Business & GA

Eclipse to Build Russian Factory

Eclipse Aviation, Albuquerque, N.M., on Tuesday said it secured financing and regulatory approvals to begin construction of a factory in Ulyanovsk, Russia, to assemble its Eclipse 500 very light jet (VLJ). The…

Business & GA

DayJet Discontinues Operations

Air taxi operator DayJet abruptly ceased operations Sept. 19, citing both an inability to obtain financing and supplier Eclipse Aviation’s failure to install missing equipment and make needed repairs. The Part 135…

Business & GA

Bombardier Ends Grob Partnership

Grob Aerospace was dealt another blow in the wake of its insolvency filing, with Bombardier Aerospace last week dissolving its tructures and composite technology development agreement with Grob for the Learjet 85…

ATM Modernization

Park Air Systems Signs Canada ATC Contract

Northrop Grumman U.K.-based subsidiary Park Air Systems was awarded a contract from NAV CANADA, Canada's civil air navigation services provider, to supply VHF radios as part of a $50 million replacement program…

Military

Lockheed Martin Hits C-5 AMP Milestone

Lockheed Martin said it reached an important milestone of its C-5 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) with the induction of the first U.S. Air Force C-5A into the program. The AMP replaces the…

Business & GA

IS&S CEO Fired

Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S), Exton, Pa., replaced its CEO Raymond J. Wilson with the company founder and chairman Geoffrey S.M. Hedrick. In a Sept. 9 filing with the Securities and Exchange…

Military

Boeing Awarded AWACS Radar Pact

Boeing was awarded a contract not to exceed $42 million for the initial phase of upgrading the radar on Saudi Arabia's fleet of five E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft.…