Editor's NoteBoeing Buys S.C. 787 Production Facility Boeing said Tuesday it will pay $580 million to acquire a Vought Aircraft Industries plant in North Charleston, S.C., where aft fuselage section of the 787 Dreamliner are constructed. After the transaction, Boeing said Vought…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Delivers Aerial Targets Northrop Grumman delivered to the U.S. Navy two retrofitted BQM-34 Firebee aerial targets, the first delivery in a series of BQM-34 targets retrofitted with current production avionics hardware and software capability from…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Awarded Navy Contract Lockheed Martin was awarded a $441.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to definitize the previously awarded Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Air System Low Rate Initial Production Lot III advance acquisition contract. This…
CommercialAeroMobile Gets OK for Sixth Aircraft Type AeroMobile completed the certification of its onboard Web and phone system on the Boeing 777-300ER, its sixth aircraft type. AeroMobile, a joint venture between ARINC and Telenor, said its Avion system has been…
MilitaryHoneywell Wins Navy Contract Honeywell was awarded a $26.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to exercise an option for the full-rate production of 498 Advanced Multi-Purpose Displays (AMPD) for Lot 33 F/A-18F and EA/-18G aircraft,…
CommercialSpectralux ACARS Wins EASA OK Spectralux Corp., based in Redmond, Wash., said its Dlink+ aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS) received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification on the Boeing 757. Dlink+ FAA STC Approval was granted…
CommercialAirline Broadband Airline passengers want the ability to send e-mail and access the Internet in flight, and U.S. airlines are responding to that demand, rolling out a series of in-flight broadband trials. For passengers,…
Business & GAProduct Focus: GPS WAAS With manufacturers only recently releasing their first-generation GPS WAAS products, operators are just now getting their hands around current capabilities of the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). However, the imminent expansion of…