Business & GA

L-3 to Supply Recorders for Phenoms

L-3 Communications Aviation Recorders, a Sarasota, Fla.-based division of L-3 Communications, said it was selected by Embraer to supply Combination Voice & Data Recorder (CVDR), Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data…

ATM Modernization

Naverus Gets FAA OK for RNP Procedures

FAA said it authorized Naverus, Kent, Wash., to be a required navigation performance (RNP) procedure developer, providing airlines, other aircraft operators and airports with design of RNP procedures, integration, quality assurance, flight…

Military

Global Hawk Completes Strength Tests

Northrop Grumman said it completed three significant fuselage and empennage strength tests of the RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance system. The tests were conducted at subcontractor Innovative Engineering Solutions'…

Business & GA

Lital S.p.A Changes Name

Northrop Grumman said its Italy-based navigation systems subsidiary, Lital S.p.A, changed its name to Northrop Grumman Italia S.p.A. The name change, the company said, was done to “optimize its branding and strengthen…

Business & GA

Rockwell Collins on XAC’s MA60

China aircraft manufacturer Xian Aircraft Co. (XAC) selected Rockwell Collins to upgrade the avionics on its 60-passenger MA60 turboprop. Rockwell Collins will provide XAC, a manufacturer of large and medium-sized airplanes, with…

Commercial

Jazeera Airways Selects SITA

Kuwait-based Jazeera Airways signed a $1.5 million, 10-year contract with SITA to provide VHF Aircom service. SITA Aircom services support communications for all flight operations, aircraft maintenance and engineering, air traffic control…

Commercial

JAA, JCAB Certifies CAE Simulators

Canadian flight simulator company CAE said the European Joint Aviation Authority (JAA) and the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) certified four CAE-built full-flight simulators (FFSs) with electric motion to Level D, the…