Business & GA

GE Fanuc Receives Order from Northrop Grumman

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, based in Charlottesville, Va., announced a $1 million from Northrop Grumman for its QPMC-1553 1553 PMCs and CEI-830 ARINC boards. The components will be used to upgrade Northrop…

Commercial

Jetairfly Selects Teledyne WQAR System

Jetairfly, the Belgian arm of the TUI Airlines group, selected Wireless GroundLink Quick Access Recorder (WQAR) system from Teledyne Controls, of El Segundo, Calif., for retrofit installation on six Boeing 737s and two 767s.…

Business & GA

Honeywell EGPWS Receives FAA Approval

Honeywell's Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) for helicopters received FAA technical design and production approval, the company announced Tuesday. According to Honeywell, the EGPWS uses aircraft inputs such as position, attitude, air…

Commercial

Era Unveils Airport Surface Management System

Era Systems Corp., based in Fairfax, Va., launched a web-based airport surface management solution, called AirScene.com Symphonysm, which the company said will help airports proactively manage operations, reduce delays and improve performance. AirScene.com…

ATM Modernization

Sensis Completes Critical Design Review

Sensis Corp., based in Syracuse, N.Y., completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) Terminal Radar and Control System (TRACS) Area Surveillance Radar (ASR-3) modernization program.…

Commercial

AeroSvit to Use AD Aerospace System

Ukraine carrier AeroSvit will install AD Aerospace's CabinVu security systems on its Boeing 767 and 737s. CabinVu provides pilots with a forward looking, clear and unobstructed view of the area outside the…

Commercial

Lufthansa Relaunches In-Flight Web Service

Lufthansa is relaunching FlyNet, its in-flight broadband Web service. Staring in mid-2010, passengers on Lufthansa's long-haul routes will be to communicate over standard GSM/GPRS mobile networks. The airline is partnering with Panasonic Avionics…

Military

Rockwell Collins to Upgrade KC-135 Flight Deck

The U.S. Air Force has selected Rockwell Collins for the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) phase of the KC-135 Block 45 cockpit upgrade program, under which the company will add the next-generation…