Latest Articles by Tish Drake

Business & GA

Cobham to Buy Meggitt

U.K.-based aerospace and defense company Cobham will pay $38 million for S-TEC Corp., the companies said Wednesday. S-TEC, which is based in Texas and owned by Meggitt, certifies and manufactures autopilots for…

Commercial

Jeppesen Inks Deal with Qatar Airways

Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen and Qatar Airways finalized an agreement for Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) applications and data for the airline’s new Boeing 777 aircraft that will feature the Boeing Class 3 EFB.…

Commercial

Panasonic Expands Emirates Contract

Panasonic Avionics, Lake Forest, Calif., signed a $500 million contract amendment with Emirates, the Dubai-based airline, to expand the installation of its eX2 in-flight entertainment (IFE) system on Emirates’ aircraft purchases and…

Commercial

CAE to Manage AirAsia Training Center

Canadian simulator company CAE signed a $51 million contract with airline AirAsia to manage its pilot training facility in Kuala Lumpur. Starting in 2008, CAE will begin offering the pilot training services…

Business & GA

Garmin Avionics Suite Wins STC

Garmin International, Olathe, Kan., won a supplemental type certificate (STC) from FAA for its G1000 avionics suite in the King Air C90A/GT, the company’s first G1000 retrofit STC. Garmin said this STC…

Commercial

EASA Approves A320 MLS Approaches

The European Aviation Safety Agency approved the Airbus A320 family of aircraft for Category IIIb  approaches using a microwave landing system (MLS), Airbus said this week. First customer, British Airways, will implement…

Military

Raytheon Wins Navy Contract

Raytheon won a $15.4 million U.S. Navy contract for the AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar system, the primary undersea anti-submarine warfare sensor for the U.S. Navy's MH-60R multi-mission helicopter. The AN/AQS-22 provides…