Commercial

JetBlue to Launch In-Flight E-Mail Service

Low-fare carrier JetBlue Airways is expanding its in-flight entertainment options this month, adding e-mail and instant message capabilities to its fleet. JetBlue, and its partners Yahoo!, Blackberry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM)…

Military

CAE Inks Simulator Contracts

Canadian simulator company CAE signed two contracts with the Netherlands Ministry of Defense with a combined value of $59.4 million to design two full-mission simulators (FMS) for the Royal Netherlands Air Force…

Military

BAE Tests Landing System

BAE Systems completed the first test of an autonomous landing system intended for large mobility and transport aircraft. BAE said the Dec. 6 demonstration of the Autonomous Approach and Landing Capability (AALC)…

Military

Air Force, Rockwell Collins Exercise Option

The U.S. Air Force exercised a $50.7 million contract option with Rockwell Collins to complete the next phase of the Modernized User Equipment (MUE) program, which consists of receiver card development for…

ATM Modernization

Harris Completes Weather System Transition

Harris Corp., Melbourne, Fla., completed the transition of FAA’s weather radar data in the continental United States to the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) network, which the company said enables air traffic controllers…

Business & GA

IS&S Signs 757 Retrofit Deal

Innovative Solution & Support (IS&S), Exton, Pa., signed a contract worth up to $16 million to supply flat-panel cockpit displays for a fleet of Boeing 757s. The company said in its quarterly…

Commercial

Honeywell in A380 Avionics Maintenance Deal

Honeywell will provide avionics maintenance services for Singapore Airlines’ A380 fleet, the companies announced this week. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Singapore Airlines began using its A380, the world’s…

Military

DRS in Pact with McDonnell Douglas

DRS Technologies, Parsippany, N.J., received a $7 million contract from Boeing subsidiary McDonnell Douglas to manufacture Reconfigurable Transportable Consolidated Support System (RTCSS) subsystems for the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force.…