ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan COMMERCIAL Sky Interior Continental Airlines in late December took delivery of a 737-800 fitted with Boeing’s new Sky Interior, becoming the first North American carrier to receive the improved cabin. Boeing said…
MilitaryJoint STARS Test Bed Completes Deployment Northrop Grumman's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) test bed aircraft completed the second of two deployments to Naval Air Station Pt. Mugu, Calif., in support of the U.S.…
CommercialBoeing Sets 787 Delivery Target After supply-chain snags, cost overruns and numerous program delays, Boeing announced Jan. 18 it expects to deliver the first 787 Dreamliner, to launch customer All-Nippon Airways (ANA), in the third quarter of…
Business & GAG650 Flies with Electric Flight Control System Gulfstream flew a G650 flight-test aircraft for the first time using only an electrically powered, fly-by-wire backup flight-control actuation system, the airframer said Wednesday. Gulfstream’s Serial Number (S/N) 6001 flew for a…
MilitaryARINC to Modernize C-130Bs for Indonesia ARINC Engineering Services, of Annapolis, Md., was awarded a $63.7 million contract to modernize five C-130B transport aircraft of the Indonesian Air Force. Under terms of the contract, the program will include…
CommercialL-3 Aviation Recorders Names New President 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…
ATM ModernizationACSS Appoints New General Manager 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…
CommercialITT Splits Into Three Companies 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…