CommercialTransdigm Announces $1 Billion DDC Acquisition [Avionics Today 05-25-2016] Transdigm Group has entered into a definitive agreement with private equity firm Behrman Capital to acquire Data Device Corporation (DDC), a company that provides connectivity, power, and motion control…
Business & GAConnected Aircraft Technology in Demand at EBACE 2016 [Avionics Magazine 05-24-2016] The earliest announcements at the 2016 European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) have shown major avionics companies are seeing the greatest demand from the business aviation community centered…
Business & GADassault Signs ViaSat to Falcon 8X Connectivity Contract Dassault has signed a connectivity contract with Viasat for its Falcon 8X. Photo: Dassault [Avionics Today 05-24-2016] ViaSat signed a multi-year agreement with Dassault Aviation to deliver a bundled global Ku-band broadband…
Business & GAJetConnex Makes Strides Toward BizAv Launch Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Today 05-24-2016] Inmarsat’s broadband In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) service is moving closer to launch as Rockwell Collins announced it had validated the network’s performance as well as a number…
Business & GAFAA STCs Astronics Wireless AID EFB [Avionics Today 05-24-2016] Astronics has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) and Parts Manufacturing Approval (PMA) for its webFB wireless Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) device for use on Boeing 737 aircraft. According…
CommercialHoneywell will Upgrade HAITEC VIP Cockpits Photo: HAITEC [Avionics Today 05-24-2016] Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul provider HAITEC Aircraft Maintenance has selected Honeywell to supply a range of avionics products to the company’s VIP, large-cabin aircraft operators. The contract…
CommercialEgyptAir Flight 804 Spotted on Egyptian Radar Screens Before Disappearing Wreckage from EgyptAir flight 804, which went missing over the Mediterranean Sea on May 19. Photo: Egypt’s Armed Forces [Avionics Today 05-23-2016] Ehab Mohieldin, chairman of Egypt’s National Air Navigation Services Company,…
Business & GACessna Citation on Track for 2017 Entry Into Service Cessna Citation Longitude mating fuselage and wing. Photo: Textron Aviation [Avionics Today 05-23-2016] Cessna Aircraft Co., a subsidiary of Textron Aviation, announced prior to the start of the European Business Aviation Convention…
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