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COMMERCIAL SESAR Validation The public-private entity charged with developing the Single European Sky vision will conduct 29 validation projects in Europe this year with the aim of introducing “pre-industrial” procedures, policies and…

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Don Embt CSSI, an engineering, IT and applied research company based in Washington, D.C., promoted Don Embt to program manager for the company’s System Engineering 2020 (SE2020) contract. Embt has more than…

Business & GA

STC Granted For Eclipse Integrated FMS

Eclipse Aerospace, Inc., March 30 said FAA has issued a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Avio Integrated Flight Management System (IFMS) of the Eclipse twin-engine light jet. The IFMS system was…

Commercial

Goodrich Completes 787 Brake Test

Goodrich said its electric brake system for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner has completed all required dedicated flight test conditions. To date, the majority of announced 787 customers have selected the Goodrich electric brake…

ATM Modernization

FAA, EU Sign NextGen Research Agreement

FAA and the European Union formally signed an agreement Thursday to work together on research related to air traffic service to aircraft flying between the United States and Europe. The agreement, signed…

Connectivity

EMS Awarded RC-12 Satcom Contract

EMS Defense & Space (D&S), a division of EMS Technologies, received a contract from SAIC to provide an X-band SATCOM antenna system for the RC-12, the U.S. military version of the Super…

Commercial

Gestair Cargo to Use Lufthansa Nav Charts

The Spanish cargo airline Gestair Cargo has selected Lido/RouteManual navigation charts from Lufthansa Systems, the companies announced Thursday. The charts, which are generated from the Lido navigation database, include true-to-scale geographic information such…

Military

BAE to Supply V-22 Weapons System

Photo courtesy NAVAIR BAE Systems will provide the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) a defensive weapon system for NAVAIR’s V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, under a $14 million contract awarded Tuesday. The system is…