Commercial

FAA Orders Replacement of Thales Pitot Tubes

FAA ordered U.S. airlines operating Airbus A330s and A340s to replace at least two of three pitot static tubes made by Thales with equipment made by Goodrich. According to an Airworthiness Directive (AD) notice filed…

Commercial

Honeywell Aerospace Names New CEO

Tim Mahoney was named president and CEO of Honeywell's $11 billion Aerospace business, replacing Rob Gillette who resigned. Gillette is joining First Solar, a Tempe, Ariz.-based manufacturer of solar modules. Mahoney, who was most…

Military

Presagis Acquires Seaweed Systems

Presagis, based in Montreal, has acquired Seaweed Systems, a Burlington, Mass., provider of embedded graphics systems for the military and aerospace market. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Presagis, a…

Commercial

Rockwell Collins Sees Signs of Recovery in 2010

Rockwell Collins President and CEO said Tuesday he expects to see the beginning of a recovery for the business aviation sector and aftermarket in 2010, but cautioned that the aviation industry in…

Commercial

Aircraft Talking

When American Airlines Flight 309 left LaGuardia Airport in New York bound for Chicago O’Hare the morning of March 11, 2009, no one knew engine number two was doomed to fail just…

Commercial

Special Report: Test Equipment

Portable test equipment, with its ability to improve safety and on-time performance for commercial and military aircraft, is a key component of any operator’s maintenance shop. Capitalizing on advances in consumer technology,…

Business & GA

Product Focus: In-Flight Entertainment

Airline customer surveys show that the number one in-flight entertainment (IFE) request from passengers is onboard connectivity that lets them use their own personal devices, such as iPods, BlackBerries and laptop computers.…

ATM Modernization

New Products

38999 Series Connector ITT Interconnect Solutions has developed a 38999 connector for both RF and signal contacts. Designated the 38999 Series, the connector supports up to 128 contacts, features EMI shielding and…