Commercial

Sensis to Deploy Monitoring System at JFK

Sensis Corp., Syracuse, N.Y., was awarded a contract by the Department of Transportation to provide its Web-based Aerobahn surfacing monitoring service to FAA at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). FAA will…

Military

Northrop Grumman Demonstrates UAV Radar

Northrop Grumman demonstrated radar capability on its MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Air System (VUAS), designated P6. The flight, which took place Sept. 19 at the Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., test center,…

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…

Military

Raytheon Awarded Navy Contract

Raytheon was awarded a $7.9 million definite quantity delivery order contract from the U.S. Navy for spare items in support of the F/A-18 advanced targeting forward infrared (ATFLIR) system. Work will be…

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…