Business & GA

Eclipse Speed Record

Very Light Jet manufacturer Eclipse Aviation, Albuquerque, N.M., said its Eclipse 500 set a National Aeronautic Association speed record for jet aircraft weighing 10,000 pounds or less. The Eclipse 500 beat the…

Commercial

Runway Vision System Installed

Vaisala Group, a Helsinki-based technology company, installed a PC-based Runway Visual Range (RVR) System at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton airport in Pennsylvania. The RVR installation consists of two visibility sensor sites at each end…

Commercial

Guardian System Hits Milestone

Northrop Grumman said its Guardian Counter-Man Portable Air Defense System (C-MANPADS), which is installed on nine wide-body aircraft flying in commercial revenue service, achieved 12,000 on-aircraft operational hours. The company began Phase…

Military

VSI Nets $60 Million in Contracts

Vision Systems International, a joint venture between Rockwell Collins and Elbit Systems, signed a series of new contracts valued at more than $60 million. Boeing awarded VSI a contract for the delivery…

ATM Modernization

Era Creates ATM Unit

Era Corp., Reston, Va., created a new Air Traffic Management business unit, following up on what the company calls “unprecedented demand for air traffic control solutions.” Russell Hulstrom, previously Era’s vice president…

Military

Intersense Selected for HMD

InterSense, Bedford, Mass., said Rockwell Collins selected its hybrid IS-900 inertial-acoustic helmet tracking system for the Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT) Helmet Mounted Display modification and upgrade program. Financial terms were…

Commercial

Naverus Names New COO

Required navigation performance (RNP) provider Naverus named Capt. Steve Forte chief operating officer, effective Nov. 1. Forte has more than 30 years of experience in the aviation industry, and was most recently…

Commercial

Airlines Join Eurocontrol ADS-B Project

Six airlines joined Eurocontrol’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Pioneer Airlines Project, which will help the airlines obtain airworthiness approval for their existing ADS-B equipment. Air France, Air Mediterranee, Air One, Turkish Airlines,…