MilitaryEsterline Names New COO Esterline Corp., of Bellevue, Wash., named R. Bradley "Brad" Lawrence to the new position of president and chief operating officer (COO). Robert W. Cremin, who is relinquishing his role as president, continues…
MilitaryBoeing P-8A Poseidon T2 Completes First Flight Boeing said Friday its P-8A Poseidon test aircraft T2 completed its first successful test flight. The flight took off from Renton Field at 10:32 a.m. Pacific time and landed two hours and 56…
MilitaryLockheed ‘Sniper’ Pods Flying On A-10Cs Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force completed site activations of the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP), equipping A-10C Thunderbolt II units at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., and Spangdahlem AFB, Germany. A further…
CommercialAmerican to Test NextGen Technologies An American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami this week will test green technologies as part of FAA's NextGen program. On Thursday, as part of the Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions (AIRE),…
MilitaryAeroVironment Receives Order for Observer UAV AeroVironment, of Monrovia, Calif., said U.S. government agencies funding the Global Observer Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program have exercised an option for the assembly of a third Global Observer aircraft and…
MilitaryIntel to Acquire Wind River Systems Intel announced plans Thursday to pay $884 million to acquire Wind River Systems, headquartered in Alameda, Calif. Intel said the deal, which is expected to close this summer, will help it continue to…
Business & GAEMS Sky Connect Phone Gets STC EMS Sky Connect, a division of EMS Technologies, said Monday its Forté in-flight phone received a FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for installation Gulfstream G-IVs. The phone system uses the Iridium network to…
MilitaryBoeing Submits A160T for Marine Pact Boeing said on Monday it submitted a proposal offering its A160T Hummingbird for the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory's Immediate Cargo Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Demonstration Program. The demonstration contract is expected…