Editor's Note

Boeing Selects 747-8 Avionics

Boeing selected Rockwell Collins’ suite of displays, autopilot, communication, navigation, surveillance, maintenance, emergency and data management systems for its 747-8 family, which is scheduled to enter service in 2009. Boeing said the…

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…

Business & GA

Arrowhead’s Vision Enhancement

Nothing can wreck the plans of a pilot skimming the earth at 120 knots in pitch darkness like an unseen power line. Except maybe an insurgent with a rocket propelled grenade or…

Business & GA

Broadband Rolls Out

The overall adoption of high-speed, or broadband, Internet service is growing. According to a Pew study, 42 percent of Americans had broadband at home in March 2006, up 40 percent from the…