L-3 Aviation Recorders, based in Sarasota, Fla., named R. Michael Smith has been named president, succeeding Bruce Coffey, who was recently appointed president of L-3 Display Systems in Alpharetta, Ga.. Smith has been…
ACSS, an L-3 Communications and Thales joint venture, on Wednesday named Terry Flaishans vice president and general manager. Flaishans brings close to 30 years of aerospace experience to ACSS. He joins the company…
ITT Corp. announced plans Wednesday to separate its businesses into three distinct, publicly traded companies –– ITT Corp., ITT water technology division and ITT Defense and Information Solutions segment. ITT said it believe these three…
Aircraft Management Technologies (AMT) of Dublin, Ireland, has been selected to provide its Flightman software package for ATR's Class 2 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB), the companies announced Wednesday. ATR uses Esterline/CMC Electronics' Pilot…
Southwest Airlines has now begun using required navigation performance procedures at 11 airports nationwide, the carrier announced Tuesday. The milestone, part of the company's announced $175 million, six-year investment in the technology,…
Rockwell Collins on Monday said it is acquiring Computing Technologies for Aviation, Inc. (CTA), of Charlottesville, Va., a provider of flight operations management systems for corporate flight departments and other aviation customers.…
AeroVironment, Inc., of Monrovia, Calif., said Tuesday its Global Observer unmanned aircraft system completed its first flight powered by the aircraft’s hydrogen-fueled propulsion system at Edwards Air Force Base in California. This…
Rockwell Collins has been awarded a program to develop components for the COMAC C919 aircraft simulator program by Xian Aviation Science and Technology Company (XASC), an AVIC subsidiary. The simulator will be…