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Business & GA

TrueNorth Completes Chelton Testing

TrueNorth Avionics, based in Ottawa, Canada, completed integration testing with Chelton to offer an Inmarsat high-speed data (HSD) global airborne broadband communications service for business aviation operators using TrueNorth’s Simphone airborne telecommunications…

Commercial

Global ADS-B Meeting Held

Aviation regulators from Europe, Australia, the United States and Canada held another round of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) harmonization talks in Europe this week, to ensure ADS-B ADS-B implementation onboard aircraft is…

Commercial

Panasonic, Air Austral in IFE Deal

Panasonic Avionics Corp., Lake Forest, Calif., said airline Air Austral ordered its in-flight entertainment system eX2 for installation on three 777-200 and two new B777-300. Financial terms were not disclosed. Delivery is…

Business & GA

ECFT to Train Indian Helicopter Pilots

Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) signed a three-year contract to provide helicopter training for Global Vectra Helicorp (GVHL), an offshore helicopter operator in India. Global Vectra’s flight crew will undergo training on the…

Military

Honeywell Wins Air Force Pact

Honeywell won a $16.2 million contract modification with the U.S. Air Force to supply 199 embedded GPS/INS (EGI) units for the A-10, F-16, UH-60 and CH-47F platforms, and 9 EGI mounts for…

Military

Boeing Wins B-1B Contract

Boeing won a $45 million U.S. Air Force contract to upgrade the B-1B bomber's avionics software. Boeing said its engineers in Long Beach, Calif., and Oklahoma City produce upgraded B-1B avionics software…

Military

L-3, GE Sign KC-10 Agreement

L-3 Communications Integrated Systems (L-3 IS) subsidiary signed a teaming agreement with GE Aviation for the U.S. Air Force KC-10 Aircraft Extension Program (AEP). Financial terms were not disclosed. The KC-10 AEP…

Commercial

Sturgell Touts SMS at Forum

Acting FAA Administrator Bobby Sturgell urged industry to harmonize standards for safety management systems (SMS), saying the information gathered could “give us the intelligence we need before the problem reaches the headlines.”…