Commercial

China Eastern, Hainan Airlines Select Thales FMS

China Eastern and Hainan Airlines have signed agreements with Thales to equip their Airbus aircraft with the Thales TopFlight Management System. Hainan will deploy the system on 15 Airbus A330s, and China…

Business & GA

CMC's SureSight System Certified by TCCA, FAA, EASA

Esterline CMC Electronics' SureSight CMA-2700 Integrated Sensor System was certified by Transport Canada (TCCA), FAA and EASA as an Enhanced Vision System (EVS) for head-up display on Bombardier Global 5000 and Global…

Commercial

Lockheed Martin Acquires UAS Manufacturer Chandler/May

Lockheed Martin acquired Huntsville, Ala.-based unmanned aircraft systems manufacturer Chandler/May, Inc., which produces command and control shelters and portable ground control stations to support the U.S. Army's UAS programs. The two companies…

Commercial

DDC-I Joins FACE Consortium

DDC-I, a supplier of software and professional services for mission- and safety-critical applications, has joined the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Consortium. “Software reuse through portability has been a design element of…

ATM Modernization

Quovadis to Lead Canary Island PBN Flight Trials

Airbus ProSky subsidiary Quovadis will lead a series of Performance Based Navigation (PBN) flight trials at Lanzarote and La Palma airports in the Canary Islands, called the “CO2 and Noise Approach Reduction…

Commercial

ARINC to Provide ACARS for Japan's AVICOM

Annapolis, Md.-based ARINC has reached an agreement to provide IT maintenance and support for Japan’s AVICOM aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS). AVICOM provides aviation communications for Japanese airlines, and has…

ATM Modernization

Airbus, EADS Selected for SESAR JU Flight Trials

Airbus and EADS will participate in the upcoming Single European Sky ATM Research Joint Undertaking (SESAR JU) Integrated Flight Trials. The SESAR JU flight trials will begin in early 2013, and are…

Embedded Avionics

Northrop Grumman to Provide AHRS for Israel’s M-346 Fleet

Prime contractor Alenia Aermacchi selected Northrop Grumman Italia to provide its LISA-200 Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS) for the Israel Ministry of Defense’s fleet of M-346 advanced trainer aircraft. The LISA-200 AHRS…