ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan FAA Leadership Supportive Of NextGen Implementation Task Force Report FAA leadership complimented the work of the RTCA NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force, describing its final report as an industry consensus document that…
ATM ModernizationPeople Tracy Simpson Crane Aerospace & Electronics, based in Lynnwood, Wash., named Tracy Simpson vice president, Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Development. Simpson has been with Crane Aerospace & Electronics for more than 20…
Editor's NoteECS in Licensing Agreement with Boeing ECS, which was acquired this month by Carlisle Companies, entered into a data licensing agreement with Boeing allowing the use of Boeing detail engineering design data to develop Supplemental Type Certificates (STC)…
CommercialMalcor of Thales Resigns Jean-Georges Malcor, senior vice president at Thales, has resigned, effective Dec. 31, 2009, to accept the CEO position at CGGVeritas, a France-based geophysical equipment and services company. Malcor, who previously was senior vice…
MilitaryRaytheon Awarded Airborne Sonar Contract Raytheon received an $81.1 million U.S. Navy contract for the AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS), the primary undersea warfare sensor for the Navy's MH-60R multi-mission helicopter. According to Raytheon, the system…
MilitaryBoeing Awarded B-1 Avionics Software Pact Boeing received an $84 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for additional upgrades of the B-1 bomber's avionics software. Boeing said this contract authorizes Boeing to start work on Sustainment Block…
Business & GACessna Awarded STC for IS&S AdViz Cessna Aircraft was awarded a supplemental type certificate for retrofit installations of the AdViz flat panel cocking display system from Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S), of Exton, Pa., in some legacy Cessna Citations.…
Business & GAColumbia Avionics Completes Universal Upgrade Columbia Avionics, based in Columbia, Mo., completed an avionics modernization program and heavy maintenance on a Cessna 650 Model VI for the Chilean Direccion General De Aeronautica Civil (DGAC). The upgrades included the…