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Commercial

Airlines Join Eurocontrol ADS-B Project

Six airlines joined Eurocontrol’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Pioneer Airlines Project, which will help the airlines obtain airworthiness approval for their existing ADS-B equipment. Air France, Air Mediterranee, Air One, Turkish Airlines,…

Commercial

Southwest to Use GE Aviation FMS

GE Aviation said it won a contract with Southwest Airlines to upgrade the flight management systems for 200 Boeing 737s. Financial terms were not disclosed. Deliveries will take place next year and…

Commercial

IFIS STC

Landmark Aviation said it received FAA supplemental type certification (STC) to install the Rockwell Collins Integrated Flight Information System (IFIS) on the Hawker 800XP/850XP aircraft. Work will be performed at the company’s…

Editor's Note

Composite Webinar Adds Weber to Panel

Hans Weber, president of TECOP International, joined the panel for Aviation Today’s upcoming webinar, "Aircraft Composites: The Next Frontier How New Materials are Forever Changing Aviation," scheduled for Nov. 15 at 11…

Military

RADA Wins UAV Avionics Deal

Israel-based RADA Electronic Industries said it received a $720,000 purchase order to deliver various avionics units for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) application to an unnamed customer. Additional production orders expected to be…

Military

McDonnell Douglas Nabs AESA Contract

Boeing subsidiary McDonnell Douglas won an $11.2 million order from the U.S. Navy to upgrade 210 AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array radar to the B configuration (includes 114 retrofit and 96 production…

Business & GA

Enea in Merlin Pact

Stockholm-based Enea said Lockheed Martin U.K. selected its Polyhedra database management system for use in the Merlin Capability Sustainment Program (MCSP). Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Lockheed Martin UK…

Commercial

787 Management Shakeup

Less than a week after announcing delays in the 787 Dreamliner program, Boeing is shaking up the leadership of the program. Mike Bair, who has lead the program for the past three…