Commercial

Virgin America Begins Revenue Operations

Start-up airline Virgin America was to conduct inaugural flights today from New York Kennedy and Los Angeles International airports to its home base at San Francisco International Airport. Virgin America’s Airbus A320s…

Military

Raytheon Wins Super Hornet Radar Pact

Raytheon won a $24.4 million contract with the U.S. Navy to equip Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F/A-18F Super Hornets with the ALR-67(V)3 digital radar warning receiver. The contract, which Raytheon said…

Commercial

CAE Nets $48 Million Orders

Canadian simulator company CAE said it signed contracts to design and manufacture three CAE 7000 Series full-flight simulators (FFSs) and a suite of Boeing 787 maintenance training devices. The total value of…

Commercial

American Launches Broadband Tests

American Airlines said it is partnering with AirCell to become one of the first U.S.-based airline to launch in-flight broadband capabilities as it begins testing services in the United States in 2008.…

Business & GA

Panasonic Avionics Names New CEO

Panasonic Avionics, the Lake Forest, Calif.-based in-flight entertainment (IFE) supplier, named Paul Margis its new CEO, the company announced Wednesday. Margis joined the company in 1992 and has more than 30 years…

Commercial

Emergency Lighting System Gets STC

STG Aerospace received a supplemental type certificate (STC) for its Wireless Emergency Primary Power System for the whole Boeing 737NG family, the U.K.-based company said. The emergency lighting system has a built-in…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

August 6-9 Unmanned Systems North America 2007, Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. Contact Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International, phone 703-845-9671 or visit www.auvsi.org. 9-11 Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition,…

Commercial

Cover Story: RNP on Approach

Considered by some as the ultimate breakthrough allowing the transition from ground-based to aircraft-based navigation, Required Navigation Performance (RNP) has enjoyed a rather slow, decade-long evolution. But recent developments in the United…