Commercial

Honeywell Develops Analog Silicon Chip

Honeywell introduced a high temperature Silicon On Insulator electronic component with dual applications in the aerospace (in aircraft engines) and oil industries. “The aerospace and oil and natural gas industries each require…

Business & GA

Cessna's CJ4 Prototype Flies

Cessna’s Citation CJ4 business jet prototype completed its first flight May 5 in Wichita, Kan. The 2-hour, 22-minute flight, which departed from McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas, consisted of maneuver stability…

Business & GA

Honeywell Signs SVS Licensing Deal

Honeywell signed an exclusive licensing agreement to provide the VistaNav Synthetic Vision System, developed by Mercury Computer Systems, Chelmsford, Mass., for the general aviation market. Under the licensing agreement, announced in April,…

Commercial

Panasonic Signs In-Flight Broadband Deal

Panasonic Avionics, Lake Forest, Calif., is jumping into the in-flight broadband market with the signing this week of a multi-year service agreement with Intelsat Inc., a satellite services provider based in Bermuda.…

Commercial

CAE Receives $59 Million in Orders

CAE, Montreal, signed a contract for five full-flight simulators (FFS) and associated training devices for Lufthansa Flight Training, Flight Training Finance, Swiss Aviation Training and the Zhuhai Flight Training Centre in China.…

Military

Navy Acquires Lot of Airborne Attack Systems

The U.S. Navy is acquiring a third lot of Northrop Grumman Improved Capability (ICAP) III airborne electronic attack systems for its fleet of EA-6B Prowlers under a $101.9 million contract. Under terms…

Business & GA

SkyTrac Signs Satcom Deal with Sloan

SkyTrac, Kelowna, British Columbia, will provide satellite communication and flight following systems to Sloan Helicopters, Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta. Financial terms were not disclosed. Sloan Helicopters, a provider of charter services for…

Military

General Dynamics Wins Radome Contract

General Dynamics was selected by Boeing to provide wideband radomes for the F-15 Radar Modernization Program (RMP). Financial terms were not disclosed. The contract covers the design, development and production of wideband…