Business & GA

Duncan Awarded Aircell Wi-Fi STC 

Duncan Aviation, based in Lincoln, Neb., has installed and certified Aircell Broadband with in-flight Wi-Fi in a Learjet 45 and Challenger 600-2B16, including the 601-3A/601-3R/604 variants, via three supplemental type certificates (STC).…

Embedded Avionics

Boeing Completes In-Flight SATCOM Demo for EA-18G Growler

Boeing and the U.S. Navy completed a successful in-flight demonstration of a satellite communications (SATCOM) system on a Navy EA-18G Growler, the aerospace manufacturer announced Wednesday. The system would allow F/A-18E/F Super…

Commercial

Air France KLM to Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi

Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will partner with Panasonic Avionics to offer in-flight Wi-Fi and mobile phone data services on its Boeing 777-300s, the airlines said Monday. The two airlines…

Commercial

Row 44 Secures $45 Million in Financing

Row 44, of Westlake Village, Calif., closed a $45 million round of financing, led by in-flight content provider Advanced Inflight Alliance (AIA), of Munich, and included participation by PAR Capital Management, an investor…

Business & GA

StandardAero Awarded STC for Honeywell EGPWS

StandardAero has received a FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for upgrading Mark V Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) computers with Honeywell’s Smart Runway and SmartLanding runway safety package for Falcon 50,…

Commercial

Thales Opens New IFE Center in London

Thales said last week it has a new address at London Heathrow, closer to some of its airline customers, to provide services including turn-key maintenance, onboard services and repairs. It is also…

Commercial

Swedish Army Selects Aerovironment UASs

AeroVironment received a firm fixed-price order for 12 hybrid small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Försvarets Materielverk) on behalf of the Swedish Army. The order consists of…

ATM Modernization

Panama Chooses Thales’s TopSky ATM System

Thales was selected by the Civil Aviation Authority of Panama (AAC) to deploy air traffic management systems, including TopSky, for en route and approach segments of the country's airspace, the company said…