Business & GAThales Satcom System Earns Boeing Certification The Thales TopFlight satellite communications system has been certified on Boeing 737 NG and 777s, the companies announced Tuesday. Thales said its TopFlight system is the first ARINC 781 SwiftBroadband-enabled SATCOM capable of…
CommercialRegent Airways Selects Lufthansa Charts Regent Airways, a private airline from Bangladesh, has started its flight operations with several IT systems from Lufthansa Systems, including Lido/RouteManual navigation charts and the Lido/FPLS flight planning service. Regent Airways has…
CommercialCompanies Form Avionics JV in India Embvue, of Montreal, a provider of embedded systems, network and testing products, said Friday it plans to enter into a strategic teaming agreement with Edgewood Ventures, an Indian-based technology accelerator, on aerospace…
CommercialARINC's VDL Network Marks 10 Years ARINC's VDL Mode 2 digital air/ground communications network is marking 10 years of operations. According to ARINC, the system begin in 1998 as a proof-of-concept on a few ground stations in the Pacific…
MilitaryLockheed Martin to Close P-3 Avionics Plant Lockheed Martin announced plans Thursday to close its Eagan, Minn., facility by 2013 and move manufacturing work from its Middle River, Md., site by the end of 2011. Lockheed Martin's Mission Systems…
CommercialHoneywell Awarded Vietnam Airlines Contract Vietnam Airlines has awarded a $100 million avionics and auxiliary power unit (APU) contract to Honeywell for its fleet of 36 new and 22 existing Airbus A321s. Honeywell said it will work…
CommercialTeledyne Awarded Data Loader STC Teledyne Controls, of El Segundo, Calif., received FAA Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for its enhanced Airborne Data Loader (eADL) and wireless communication system AirLAN on Continental Airlines’ Boeing 737-NGs. With Teledyne’s AirLAN and eADL, Continental…
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…