Military

Hawker Beechcraft Wins Air Force Pact

Hawker Beechcraft Corp., based in Wichita, Kan. was awarded a $170.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force. Under terms of the contract, the company will provide seven T-6A, Texan II training…

Business & GA

West Star Completes Aircell Install

West Star Aviation’s East Alton, Ill., facility completed the installation of an in-flight Web system from Aircell, Broomfield, Colo., on the Cessna Citation 650 and the Dassault Falcon 50 aircraft. The Aircell High…

Commercial

CAE CEO to Retire

CAE, based in Montreal, announced Wednesday that its president and CEO, Robert E. Brown, will retire in September. Marc Parent, CAE's executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO), will succeed Brown.…

Military

Boeing, Schiebel Industries Partner on UAV Deal

Boeing on Tuesday signed a teaming agreement with Schiebel Industries AG of Austria to pursue marketing and support opportunities for Schiebel's S-100 Camcopter unmanned aerial vehicle. "This teaming agreement allows us to…

ATM Modernization

GE Aviation, FAA Enter UAS Research Pact

GE Aviation and FAA this week signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRDA) to assess the integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace Systems (NAS), and adapting trajectory-based operations…

Commercial

Three Twenty Holdings Selects Rockwell Collins

Three Twenty Holdings, Ltd., based in Bermuda, selected a suite of Rockwell Collins avionics for 25 new A320s. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in September and last through 2015. The avionics selected includes…

ATM Modernization

Agenda Set For NowGenNEXT Conference

Led by Administrator J. Randolph “Randy” Babbitt, FAA executives involved in NextGen planning and leaders of the RTCA NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force have confirmed as speakers at the NowGen NEXT conference…

Military

Northrop Grumman Awarded UAV Demo Contract

Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract to conduct a maritime airborne sensor demonstration using a company owned MQ-8B Fire Scout tactical Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS) by ABS Group, a Systems Engineering…