Business & GAAEA Moves to New Headquarters Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) moved into a larger 12,000-square-foot facility in Lee's Summit, Mo. The larger facility reflects the organization's growing demand for a larger staff and the addition of new services…
Editor's NoteBoeing Trials Tailored Approaches Boeing said it and its and partners achieved significant reductions in fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions using Tailored Arrivals during a trial earlier this year at San Francisco International Airport. In…
CommercialCAE Boeing 777 Simulator Level D Certified CAE’s Boeing 777 full-flight simulator designed for Delta Air Lines achieved Level D certification, the highest qualification for flight simulators. The CAE-built 7000 Series Boeing 777-300ER FFS was delivered to Delta’s training…
MilitaryPentagon Reopens Tanker Bidding The Pentagon announced Wednesday it will reopen the bidding on the disputed $35 billion KC-X aerial refueling tanker contract award. Northrop Grumman and Boeing will submit new proposals and the government will…
MilitarySweden Orders Gripen Warfare Systems Saab received a $95.5 million order to supply electronic warfare systems and supplementary weapons pylons for Gripen fighters for the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration. The electronic warfare systems include antennas, transmitters and…
CommercialPanasonic Signs Licensing Agreement Panasonic Avionics, Lake Forest, Calif., signed a technology licensing agreement with VT iDirect, Inc., Herndon, Va, under which Panasonic will license iDirect’s satellite IP router technology as a component of its eXConnect…
Business & GAEmteq Makes Acquisition Emteq, New Berlin, Wis., acquired Aero Consulting Services Ltd. (ACS) and Northern Aero Industries Ltd. (NAI), known as ACS-NAI, of Winnipeg, Canada. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ACS-NAI specializes…
CommercialContinental Deploys Sensis System at IAH Continental Airlines launched a ground-based situational awareness system made by Sensis Corp., Syracuse, N.Y., at Houston Intercontinental Airport. Sensis’s Aerobahn Service is a web-based system that provides the airline with real-time information…