MilitaryCAE Wins New Contracts CAE was awarded a series of military contracts with $91 million with Eurocopter, Airbus Military and L-3 Communications. For Eurocopter, CAE will perform major upgrades on two CAE-built CH-53 full-mission simulators operated…
CommercialEgyptAir Selects Rockwell Collins EgyptAir selected various avionics systems from Rockwell Collins for five A330 aircraft with an option for three additional aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled from August 2010 through 2012. The selected systems include the…
CommercialVivaAerobus Picks Sagem e-AGS Sagem Avionics, based in Grand Prairie, Texas, announced a deal with VivaAerobus, of Monterrey, Mexico, for its e-AGS Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) service. The service will provide the airline with flight data analysis…
ATM ModernizationNextGen Task Force Issues Draft Report The RTCA NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force, formed earlier this year to guide FAA in expediting NextGen, will deliver a set of operational capability recommendations in five identified “domains” of Surface, Runway…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Tests UAV Interaction Northrop Grumman said it demonstrated interoperability between manned and unmanned platforms during a recent virtual joint military demonstration. During the month-long exercise, called Empire Challenge 09 and executed by U.S. Joint Forces Command, virtual…
CommercialBoeing Hits RNP Milestone in Panama Boeing said Thursday it completed a critical design review for Required Navigation Performance (RNP) at Panama's Tocumen International Airport and Howard Airport. The critical design review, which took place at the Copa…
CommercialChina Southern Selects Rockwell Collins China Southern Airlines selected Rockwell Collins to provide avionics components for 10 Airbus A330s. The avionics selected includes the MultiScan weather radar, GLU-920 Multi-Mode Receiver, ADF-900 Automatic Direction Finder, DME-900 Distance Measuring…
Business & GANew President at Esterline CMC Gregory Yeldon was named president of Esterline CMC Electronics, a job he's had on an interim basis since November. Parent company Esterline Corp. made the announcement Wednesday. Yeldon has more than 23 years…