Embedded AvionicsDatabus Even as they deploy networks on new aircraft to support high-speed systems, aircraft designers are increasingly looking at Mil-Std-1553 databus technologies to support their mission critical systems. This interest in the old,…
Business & GAPass The Ketchup One of the biggest buzzwords around the aviation industry right now is biofuel, a movement which promises to allow operators to fly cleaner, more efficiently, and maybe even less expensively by using…
CommercialTE Connectivity in Talks to Acquire Deutsch TE Connectivity said Wednesday it is in talks to pay $2.06 billion to acquire connector manufacturer Deutsch Group, of East Sussex, U.K., from owner Wendel. Completion of the transaction is subject to customary…
Business & GAEurocopter to Use GNAT for Demonstrator Eurocopter selected AdaCore's GNAT Pro High-Integrity Edition for development of an ARINC 653 demonstrator for military helicopters, the companies said Tuesday. The demonstrator will provide military interfaces and operational functions within a…
CommercialMonarch Airlines Selects STG Lighting System STG Aerospace has received a fleet-wide order of its SafTGlo photoluminescent (PL) floorpath marking system from U.K.-based Monarch Airlines. The airline, based at London Luton Airport in the U.K., has ordered SafTGlo…
Business & GAGogo to Bring Inmarsat Global Xpress to Airlines Gogo has entered into an agreement with Inmarsat to bring Inmarsat's Global Xpress satellite service to the commercial airline market. According to the agreement announced Tuesday, Gogo will be a service provider, distributing…
MilitaryCMC-Equipped Hawk Mk66 Trainers Delivered Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) handed over the first three Hawk Mk66 advanced trainers equipped with its glass cockpit upgrade to the Finnish Air Force at Kauhava Air Base on Nov. 17. CMC…
Business & GACAE, Arabian Jets in Pilot Training Contract Arabian Jets, a private aircraft management company based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Montreal-based CAE entered into a long-term agreement, for pilot training services on eight business aircraft types. The training will…
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