Military

Raytheon Awarded AESA Contract

Raytheon was awarded a $54 million U.S. Navy contract to retrofit Super Hornet block II aircraft with APG-79 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars. The award by the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent…

Commercial

ASG Awarded Satcom STC

Avionics Support Group (ASG), a Miami-based avionics systems integration, engineering, installation and manufacturing company, was awarded a supplemental type certificate (STC) from FAA to install a Rockwell Collins SAT 2000 Inmarsat satellite communications…

Commercial

Egyptair Selects OnAir System

Egyptair announced plans Tuesday to install Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir in-flight passenger communications services on its fleet of Airbus 330-300s. These will be delivered over an 18 month period, starting August…

Military

B-52 Communications Upgraded

Boeing's B-52 Stratofortress upgraded with Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) made its first flight, flying for 3 1/2 hours on May 21 from Boeing's facility in Wichita, Kan. The modification equips the aircraft with new…

Business & GA

Babbitt Confirmed as FAA Administrator

J. Randolph "Randy" Babbitt, a former airline pilot and former Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) president, was confirmed Thursday by the U.S. Senate as the next FAA administrator. He is expected to…

Commercial

Panasonic, 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 Note

Rockwell 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 & GA

New 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…