Editor's Note

Editor’s Note: Cost Conundrum

When JetBlue Airways and FAA announced their partnership to equip JetBlue A320s for ADS-B Out capability, subsidized by $4.2 million in federal dollars, the reporters in the peanut gallery wanted to know…

Editor's Note

Industry Scan

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…

Editor's Note

People

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…

Editor's Note

Calendar

April 5-7 Aircraft Interiors Expo, Hamburg Messe, Hamburg, Germany. For information, phone +44 (0)208 271 2174 or visit www.aircraftinteriorsexpo.com. 11-14 Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition, Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor,…

Commercial

FedEx Delivers Maintenance

Cargo carrier FedEx Express operates a fleet of hundreds of aircraft across a global network, employs thousands of pilots and maintenance professionals and is responsible for making sure packages arrive safely and…

Military

Kilo Cockpit

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) considers the Marine Corps CH-53K Heavy Lift Replacement helicopter a derivative of the hard-flown CH-53E in operation today. In fact, new avionics, engines, transmission, structures, rotor…

Editor's Note

Era Of Airborne RFID Begins 

Anticipated for the past several years, the application of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for component tracking on commercial aircraft is upon us, at least for tags that are "passive," or without…

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…