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Commercial

Runway Awareness STC

L2 Consulting Services won a FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for installation of the Honeywell Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS) on B757 series aircraft. L2 Consulting, Dripping Springs, Texas, said the…

Military

Northrop Grumman Wins VTUAV Deal

Northrop Grumman won a $16 million deal to provide two additional MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical takeoff and landing Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicles (VTUAV) for the U.S. Navy. Including this award, the Navy…

ATM Modernization

FAA’s Chew Resigns

Russell G. Chew, chief operating officer of the FAA, resigned Monday, leaving the agency without its top air traffic control official. FAA spokesperson Tammy Jones confirmed Chew is leaving at the end…

Business & GA

Eclipse, Aspen Settle Lawsuit

Eclipse Aviation Corp. will receive a 1-percent common stock interest in Aspen Avionics, under a legal settlement reached between the companies this month. Last year, co-founders of Aspen Avionics, Albuquerque, N.M., were…

Commercial

Teledyne Signs with Boeing Unit

Teledyne Controls said it was awarded a contract by Boeing subsidiary Alteon Training to install its flight-crew training system on Alteon flight simulators. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

ATC Investment Dims Outlook The pace of air traffic control (ATC) modernization represents one of the risk factors compromising an otherwise rosy outlook for the U.S. aerospace industry, says the Aerospace Industries…

Editor's Note

People

Ron Hainsworth Cabin entertainment company Flight Display Systems, Alpharetta, Ga., named Ron Hainsworth regional sales manager of its new Wichita, Kan., sales office. Hainsworth came to Flight Display Systems from Bizjet International,…

Editor's Note

Calendar

February 5-7 Wakenet Europe Workshop 2007, Eurocontrol headquarters, Haren, Brussels. Contact Wakenet at http://wakenet-europe.eurocontrol.fr. 6-7 Commercial Space Conference — Competing in a Global Market, Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Va. Contact FAA…