Business & GAGulfstream's G250 Hits the Skies Gulfstream's large range, mid-size G250 completed its first flight in Israel on Friday. The flight, which lasted 3 hours and 21 minutes, tested the aircraft's flight-handling qualities and characteristics, and pilots performed…
Business & GASkytrac's Satcom Equipment STC'ed for DHC-6 SkyTrac Systems, of Kelowna, British Columbia, received a supplemental type certification (STC) for ts automated flight following and satellite communications equipment on the de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter airframe. The DHC-6 is…
MilitaryBell Selects Quantum3D Image Generator Bell Helicopter selected an image generator program from Quantum3D, of San Jose, Calif., for avionics evaluation and training. The IDX 6000 image generator will replace two of Bell's existing image generators and display…
MilitaryTeledyne Awarded E-6B Contract Teledyne Controls, of El Segundo, Calif., was awarded a $5 million contract by sub-contractor L-3 Communications to supply the flight data acquisition system, ground-based flight data monitoring tools and flight training simulator crew…
CommercialAegean Airlines to Use CabinVu System Greek airline Aegean Airlines will use AD Aerospace's CabinVu in-flight security systems for its Boeing 737-400s. The system includes the Cockpit Door Monitoring System (CDMS), which provides pilots with a clear and unrestricted…
CommercialTronics, Thales Sign Supply Agreement Thales signed a strategic supply agreement for navigation systems will Tronics Microsystems, a French manufacturer of integrated custom MEMS components. Under the agreement, Tronics will produce vacuum-packaged inertial MEMS-sensing elements based on…
MilitaryBoeing Completes First AH-64D Test Flights Boeing's AH-64D Apache Block III program has completed the first flight of its structures test aircraft. The test, conducted Nov. 23 in Mesa, Ariz., demonstrated flight characteristics and handling maneuvers, Boeing said.…
ATM ModernizationFAA Soliciting NextGen Bids FAA said Friday it is soliciting bids from companies for NextGen-related work contracts with an approximate combined value of $7 billion, the largest award in the agency’s history. Under the umbrella awards,…