Business & GAOnAir to Equip A319 with Data Services OnAir, an Airbus and SITA joint venture, signed its first VIP contract with a government in the Middle East to equip an A319 corporate jet with its voice and data connectivity services.…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Tests Pilotage System Lockheed Martin announced Wednesday the successful first flight of its Pathfinder advanced pilotage system on an Army HH-60L Black Hawk MEDEVAC helicopter at Felker Army Airfield in Fort Eustis, Va. This flight…
Business & GAWest Star Aviation Installs EVS System West Star Aviation, of Grand Junction, Colo., completed a successful flight test in October of a Challenger CL-604 aircraft equipped with a new fairing and enhanced vision system (EVS). The EVS system was…
MilitaryElbit Buys Innovative Concepts Elbit Systems of America, of Fort Worth, Texas, will pay $15 million in cash to acquire all the shares of Innovative Concepts, Inc., of McLean, Va., from Herley Industries, the company announced Tuesday. Innovative Concepts…
CommercialCAE Books $52.2 Million in FFS Orders CAE, Montreal, received has received $52.2 million in orders to design and manufacture five full-flight simulators (FFS) and associated training devices. The contracts are with American Airlines, Air New Zealand, Suzuyo, and…
CommercialRockwell Collins to Lay Off 300 Rockwell Collins outlined a cost-reduction plan Monday, which includes 300 layoffs, in a bid to "effectively manage the impact of the economic downturn," the company said. Cost-reduction measures include the reduction in…
MilitaryElbit Wins Embraer Contract Elbit Systems, Haifa, Israel, was awarded a contract by Embraer to supply avionics for the Brazilian AMX jet upgrade project for the Brazilian air force. The initial development and prototype phase of…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Tests Apache Sensor System Lockheed Martin last week announced it has flight tested a low-light-level sensor system for U.S. Army Arrowhead-equipped AH-64D Apache helicopters. The Visible/Near Infrared (V/NIR) sensor is integrated into the Modernized-Pilot Night Vision…