ATM ModernizationPeople Arsen Melconian Tecom Industries, Inc., Thousand Oaks, Calif., appointed Arsen Melconian president. Melconian most recently was Tecom’s vice president of engineering and chief technology officer. He joined the company in 2002 as…
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…
CommercialBoeing Sets New 787 Schedule Boeing announced an updated schedule and more delays for its 787 Dreamliner program, pushing the aircraft's first flight into the second quarter 2009 and first delivery to the first quarter 2010, putting…
Business & GASTC Granted for Rockwell Collins FMS FAA granted certification for Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance (LPV) functionality on the Bombardier Challenger 604 aircraft equipped with Rockwell Collins' upgraded Flight Management System (FMS) and GPS-4000S…
MilitaryDucommun Wins F/A-18 E/F Radar Contract Ducommun Technologies, of Carson, Calif., was awarded a $102 million contract from Raytheon to manufacture and integrate radar system components used on the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet and the radar modernization program for…
MilitaryF-35 'CATBird' Hits Avionics Milestone Lockheed Martin's Cooperative Avionics Test Bed, or "CATBird," has begun in-flight integration and verification of the F-35 Lightning II mission systems suite, the company announced Monday. The CATBird, a modified 737, will…