CommercialAJW Contracts Rockwell Collins to Perform Fleet-Wide MRO [Avionics Today 10-14-2015] AJW Group has awarded Rockwell Collins a five-year, fixed-price repair agreement to perform Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services on Rockwell Collins’ equipment installed on AJW fleets. Aircraft covered…
CommercialBombardier Says CSeries on Track for 2015 Certification Bombardier CSeries CS100 and CS300 aircraft. Photo: Bombardier [Avionics Today 10-14-2015] Bombardier has announced that its seemingly troubled CSeries 100 aircraft has successfully completed more than 90 percent of the certification program.…
CommercialGoing the Distance: Singapore Airlines Launches Ultra Long Range A350-900 Airbus new A350-900 ultra long range aircraft in Singapore Airlines livery. Photo: Airbus [Aviation Today 10-13-2015] Singapore Airlines (SIA) has launched Airbus’ new ultra-long range version of the A350-900 wide-body aircraft. Under…
ATM ModernizationNATS Interim CEO Gains Top Spot Martin Rolfe, CEO, NATS. Photo: NATS [Aviation Today 10-13-2015] NATS gained a new CEO today. Martin Rolfe has been appointed as the top executive of England’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) after…
Business & GAAspen Avionics Connected Panel Wireless Cockpit System Sees US Patent Aspen Avionics connected panel wireless cockpit system concept. Photo: Aspen Avionics [Aviation Today 10-13-2015] Aspen Avionics has been awarded a United States patent for its connected panel wireless cockpit system. Aspen first…
ATM ModernizationDutch Safety Board: ICAO Should have Closed Airspace to Prevent Downing of MH17 [Aviation Today 10-13-2015] The downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 17, 2014 was caused by the detonation of a 9N314M-type warhead launched from the eastern part of Ukraine using a…
ATM ModernizationThompson to Boost Flight Tracking for Orbis [Avionics Today 10-13-2015] Orbis, the New York-based Flying Eye Hospital, is enhancing its aircraft flight tracking capabilities with a donation from Thompson Aerospace. The organization had been looking to up its ability…
ATM ModernizationFlying Colors MRO Achieves Bombardier Challenger 604/605 ADS-B STC [Avionics Today 10-12-2015] Canadian completions, Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) company Flying Colours Corp., has secured a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out for Bombardier Challenger 600-2B16 (604…