Business & GA

Industry Scan

   Photo courtesy Lockheed Martin Lockheed, Air Force Fix C-5M ‘Deficiencies’ The U.S. Air Force’s C-5M program has fixed some of the problems that arose during two major modernization initiatives for the…

Commercial

Managing Obsolescence

A B-52H Stratofortress takes off from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, in 2009. The U.S. Air Force’s aging airplanes need careful tending — especially their airframes and engines. But the avionics systems…

ATM Modernization

Avionics for NextGen

Aviation industry leaders gathered in Atlantic City, N.J., in September for the Second Annual Avionics for NextGen conference, urging cooperation among industry stakeholders and action from regulatory bodies to move the massive…

ATM Modernization

Metron to Study Air Capacity in South Africa

Metron Aviation, based in Dulles, Va., was awarded a contract to evaluate air-side capacity enhancements for South Africa. The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) provided a grant to the Air Traffic and…

ATM Modernization

StandardAero to Offer ACSS ADS-B Equipment for Bizjets

StandardAero signed an agreement with ACSS to offer its line of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) products for business jets, the companies announced this week. "ADS-B is a cornerstone technology of the FAA’s…

Business & GA

Flexjet Receives FAA Approval for iPad EFBs

Richardson, Texas-based aircraft management company Flexjet has received conditional authorization from FAA for the use of iPads as electronic flight bags (EFBs). The conditional authorization applies to fractional flights conducted under 14…

Business & GA

Honeywell to Provide Avionics Upgrades for Cessna

Honeywell signed a contract worth up to $800 million to provide environmental control systems, LASEREF navigation and state-of-the-art communications systems for the new Cessna Citation Latitude and Cessna Citation Longitude aircraft. The…