Business & GA

Superjet Nears Flight

Fast approaching a first flight currently scheduled for December, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 is barely a year away from its inaugural delivery to launch customer Aeroflot in November 2008. The development, production…

ATM Modernization

Airframer Advances Surveillance Techniques

While ADS-B is the latest catch phrase in air-traffic management, it is not all that new. Many airliners flying throughout Europe already have some Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) capabilities, and official certification…

Military

McDonnell Douglas Wins Navy Pact

Boeing subsidiary McDonnell Douglas signed a $145 million contract modification with the U.S. Navy for continued system configuration set support for the F/A-18 A/B/C/D/E/F and EA-18G weapons systems for the Navy and…

Commercial

Finnair to Use ARINC Message System

Finnish airline Finnair is using ARINC’s seatback SMS/e-mail messaging service on its newest Airbus A340 aircraft used on Asian routes. Financial terms were not disclosed. The service is operational on Finnair’s two…

Commercial

Rockwell Collins, Panasonic Team Up

Panasonic Avionics Corp., Lake Forest, Calif., formed a business relationship with Rockwell Collins to provide enhanced passenger control while viewing route maps and point-of-interest media libraries. The partnership will combine Rockwell Collins’s…

Commercial

American Airlines Selects Inflight Canada

American Airlines will use an in-flight entertainment (IFE) and in-seat power systems by Inflight Canada for its Boeing 767-300 refurbishment project currently under way. Financial terms were not disclosed. Inflight Canada, based…

Business & GA

LynuxWorks, TTTech Cooperate

LynuxWorks is working with Austria-based TTTech Computertechnik, a supplier of time-triggered technologies, to combine certain development tasks between their products to “assist developers in the migration of prototype safety-critical avionics applications to…

Commercial

Honeywell Signs $16 Billion A350 Pact

Honeywell said it won a $16 billion contract to provide major mechanical systems for Airbus’s new long-range, wide-body A350 aircraft. Honeywell said it is the largest systems and equipment package Airbus has…