CommercialJade Cargo Selects Boeing AHM System Cargo carrier Jade Cargo selected Boeing's Airplane Health Management (AHM) for its fleet of six 747-400 Freighters, under an agreement announced Friday. Jade Cargo will incorporate all three AHM modules into its…
CommercialFAA Certification for Rockwell Collins Simulator Rockwell Collins achieved FAA Part 60 Level D qualification for its Edge Boeing 737 NG Full Flight Simulator (FFS), the company announced Thursday. The simulator, delivered in April, is located at Pan…
CommercialAeroMexico Airlines to Use ICG NxtLink System International Communications Group (ICG), based in Newport News, Va., will provide its NxtLink ICS-120A communications system for flight deck voice and DataLink services for AeroMexico Airlines on five of its Boeing 767-200s and 300s.…
ATM ModernizationRTCA To Form New NextGen Group FAA has asked standards organization RTCA to form a new advisory group of senior executives to focus on near- and mid-term implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). The new…
MilitaryCurtiss-Wright Acquires Hybricon Corp. Curtiss-Wright Corp., based in Charlotte, N.C., will pay $19 million in cash to acquire Hybricon Corp., a Ayer, Mass.-based supplier of electronic packaging for the aerospace, defense and commercial markets, the companies…
CommercialJeppesen, South African Airways Sign Contract Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen and South African Airways have agreed to a three-year digital charting navigation, electronic flight bag (EFB) and document management service contract, the companies announced Wednesday. The contract also includes…
ATM ModernizationNorthrop Grumman Awarded FAA Contract Northrop Grumman was awarded a five-year, $32 million contract from FAA to provide national maintenance services and logistic support of several FAA communications products and systems, including the Integrated Communications Switching System (ICSS),…
MilitaryNavy to Develop Airborne Computer Standards The Navy's Air Combat Electronics program office (PMA-209) is developing a new set of standards and processes for airborne computer systems, designed to establish an open, modular, partitioned and more flexible computing…