Business & GA

Embraer, CAE Form JV

Brazilian airframe manufacturer Embraer and Canadian simulator company CAE signed a joint venture agreement to provide pilot and ground crew training to Embraer customers of the Phenom 100 very light and Phenom…

Business & GA

Raytheon Hits GPS Milestone

Raytheon Company completed the final system acceptance test to augment standard GPS signals over India, a milestone, the company said, in the transition to satellite-based navigation for civil aviation. The latest test…

Commercial

Jeppesen Inks Deal with Qatar Airways

Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen and Qatar Airways finalized an agreement for Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) applications and data for the airline’s new Boeing 777 aircraft that will feature the Boeing Class 3 EFB.…

Commercial

Panasonic Expands Emirates Contract

Panasonic Avionics, Lake Forest, Calif., signed a $500 million contract amendment with Emirates, the Dubai-based airline, to expand the installation of its eX2 in-flight entertainment (IFE) system on Emirates’ aircraft purchases and…

Commercial

CAE to Manage AirAsia Training Center

Canadian simulator company CAE signed a $51 million contract with airline AirAsia to manage its pilot training facility in Kuala Lumpur. Starting in 2008, CAE will begin offering the pilot training services…

Business & GA

Garmin Avionics Suite Wins STC

Garmin International, Olathe, Kan., won a supplemental type certificate (STC) from FAA for its G1000 avionics suite in the King Air C90A/GT, the company’s first G1000 retrofit STC. Garmin said this STC…

Commercial

EASA Approves A320 MLS Approaches

The European Aviation Safety Agency approved the Airbus A320 family of aircraft for Category IIIb  approaches using a microwave landing system (MLS), Airbus said this week. First customer, British Airways, will implement…

Military

Raytheon Wins Navy Contract

Raytheon won a $15.4 million U.S. Navy contract for the AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar system, the primary undersea anti-submarine warfare sensor for the U.S. Navy's MH-60R multi-mission helicopter. The AN/AQS-22 provides…