ATM Modernization

Air Arabia to Use Lufthansa Systems

Air Arabia will use Lufthansa Systems' Lido/Flight for flight planning, the companies announced Tuesday. According to Lufthansa, Lido/Flight calculates optimal flight routes based on various factors and can reduce fuel costs by up…

Military

Boeing to Begin LRIP of P-8A Poseidon

Boeing received a $1.6 billion contract from the U.S. Navy for low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The LRIP 1 contract is for six P-8A aircraft, spares, logistics and…

Commercial

GE, AVIC Form Avionics Joint Venture

GE Aviation and Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC) on Friday formed a 50/50 joint venture company, GE-AVIC Civil Avionics Systems Company Ltd., to develop and market integrated avionic systems for new…

Commercial

ARINC Tests VDL Mode 2 Frequency Management

ARINC, of Annapolis, Md., demonstrated a Multi-Frequency Management (MFM) auto-tune capability for VDL Mode 2 (VHF Digital Link Mode 2) communications. During the tests in Q3 of 2010, which were performed with Boeing,…

Embedded Avionics

ARINC Upgrading Avionics for OC-135B

ARINC Engineering Services, of Annapolis, Md., started installation of new cockpit avionics on the first of two ‘Open Skies’ OC-135B observation aircraft of the U.S. Air Force, the company said Thursday. Under…

Business & GA

Hangar One to Upgrade LASD Helicopters

Hangar One Avionics, of Carlsbad, Calif., has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) to upgrade the avionics systems on its new fleet of 14 Eurocopter…

ATM Modernization

Industry 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…

Military

Joint 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.…