CommercialAvionica Achieves ISO 9001:2000 Certification Avionica, Miami, the manufacturer of flight data management systems, achieved ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100 certification, the company said Thursday. AS9100 is a standardized quality management system for the aerospace industry. It was…
Business & GAEclipse Aviation Shakes Up Management Eclipse Aviation, Albuquerque, N.M., shook up its management structure in an attempt to return the company to profitability. Peg Billson, previously the company’s chief operating officer, has been appointed president and general…
CommercialDO-178 Industry Group Formed Presagis, Montreal, and HighRely, Phoenix, formed a DO-178 Industry Group with the goal of providing tools and guidance in support of projects requiring RTCA DO-178B certification. The group said it looks to…
Business & GAIS&S, Kollsman Settle Litigation Elbit Systems U.S. subsidiary Kollsman, Merrimack, N.H., will pay Innovative Solutions & Support, Exton, Pa., $17 million to settle their litigation over the misuse of IS&S’s air date computer technology, according to…
MilitaryElbit Systems Awarded UAV Contract Elbit Systems Ltd., based in Haifa, Israel, was awarded a $25 million contract from a “country in the Americas” to supply its Hermes 450 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems. The contract also…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Acquires Aculight Lockheed Martin completed its acquisition of Aculight Corp., Bothell, Wash., a manufacturer of laser-based systems for defense and aerospace customers. Financial terms of the transaction, which was announced in late July, were…
ATM ModernizationPeople Ray Miller Universal Avionics, Tucson, Ariz., promoted Ray Miller to vice president and general manager of its Instrument Division, located in Duluth, Ga. In this new position, Miller will oversee engineering design…
CommercialProduct Focus: Test Equipment In one of the largest aircraft test equipment procurement contracts in recent memory, the U.S. Navy was in the process of writing a request for proposals (RFP) to replace the roughly 600…