Commercial

Raytheon Wins FAA ATC Training Pact

FAA awarded a $437 million contract to a Raytheon-led team to provide training support for air traffic controllers. FAA's Air Traffic Control Optimum Training Solution contract is a performance-based contract that replaces…

Business & GA

Emteq Establishes Brazil Design Office

Emteq, New Berlin, Wis., is establishing a Brazil design center, EMTEQ do Brasil, Ltda in Taubaté, in the São Paulo region. The two individual organizations had been collaborating on various projects several…

Commercial

Alaska Airlines to Equip Fleet with RAAS

Alaska Airlines will equip its entire fleet with Honeywell’s Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS). Alaska Airlines began installing RAAS on its Boeing 737s in July. Alaska's fleet will be fully equipped…

Commercial

Oman Air Selects Rockwell Collins System

Oman Air selected Rockwell Collins' Tailwind 560 in-flight TV system for a fleet of seven Airbus A330s with delivery starting July 2009. The Tailwind 560 is a certified multi-region Direct Broadcast Satellite…

Commercial

Rockwell Collins IFE System An Airbus Option

Rockwell Collins announced its dPAVES in-flight entertainment (IFE) system is now an option on Airbus Single Aisle Program. The company also said U.K. low-fare carrier easyJet in June added an Airbus A321…

Military

Boeing Completes Insitu Acquisition

Boeing completed its acquisition of Insitu, Bingen, Wash., a manufacturer of unmanned air systems. The acquisition, which was announced in July, is part of a plan to increase Boeing’s presence in the…

Commercial

Air Canada to Install Aircell Web System

Air Canada became the latest North American airline to announce plans to offer Aircell’s in-flight mobile broadband service. The agreement, announced at this week’s World Airline Entertainment Association convention, will make Aircell’s…

Commercial

Integrity RTOS Chosen for Orion Spacecraft

Green Hills Software, Santa Barbara, Calif., said its Platform for Avionics, including Integrity-178B real-time operating system, has been chosen for safety-critical electronics of the NASA Orion crew exploration vehicle. Integrity-178B, certified to…