Connectivity

Esterline Inaugurates 'Spidle' Avionics Site in Belgium

Esterline Corp. has officially inaugurated its new manufacturing site in Kortrjik, Belgium, the company says. The facility operates within the Esterline Avionics Systems business platform in the company’s Avionics & Controls segment. This…

Commercial

Columbia Helicopters Taps Skytrac for FDM

Columbia Helicopters is now using Skytrac flight data monitoring for its Boeing-based, long-range Chinook 234, the operator said. The solution features realtime analysis of engine exceedances and operational deviations. Using Skytrac’s Satellite…

Connectivity

Airbus Wants to Continue Digital Efforts

Among the biggest news coming out of the annual Airbus press conference on Wednesday Feb. 22, being the company’s ongoing challenges with the A400M and A320neo engine, the company’s top executives also…

Commercial

Boeing Selects New Printer for 737 Catalog

Boeing has added a new printer to its existing catalog of equipment for its 737 Next Generation and MAX aircraft. The new printer, the ToughWriter 640 flight deck printer, has been designed…

ATM Modernization

Eurocontrol Deploys 5 Radio Direction Finders, Improving ATM

The Radio Direction Finder has recently been deployed throughout Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre’s (MUAC) international airspace, Eurocontrol says. Its air traffic controllers can now improve their situational awareness in airspace that…

Military

Rostec, UAE to Partner on 5th-Gen Fighter

Russia’s Rostec and the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defence is set to co-develop a fifth-generation light combat fighter, Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov said at IDEX in Abu Dhabi, according to news reports.…

Commercial

Teledyne Expands Flight Data Offerings with Cloud Services

Teledyne Controls now offers new hosted flight data analysis services, the company says. The cloud-based services provide a series of dashboards that offer multiple, customizable views of an airline’s operations. Users can…

Military

Lockheed Continues Flight Testing T-X Trainer Offering

Lockheed Martin has confirmed that the second production ready T-50A aircraft has begun flight testing at its advanced pilot training center in Greenville, South Carolina. The T-50A is Lockheed Martin’s offering in…