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Business & GA

Monarch Airlines Selects Goodrich EFB

Monarch Airlines selected Goodrich's SmartDisplay Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) for its Airbus A300, A320, A321 and A330 aircraft. Monarch has completed initial installation of the system on an A321 and conducted a…

Commercial

Astronics Acquires Ballard Technology

Astronics Corp., based in East Aurora, N.Y., paid $24 million to acquire privately held Ballard Technology, an Everett, Wash.-based manufacturer of avionics interface systems for defense and commercial aerospace applications, the company announced Wednesday.…

Commercial

TE Connectivity in Talks to Acquire Deutsch

TE Connectivity said Wednesday it is in talks to pay $2.06 billion to acquire connector manufacturer Deutsch Group, of East Sussex, U.K., from owner Wendel. Completion of the transaction is subject to customary…

Business & GA

Eurocopter to Use GNAT for Demonstrator

Eurocopter selected AdaCore's GNAT Pro High-Integrity Edition for development of an ARINC 653 demonstrator for military helicopters, the companies said Tuesday. The demonstrator will provide military interfaces and operational functions within a…

Commercial

Monarch Airlines Selects STG Lighting System

STG Aerospace has received a fleet-wide order of its SafTGlo photoluminescent (PL) floorpath marking system from U.K.-based Monarch Airlines. The airline, based at London Luton Airport in the U.K., has ordered SafTGlo…

Business & GA

Gogo to Bring Inmarsat Global Xpress to Airlines

Gogo has entered into an agreement with Inmarsat to bring Inmarsat's Global Xpress satellite service to the commercial airline market. According to the agreement announced Tuesday, Gogo will be a service provider, distributing…

Military

CMC-Equipped Hawk Mk66 Trainers Delivered

Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) handed over the first three Hawk Mk66 advanced trainers equipped with its glass cockpit upgrade to the Finnish Air Force at Kauhava Air Base on Nov. 17. CMC…

Business & GA

CAE, Arabian Jets in Pilot Training Contract

Arabian Jets, a private aircraft management company based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Montreal-based CAE entered into a long-term agreement, for pilot training services on eight business aircraft types. The training will…