ATM ModernizationNew Products Flight Computer Avidyne, of Lincoln, Mass., introduced an attitude-based DFC100 Digital Flight Control System, which was specifically designed for installation in Cirrus SR20s and SR22s with Avidyne’s dual Air Data and Attitude…
CommercialPerspectives: Advancing AIXM FAA, Eurocontrol, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and others, with the assistance of companies such as FedEx and Lufthansa, are developing the Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM),…
Business & GAEditor’s Note: A Corner Turned I couldn’t help but feel patriotic at the Sept. 29 roll-out of the Gulfstream G650 in Savannah, Ga. There we stood, a gaggle of journalists on a makeshift platform, waiting just inside…
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…