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Monday, November 23, 2009
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Oct 4, 2009 Gainesboro, TN PIPER PA-28-140 N95472 Pilot selected to depart from runway 36, a 3,500-foot-long, unlighted, asphalt runway. It was dark night, and pilot utilized "glow sticks" to illuminate points around runway. Pilot reported that... [read more]
November 20, 2009 Avionics
ARINC Awarded Rockwell Collins Pact
ARINC Engineering Services was awarded a contract by Rockwell Collins to install new navigation systems and communications equipment on the nation’s two OC-135B observation aircraft, a highly modified KC-135 airframe...
November 20, 2009 Avionics
Northrop Grumman Awarded RQ-4 Contract
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $302.9 million contract for five RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Under the contract, the company will build two Block 30 systems and three...
November 20, 2009 Rotor & Wing
Rotor/Compound Technology License Awarded
Textron Systems operating unit AAI Corp. has signed a licensing agreement with Carter Aviation Technologies that...
November 19, 2009 Aviation Maintenance
StandardAero Wins T56 MRO Contract
Tempe, Ariz.-based StandardAero has received a $36-million delivery order from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to...
November 18, 2009 Rotor & Wing
Honeywell Wins Chinook Engine Contract
The U.S. Army has signed a $79-million agreement with Honeywell for T55-GA-714 engines and...
November 16, 2009 Air Safety Week
USAF Scores Safest Flying Year
Fiscal Year 2009, which ended Sept. 30, was the safest flying year in the 62-year history of the USAF with only 17 Class A mishaps. The next best year was FY 2006 with 19 Class A mishaps. (A Class A mishap is one where there is loss of life, an injury...
November 16, 2009 Avionics
Esterline CMC Selected for Chilean C-130 Upgrade
Esterline CMC Electronics was selected by the Chilean air force for the avionics systems upgrade of its C-130 fleet. As prime contractor, CMC said it is responsible for delivery of the complete equipment suite...
November 16, 2009 Rotor & Wing
Multi-Role AW159 Goes Airborne
AgustaWestland has conducted the first flight of its AW159 military helicopter. Chief Test Pilot Donald...
November 16, 2009 N/A
Bird Strike Prevention in East Africa
The AviAssist Foundation recently completed a four-day wildlife hazard management workshop at Kilimanjaro Airport in Tanzania. The course provided an introduction and refresher to wildlife hazards to aviation. The workshop was oversubscribed with 27...
November 13, 2009 Avionics
EMS Technologies Names New CEO
Paul B. Domorski, president and CEO of EMS Technologies, is leaving the position he's held since 2006. According to a statement Wednesday, the company's board of directors and Domorski agreed to the departure. “We are very appreciative of...
November 12, 2009 Avionics
Boeing Awarded UAS Study Contract
Boeing received a $275,000 contract from the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division for a study of the magnetic noise associated with the heavy-fuel propulsion system on Boeing's MagEagle Compressed...
November 12, 2009 Aviation Maintenance
FAA Awards Gulfstream’s C-37 Unit
The Federal Aviation Administration has given an Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) award to the...
November 11, 2009 Aviation Maintenance
KC-135 Circuit Breaker Kits Delivered
ARINC Engineering Services has handed over the first four circuit breaker replacement kits to the...
November 11, 2009 N/A
Insitu Unveils 'NightEagle' UAV Upgrade
ScanEagle, the lightweight, long-endurance UAV deployed from U.S. Navy ships and by allied forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, now can be upgraded to the heavier NightEagle configuration with improved infrared sensor for night operations. Boeing subsidiary...
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