Business & GA

EMTEQ Becomes Certified Repair Station

EMTEQ, New Berlin, Wis., was granted its Air Agency Certificate E3TR548Y by the FAA in November 2007. As a certified repair station, EMTEQ is authorized to issue Return to Service tags and…

Commercial

Jeppesen, Singapore Airlines Ink Deal

Jeppesen, Englewood, Colo., signed an agreement with Singapore Airlines for Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) applications, traditional paper chart services and OpsData services. Jeppesen already provides the airline with Class III EFB services…

Military

Super Hornets Retrofitted with AESA

The U.S. Navy is retrofitting 135 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets with Raytheon's active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, in an initial contract worth up to $55 million, the company said. Under terms of…

Commercial

American Completes First Aircell Installation

American Airlines completed the first aircraft installation of the Aircell Internet broadband connectivity system at its Kansas City, Mo., maintenance facility. American plans to test the technology in 2008 on all 15…

Commercial

V Australia Selects Rockwell Collins

V Australia, the new international long-haul airline of Australia launched recently by Virgin Blue, selected a suite of Rockwell Collins avionics for seven firm and six option Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Deliveries are…

Business & GA

Army Awards Apache Radar Contract

Longbow Limited Liability Co., based in Orlando Fla., was awarded a $15.4 million contract from the U.S. Army for Apache helicopter Block III radar electronics unit and unmanned aerial vehicle tactical common…

ATM Modernization

U.K. Airport to Deploy Era ADS-B System

A U.K. airport group will deploy Era Corp.’s wide area multilateration and automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) surveillance solution, the Reston, Va.-based company said Thursday. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Manchester Airport…

Military

BAE Wins Air Force Contract

BAE Systems was awarded a $42.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide for Air Vehicle Planning Software (APS), which will provide automated planning systems for manned and unmanned air…