CommercialAirline Uncertainty The recession in the global economy is casting a shadow over the airline industry and its growth potential for the coming year. Despite sharply lower oil prices, economic stagnation threatens airlines’ delicate…
Business & GABusiness Aviation Confronts Slowdown The outlook for business aviation today might look different in the cold light of a new morning. Three months ago, despite the drumbeat of bad economic news that preceded it, there was…
MilitaryUnmanned, Persistent ISR The market for unmanned aircraft used in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions could reach $44.5 billion in the next decade General Atomics’ RQ-1 Predator first flew as an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Switches Many of the small bits and pieces in the avionics world don’t change much from year to year. That’s true of a lot of technologies. But every decade or so comes a…
Business & GANew Products Sales Representation AD Aerospace, of Cheshire, U.K., appointed Millennium Aviation Consulting (MAC) as its representatives for Latin America. MAC will promote AD Aerospace’s FlightVu range of aerospace video safety and security systems…
CommercialTeledyne Acquires Demo Systems LLC Teledyne Technologies Inc., has acquired the assets of Demo Systems LLC, of Moorpark, Calif., for an undisclosed price. The company will be combined with Teledyne Controls. Demo Systems designs and manufactures aircraft…
CommercialEMS Technologies to Buy Formation EMS Technologies signed an agreement to acquire Formation, Inc., of Moorestown, N.J., a provider of airborne wireless network products, for $40 million. The acquisition, EMS said, is designed to bolster its airborne connectivity…
CommercialCAE Wins $32.3 Million on Contracts CAE, Montreal, has been awarded contracts worth $32.3 million to design and manufacture full-flight simulators (FFS) and associated training devices for Saudi Arabian Airlines and the Hua Ou Aviation Training Centre in…