Military
BCF Designs Inks U.S. Navy Pact
U.K.-based BCF Designs Ltd. signed a contract with the U.S. Navy which will make it responsible for supporting fuel system test sets for 11 fixed wiring and rotary platforms, the company said.…
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Commercial
Honeywell to Shut Avionics Plant
Honeywell said it plans to shut down its avionics manufacturing facility in Teterboro, N.J., and plans to sell the company to a real-estate development company. The 68-year-old manufacturing plant, which makes flight…
Military
InterSense Wins L-3 Simulation Contract
InterSense, Inc. won a contract from L-3 Communications Link Simulation and Training division to supply five additional suites of its IS-900 inertial-acoustic helmet tracking system to support the U.S. Army's Aviation Combined…
Military
Boeing Completes AEW&C Systems Integration
Boeing said it completed the integration of major subsystems aboard a 737 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft for Australia’s Project Wedgetail. The subsystems include communications, navigation, mission computing, radar and…
Business & GA
Integrated Flight Deck STC
Avidyne Corp., Lincoln, Mass., and S-TEC Corp., Mineral Wells, Texas, received a supplemental type certificate from the FAA for installation of the Alliant Integrated Flight Deck on Beechcraft King Air E90- and…
Military
FAA Certifies Honeywell Collision Avoidance System
Honeywell said its Military Airborne Collision Avoidance System - Formation Rendezvous (MILACAS-FR), selected by Boeing for the C-17 Formation Flying System, has been certified by the FAA for use on all military…
Business & GA
Nippon Cargo Airlines to Use Rockwell Collins
Nippon Cargo Airlines will use the Rockwell Collins avionics suite on its six new Boeing 747-400F aircraft. Deliveries are set to begin in October 2007 and run through February 2009. Among the…
Commercial
A380 Makes First U.S. Flight
The Airbus A380 made its long-delayed U.S. debut on Monday, flying from Frankfurt, Germany, to New York’s JFK Airport. The A380, which suffered two years of production delays and has cost builder…