Commercial

US Air Force Contracts PKL for F-15 Support

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) issued a five-year $51 million contract to provide functional elements spanning operations, maintenance and simulator support for USAF and Republic of Singapore (RSAF) F-15 aircraft. The Air…

Military

Thales, Dassault Deliver Rafale C137 to France

The French defense procurement agency (DGA) has received the first production Rafale C137 aircraft equipped with the Thales RBE2 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. Thales said its radar is designed to…

ATM Modernization

ATC Tower in Pennsylvania Dedicated by FAA

FAA Acting Administrator Michael Huerta and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood dedicated the new $20.5 million air traffic control tower at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in Pennsylvania. The 118-foot tower is equipped…

Business & GA

Editor's Note: Eyes on Orlando

The collective eyes of the business aviation industry will be laser-focused on Orlando, Fla., later this month for the National Business Aviation Association’s (NBAA) annual meeting and convention, hoping to take a…

Business & GA

The New Eclipse

Four years after a bankruptcy filing halted its operations, Eclipse Aerospace is back with a new twin-engine jet, a new avionics package and a new outlook on the market. In June, Eclipse,…

Business & GA

Getting Back to Business

After several years of poor sales, the market for new business aircraft seems to be improving for OEMs and their avionics suppliers. In May, Cessna announced with great fanfare the launch of…