Commercial

Lufthansa Systems Names New CEO

Lufthansa Systems named Stefan Hansen its new CEO, succeeding Wolfgang F. W. Gohde, who has left the company, the company announced Thursday. Hansen has been with Lufthansa Systems since 1999, most recently heading…

Commercial

Euro Hawk UAS Completes First Flight

The Euro Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS), an international configuration of the RQ-4 Global Hawk built by Northrop Grumman and EADS Defence & Security, completed its first flight June 29. It took…

ATM Modernization

Metron, Booz Allen Hamilton in FAA Contracts

FAA awarded more than $1 billion in NextGen contracts to Metron Aviation, of Dulles, Va., and Booz Allen Hamilton, of McLean, Va., the last two awarded under the System Engineering 2020 (SE-2020) program. Under…

Embedded Avionics

Boeing to Acquire Argon ST

Boeing will spend $775 million to acquire Argon ST, of Fairfax, Va., a developer of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) and combat systems. "Combining the strength of Boeing with…

ATM Modernization

Sensis System Operational in London

The surface multilateration system from Sensis Corp., of Syracuse, N.Y., is now operational at London Stansted Airport, the company said Monday. “Controllers at Stansted now have the same surveillance capabilities as Heathrow…

Commercial

Honeywell Names Aerospace Chief in India

Honeywell on Tuesday announced the appointment of Pritam Bhavnani as president of Honeywell Aerospace in India. The move reenforces the company's committment the region, Honeywell said. Pritam, who most recently was vice…

ATM Modernization

ADS-B Operational in Alaska

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is now operational in Alaska, FAA said Thursday. “NextGen technology is already helping make aviation safer and more efficient,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “This innovation is transforming air…

ATM Modernization

G150 Gets FAA Approval for WAAS

Gulfstream received FAA approval to provide Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) functionality on its G150s. The optional WAAS-capable receiver can be installed on new G150s during final-phase manufacturing or as a retrofit…