CommercialComair Limited Signs with AD Aerospace AD Aerospace, of Preston Brook, Cheshire, U.K., will supply its CabinVu-123 Cockpit Door Monitoring System for new B737 aircraft for Comair Limited, British Airways’ partner in South Africa. AD Aerospace said the system…
Business & GAAvidyne Software on EX500, EX5000 MFDs Avidyne’s CMax Electronic Approach Chart software, which includes Jeppesen’s worldwide coverage of airport diagrams, is now standard on all new EX500 and EX5000 Multi-Function Displays (MFD), the companies said Thursday. Avidyne said…
MilitaryRaven UAV in Surveillance Demo AeroVironment (AV), of Monrovia, Calif., and the U.S. Army Product Manager for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) conducted a continuous 30-hour demonstration of persistent surveillance of a point target using AV’s RQ-11B…
CommercialFounder Buys Majority Stake in navAero The founder and principle owner of electronic flight bag (EFB) provider navAero bought back the majority stake of the company, a move he said will secure its future in the market. NavAero founder…
CommercialRockwell Collins Buys DataPath Rockwell Collins announced plans to buy DataPath, Inc., a Duluth, Ga.-based satcom communications company, in a cash transaction worth about $130 million. DataPath, Inc., which has more than 600 employees around the world,…
Business & GAEditor’s Note: Hotels And Bizjets I was comparing notes with my brother the other day about the sorry state of the economy. He’s an executive at a luxury resort in Florida. Nice place, to say the least.…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Congress Resumes FAA Reauthorization Effort Long-awaited FAA reauthorization legislation that provides $70 billion to the agency over four years through fiscal 2012, including funding for the NextGen air-traffic control modernization, was progressing…
ATM ModernizationPeople Rusty Roberts Rusty Roberts was named director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) Aerospace, Transportation and Advanced Systems (ATAS) laboratory. The laboratory is one of two units based at the Cobb…