CommercialPanasonic, American Airlines in IFE Pact Panasonic Avionics Corp., of Lake Forest, Calif., signed an agreement with American Airlines to install its Digital Overhead AudioVideo System on multiple aircraft in its fleet. As part of this agreement, Panasonic will install…
Editor's NoteRockwell Collins Signs HGS Pacts Rockwell Collins signed contracts with Azul Airlines and Lufthansa to provide its HGS-5600 Head Up Guidance System (HGS). Rockwell Collins' HGS presents all primary flight data in the pilot's foward field of…
Business & GANew Chief at L-3 Avionics L-3 Avionics Systems, of Grand Rapids, Mich., announced that Jay LaFoy has been named president of the company, replacing Adrienne Stevens, who left the company. LaFoy will oversee all aspects of the…
MilitaryBoeing Wins Airborne Satcom Contract Boeing was awarded a $3.4 million follow-on contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide 46 additional Combat Track II airborne satellite communications systems. Boeing said it has delivered nearly 500 Combat…
CommercialNIKI Selects Teledyne's Data Monitoring System Austria-based carrier NIKI selected data monitoring products from Teledyne Controls, of El Segundo, Calif., for five of its Embraer ERJ 190, plus five on option. The selected equipment includes Teledyne’s integrated Data Management…
Business & GAAvalex Wins STC for Digital Map Avalex Technologies, of Pensacola, Fla., earned a FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for its Digital Map System used in the Eurocopter EC-145. The company said the STC will be important for attracting new commercial…
Business & GAMeggitt to Use Green Hills Software Meggitt Control Systems announced plans to use a software development package from Green Hills Software, of Santa Barbara, Calif., to build a cabin air temperature control system for private cabin-class jets. The Meggitt Control Systems’ bleed…
Business & GAWest Star Completes Lear 60 Avionics Install West Star Aviation, of Grand Junction, Colo., completed the installation of various avionics systems on a Lear 60. The installation included the Dual Universal UNS-1Ew Flight Management Systems with WAAS (West Star…