CommercialChina Eastern Airlines Selects Thales IFE China Eastern Airlines selected the TopSeries in-flight entertainment (IFE) system from Thales for 16 of its new A330-200s. The first aircraft is schedule to deliver in November 2011. Thales said the system enables…
Business & GAUniversal, Western Aircraft Partner on Falcon Universal Avionics, of Tucson, Ariz., and Western Aircraft, of Boise, Idaho, have partnered to develop a cockpit for the Dassault Falcon 900B. The cockpit upgrade will replace 25 older instruments, and will include…
CommercialTibet Airlines Selects Rockwell Collins Systems Tibet Airlines selected Rockwell Collins to provide a suite of avionics for the airline's Airbus A319s. The systems will initially be installed on nine of Tibet's new Airbus A319 aircraft, with an option…
CommercialThales to Create IFE Venture in China Thales said Tuesday it signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China Electronics Technology Avionics, (CETCA) whose parent company…
Embedded AvionicsF-35 Software Blocks Begins Tests Lockheed Martin said Monday the "fundamental building block" for all future avionics software on its F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter has entered flight testing on an F-35 test jet. "Block 1,"…
CommercialXiamen Airlines Selects Rockwell Collins Xiamen Airlines has selected a suite of Rockwell Collins avionics, including MultiScan Threat Detection System and GLU-925 Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR) for 25 Boeing 737NGs. Deliveries will begin in July 2011. MultiScan is…
Embedded AvionicsNorthrop Grumman Awarded E-3D IFF Contract Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $64 million contract by the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) to design, develop, integrate, test and support the Mode S upgrade to the Identification Friend or…
Business & GAJet Airways Selects navAero EFBs Jet Airways has selected navAero to supply its tBag C22 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) for the airline’s fleet of 96 A330s, B737-NGs and ATR 72s. Jet Airways will begin the implementation of its…