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Jim Gaughan, Alan Bloodgood Metron Aviation, a subsidiary of Airbus Americas based in Dulles, Va., promoted Jim Gaughan to chief operating officer. Previously he was executive vice president and general manager of…

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Calendar

April 1-4 Quad A Annual Convention, Gaylord Opryland Hotel & Convention Center, Nashville, Tenn. Visit www.quad-a.org. 3-6 55th Annual Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) International Convention & Trade Show, Gaylord National Hotel &…

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Editor's Note: Drones in Airspace

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a drone? FAA moved closer to allowing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly and ominously called drones in mainstream media, into U.S. airspace. In March, the…

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Industry Scan

Saab Sensis Builds on ASDE-X Photo courtesy Saab Sensis Saab Sensis announced a series of contract awards and system deployments for airport surveillance and precision approach systems in recent months, following the…

Commercial

Snake Pit Superior

An AH-1Z Cobra with the Aviation Combat Element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit hovers above the USS Makin Island in the first shipboard deployment of the attack helicopter.   Photo courtesy U.S.…

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NAV Canada Extends ADS-B Coverage

Air navigation service provider NAV CANADA said it has expanded its surveillance to cover a 1.3-million-square kilometre portion of airspace over the North Atlantic as the implementation of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)…

Editor's Note

VSI Awarded Night Vision Display Systems Contract

Vision Systems International (VSI), a joint venture between Elbit Systems of America and Rockwell Collins, has been awarded a $19.8 million contract for the delivery and engineering support of Night Vision Cueing Display (NVCD) systems.…

Business & GA

GOL Selects SITA/Flightman Class 2 EFB 

GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes will deploy Class 2 electronic flight bags (EFB) from SITA, and its technology partner Flightman, on its fleet of 130 Boeing 737-NGs. This five-year contract includes the provision…