Commercial

FCC to Keep In-Flight Cell Phone Ban

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will abandon a plan to allow cell phone use on airplanes, chairman Kevin J. Martin said this week. The reason, Martin said, is because it is not…

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.…

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…