Commercial

Boeing Launches 787 Pilot Certification

Boeing has started 787 Dreamliner flight certification training following the provisional approval from FAA for Boeing's Seattle-based 787 flight training devices. As part of flight training, pilots train on a 787 flat…

Commercial

Rockwell Collins to Provide STUAS Flight Controls

Rockwell Collins was selected to provide flight control and navigation systems for the Small Tactical Unmanned Air System (STUAS) program, the Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based company announced Tuesday. Boeing subsidiary Insitu, of Bingen,…

Commercial

QinetiQ Files for Records for Solar UAS

U.K.-based QinetiQ has filed for three world records for Zephyr, its solar powered high-altitude long endurance (HALE) Unmanned Air System (UAS), with the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI), the company announced Tuesday. The records,…

Commercial

Lockheed Martin Awarded U.K. UAV Contract

The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence awarded Lockheed Martin a $5.1 million contract for additional Desert Hawk III unmanned aircraft vehicles. Awarded by the MoD's Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) organization, the…

Commercial

Honeywell Wins T-Hawk Army Contract

Honeywell will provide its T-Hawk micro air vehicle systems, training and logistics support as part of an $11 million contract for the low-rate initial production of the initial brigade set of the…

Commercial

Thomas Cook Airlines to Use Lufthansa Charts

Lufthansa Systems signed a five-year contract with Thomas Cook Airlines to provide navigation charts and its Lido/RouteManual system.  “We were impressed by the very clear presentation and high quality of production of…

Commercial

Turkish Airlines to Use Jeppesen System

Jeppesen signed a service agreement with Turkish Airlines to provide a crew tracking and manpower planning system. Jeppesen said the crew management system provided will allow the airline to integrate powerful decision…

Business & GA

LaBarge Wins HH-60M Wiring Contract

LaBarge, based in St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a $5 million contract from Sikorsky to supply wiring harnesses for the HH-60M Medevac helicopter. The new contract expands LaBarge's manufacturing role to include wiring harnesses…