Latest Articles by Tish Drake

Commercial

Virgin Blue Selects Rockwell Collins

Australian low-fare airline Virgin Blue selected Rockwell Collins to provide its EP-1000CT image generator and Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) projector-based visual system for its Boeing 777 simulator. Financial terms of the…

Military

Northrop Grumman Wins UAV ISR Contract

Northrop Grumman was awarded a $1.16 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to develop the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS), using the company’s RQ-4N platform. The contract is…

Commercial

A380 Simulator Acheives Level D Certification

An A380 Full Flight Simulator (FFS), manufactured by CAE, Montreal, achieved Level D certification, the highest qualification for flight simulators, by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and FAA. Airbus is using…

Military

Northrop Grumman in UAV Sensor Contract

Northrop Grumman received a $79.4 million contract for Global Hawk Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensors to be carried on the RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial…

Commercial

Companies to Develop Fire Suppression System

Life Mist Technologies, Paoli, Pa., entered into a product development and license agreement with Pacific Scientific HTL/Kin-Tech Division, Duarte, Calif., to develop a fire suppression system for use in aircraft. Under the…

Business & GA

Univeral MFD Wins STC

Universal Avionics Systems Corp., Tucson, Ariz., was issued a Part 25 Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for its MFD-640 Multi-Function Display. Chicago Jet Group, along with Delta Engineering of New Castle, Del., was…

Business & GA

SkyTrac Signs Satcom Contract

SkyTrac, Kelowna, British Columbia, will provide satellite communication and flight following systems to HelicoptersNZ, New Zealand’s largest helicopter company. HelicoptersNZ, Nelson, New Zealand, operates a fleet of 39 aircraft comprising Bell 212,…

Commercial

L-3 IR Imaging System STC’ed

L-3 Communications Avionics Systems received an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) and Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) for its IRIS Infrared Imaging System on multiple King Air platforms. The STC includes an Approved…