Latest Articles by Tish Drake

Commercial

Sturgell Joins Rockwell Collins

Former FAA Administrator Bobby Sturgell is joining Rockwell Collins, becoming senior vice president of its Washington Operations. Sturgell succeeds Woody Hogle, who will be leading Rockwell Collins' international operations. In his new position, Sturgell…

Commercial

GE Fanuc Adds TTEthernet

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, of Charlottesville, Va., is adding a deterministic Ethernet technology to its avionics applications. GE Fanuc will be using Time-Triggered Ethernet (TTEthernet), developed by TTTech Computertechnik AG of Vienna, Austria. GE said products…

Military

Insitu Signs Pact with Canadian Forces

Boeing subsidiary Insitu, of Bingen, Wash., received a $30 million contract from the Canadian government to provide small unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV) services to support the Canadian Forces’ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance…

Commercial

Air Italy Selects navAero EFB

Air Italy selected navAero's t-BagC22 computer and display systems as the Class 2 EFB flight deck hardware for its B737, B757 and B767 fleets. Deployment on the Air Italy fleets will start…

Business & GA

Curtiss-Wright, Claverham Ltd. Ink Pact

Curtiss-Wright Corp. signed a 15-year, $20 million contract from Claverham Limited to provide transducers for use in the fly-by-wire systems that control the main rotor and tail rotor on the Sikorsky UH-60M…

Commercial

Quantum3D ISO:9001 Certified

Quantum3D, San Jose, Calif., has been ISO 9001:2008 certified. The company said the certification is an important driver of quality for its efforts in the next-generation of military programs, including the use of…

Commercial

LiveTV Signs Pact with EMS Technologies

EMS Technologies will provide its rugged data storage for up to 1,000 aircraft deploying systems by LiveTV LLC. EMS will provide its ToughDisk 3500 SATA Rugged Hard Disk (TD3500 SATA) assemblies that will be…

Business & GA

Ultra Delivers 1,000th ANC System

Ultra Electronics' Control business, located in the U.K., delivered its 1,000th aircraft active noise cancellation (ANC) system. The 1,000th system was delivered to Bombardier’s Toronto facility as standard equipment for its Q400 production…