CommercialQantas Launches Q Streaming IFE System Qantas launched its Q Streaming in-flight entertainment system, based on technology from Lufthansa Systems, on a pilot test on a Boeing 767-300, the companies announced Wednesday. The system, which allows passengers access to…
MilitaryBoeing Begins Production of Super Hornet Targeting System Boeing has started production of the new Distributed Targeting System (DTS) for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter, the company announced Wednesday. DTS provides enhanced targeting capability for the Super Hornet as part…
ATM ModernizationFlat Is The New Growth President Obama and military leaders in Washington in early January outlined a new, streamlined military strategy, following the end of the war in Iraq, which sounded very much like an earnings call…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan MILITARY Curtiss-Wright Division Curtiss-Wright Controls announced the formation of a Defense Solutions business group, combining its Embedded Computing and Electronics Systems businesses to better address the industry’s need for more cost-efficient commercial-off-the-shelf…
Business & GAEastern Star In December 2010, Gulfstream Aerospace announced the opening of a new regional sales office. Nothing unusual about that, but unlike most such announcements, this time there was a twist: Gulfstream’s new office…
CommercialInsitu Awarded Navy Support Contract Boeing subsidiary Insitu, based in Bingen, Wash., was awarded a $41.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to exercise an option for operational and maintenance services in support of the ScanEagle unmanned…
Business & GAFAA TSO Approvals Transferred to Cobham Florida Facility Cobham Beacon Solutions, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., received 24 FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO) authorizations for the Artex Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) product line. The FAA has allowed transition of the previous approval…
Business & GAPanasonic Expands Coverage Over Asia Panasonic Avionics Corp., based in Lake Forest, Calif., commissioned and tested its new service on the Yamal 201 Russian satellite via its partner RuSat’s teleport in Moscow, Russia. The move provides essential service for…