Business & GAGlobal Vision Cockpit Completes Test Flight Bombardier on Tuesday announced the successful first flight of the Global Vision cockpit on a Global Express XRS aircraft. The more than five hour flight took off and landed at Bombardier's Downsview…
MilitaryGroups Ink Pact for Eurofighter Typhoons NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA), Eurofighter GmbH and EUROJET Turbo GmbH last week said they had signed a €9 billion contract production contract for an additional 112 aircraft, including 241…
MilitaryRaytheon Wins Air Force Contract Raytheon was awarded a $9.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the Digital Airport Surveillance Radar, a combined Department of Defense and FAA activity to replace existing radar facilities at military…
ATM ModernizationTask Force Will Name Names, Locations The RTCA NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force by month’s end will deliver to FAA an “actionable” list of recommendations to implement new operational capabilities, including the operators willing to implement them and…
MilitaryRaytheon to Develop New Airborne Sensor Raytheon was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy to develop the Advanced Airborne Sensor (AAS), the follow-on to the Littoral Surveillance Radar System (LSRS). Raytheon said the AAS program will equip…
Business & GAGarmin G500 OKed for Part 23 Aircraft Garmin on Thursday said it has received FAA Approved Model List Supplemental Type Certification (AML STC) for the G500, its new avionics suite announced this week at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. The…
CommercialBoeing Completes Purchase of 787 Plant Boeing said Thursday it completed its $580 million acquisition of a 787 plant in South Carolina. The company said it completed the acquisition of the business and operations conducted by Vought Aircraft…
Business & GAGarmin Unveils Part 23 Cockpit Garmin introduced its G500, an all-glass avionics suite designed for Part 23 Class I and Class II aircraft, the company announced at this week's EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. Garmin said the G500…