ATM Modernization

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Navigation System Supplier Aims To Make WAAS More Available, Affordable The new owners of FreeFlight Systems, based in Waco, Texas, are dedicated to the proposition that satellite navigation from a cost perspective…

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Donald Hazelwood QinetiQ North America, of McLean, Va., named Donald Hazelwood (right) vice president of Unmanned Systems at its Systems Engineering Group. Formerly project manager of the U.S. Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems…

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December 2-3 5th Annual FAA International Aviation Safety Forum, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C. Contact FAA, phone 202-267-3781 or visit www.faa.gov. 2009 February 11-12 National Business Aviation Association Asian Business Aviation Conference…

Commercial

Product Focus: Databus Technology

Just a year ago, it appeared that aircraft databus technology was poised to break into the 200 Mbps range, multiplying traditional data communications rates by 100-fold or more. Initial tests were promising,…

Commercial

Airblue to Deploy OnAir System

OnAir, a joint venture between SITA and Airbus, signed an agreement today with Pakistani airline Airblue to deploy its Mobile OnAir voice and data services on up to 12 of its Airbus A320s beginning…

Military

CMC, Patria Aviation Ink Agreement

CMC Electronics, of Montreal, signed a teaming agreement with Patria Aviation of Finland for the exclusive marketing of cockpit avionics upgrades of BAE Systems Hawk Mk50/60 and 100 series trainer aircraft. The…

Commercial

Rockwell Collins Completes SEOS Acquisition

 Rockwell Collins announced Monday it had completed its acquisition of SEOS, of West Sussex, U.K., a supplier of visual display systems for commercial and military full flight simulators. Terms of the deal, which…

Commercial

Emrise Receives $1 Million in IFE Orders

Emrise Corp., of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., received $1 million in new orders for electronic devices and subsystems to be used in in-flight entertainment and communication (IFE&C) systems. Shipments of these orders are…