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Commercial

Rockwell Collins Delivers Trainer

Rockwell Collins delivered its Virtual Avionics Procedures Trainer (VAPT) system to Corporate Aircraft SA, an authorized dealer of Hawker Beechcraft aircraft, for an unnamed customer. The device will train pilots flying King…

Commercial

VT Group Acquires Evergreen Unmanned Systems

VT Group, the U.S. division of U.K.-based Babcock International, will acquire the Evergreen Unmanned Systems business unit, part of Evergreen International Aviation, the companies announced Tuesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were…

Commercial

Cimber Sterling Selects Delta TechOps

Delta TechOps signed a three-year, multimillion dollar contract with Danish airline Cimber Sterling to provide time and materials services for 11 CFM56-7B engines and Honeywell GTCP131-9B auxiliary power units (APU) for the airline’s…

Commercial

BAE Signs Commercial Aviation Contracts

BAE Systems on Friday announced a series of commercial aircraft support and engineering contracts, including a multi-year agreement with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. to provide engineering development and integration services related to flight…

Commercial

JetBlue, ViaSat in Connectivity Contract

JetBlue Airways and ViaSat signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) last week to create "the industry's best in-flight broadband for commercial aviation," the companies said. The MOU includes in-flight broadband access and other…

ATM Modernization

Equipage, Timing Key to NextGen Implementation

Some 300 aviation industry stakeholders gathered to consider ongoing challenges in the NextGen transition during the RTCA Fall Symposium, co-organized by Avionics Magazine, Sept. 22 in Washington, D.C. Recently confirmed FAA Deputy…

ATM Modernization

Thales to Supply ATC Equipment to Belgium

Thales won a contract with Belgium to supply of STAR 2000/RSM 970 S co-mounted radars to replace approach radars. The new systems will be installed initially at Brussels National and Ostend airports,…

ATM Modernization

ITT CEO Urges NextGen Equipage

The Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) promises great benefits and efficiencies but only if the stakeholders equip their aircraft with the technology, according to the president and CEO of ITT Corp.…