit…
CommercialGolden Myanmar Airlines Selects Lufthansa Nav Charts Golden Myanmar Airlines, which began operations at the start of this year, will be using the navigation charts provided by Lufthansa Systems' Lido/RouteManual systems, under a five-year contract announced Tuesday. The Lufthansa Systems…
ATM ModernizationLevel 3 Signs NATO-Russia Air Traffic Deal Level 3 Communications B.V. — affiliate of Level 3 Communications — signed a contract with the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) to install an IP Virtual Private Network for the NATO-Russia…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman, Cassidian Complete First Euro Hawk Flight Test Northrop Grumman and EADS subsidiary Cassidian conducted the first successful test flight of the Euro Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The six-hour test flight occurred over Germany’s Manching Air Base, and allowed…
CommercialDelta Launches New iPad App Delta Air Lines released its new Fly Delta iPad app, which allows customers on commercial flights to see exactly where the airplane is and how fast it is traveling. The “glass bottom…
CommercialIFE Services to Provide In-Flight Connectivity for TAM Airlines Brazilian carrier TAM Airlines has selected U.K.-based IFE Services to begin providing in-flight entertainment services in March. IFE said it would be providing audiovisual on-demand (AVOD) and overhead systems across TAM Airlines'…
Business & GACessna's Citation M2 Begins Initial Production Cessna said Thursday it has begun the initial production run of its Citation M2 light business jet, with certification on track for second quarter of 2013. Unit 800 is slated for demonstrator…
CommercialU.S. Air Force, Sandia Test UAS Ability to Track Radioactive Particles The U.S. Air Force is teaming up with engineers from Sandia National Laboratories to test the capabilities of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) equipped with radiation sensors to collect airborne radioactive particles for…