CommercialRockwell Collins Donates Sabreliner 50 to Aviation Museum Rockwell Collins has donated its North American Sabreliner 50 flight-test aircraft to the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Ore. (The North American Sabreliner 50) The company acquired the 1964 Sabreliner…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman Gets Avionics ‘Cage’ for MQ-8C Summit Aviation has delivered the first protective cage for the avionics components on Northrop Grumman’s MQ-8C unmanned helicopter. (The Faraday Cage) Northrop Grumman said the protective enclosure known as a Faraday cage…
CommercialBAE Systems CEO Warns of Potential Impact from Sequestration BAE Systems CEO Linda Hudson on Thursday sent a letter to her employees warning of the potential impact the upcoming sequester — $1.2 trillion in automatic government spending cuts — could have…
Embedded AvionicsNavy Selects Southeast Aerospace for T-44 Avionics Upgrade The U.S. Navy awarded a $9 million contract to Melbourne, Fla.-based Southeast Aerospace (SEA) to provide part kits for an Avionics System Upgrade (ASU) for its T-44 trainer aircraft. SEA expects to…
CommercialPilatus PC-12NGFlight Simulator Gains Level D Rating Flight Safety International’s Pilatus PC-12NG flight simulator has gained a Level D rating from FAA and Transport Canada, the highest achievable full flight simulator certification. The PC-12NG simulator features the Honeywell Primus…
CommercialIsrael Awards Elbit $35 Million for UAS Upgrades Elbit Systems signed a three-year $35 million contract with the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) to develop advanced features for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The contract calls for Elbit to develop the…
CommercialPaul Ryan Says Sequestration is Going to Happen Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said he believes the $1.2 trillion sequester scheduled to occur in March is going to happen. Sequestration has the possibility of triggering thousands of job cuts in the…
CommercialMaldivian Airlines, IFE Services Sign Content Service Agreement Maldives national carrier Maldivian Airlines has selected U.K.-based IFE Services to provide in-flight entertainment for its commercial flights. IFE will provide the airline with popular television programming, as well as some original…