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Business & GA

Brazil Validates Cobham EFIS System 

Cobham’s 3-D Synthetic Vision Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) received Brazilian validation for AS350/355 model series helicopters, allowing for aftermarket installation in that country, the company said Monday. The EFIS had previously…

Commercial

Saudi Arabian Airlines Selects Thales TopFlight

Saudi Arabian Airlines selected Thales to provide its TopFlight SATCOM system on its new aircraft. Thales TopFlight SATCOM system consists of an ARINC 781 compliant Satellite Data Unit (SDU) and its configuration…

Business & GA

navAero EFB Wins EASA Certification

navAero received EASA supplemental type certification (STC) for its tBag C22 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) for BAE 146 /AVRO 146-RJ Series aircraft on behalf of Swedish regional airline Malmo Aviation. The deployed EFB system…

Military

Elbit Subsidiary Selected for KC-390 Systems

Elbit Systems Brazilian subsidiary, AEL Sistemas S.A., was awarded a $25 million contract from Embraer subsidiary Embraer Defense and Security to provide Self-Protection Suite (SPS), Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) and pilot orientation…

Commercial

SR Technics to Install Panasonic's IFEC System

SR Technics, based in Zurich, Switzerland, signed a contract with Panasonic Avionics for the installation of Panasonic’s new in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) system, the Ku-band satellite-based global communications suite (GCS), on…

Commercial

Thales U.K. to Supply A380 Simulator

Thales U.K. has been selected by British Airways (BA) to supply its new A380 full-flight simulator, Thales said Monday. The simulator will be delivered to the British Airways Flight Training Center, Cranebank,…

Commercial

Aerodyne Awarded Army UAS Contract

Aerodyne, of Huntsville, Ala., was awarded a $105 million contract with the U.S. Army's Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Project Office for technical and engineering support. Aerodyne is a subsidiary of MCR, of McLean,…

ATM Modernization

Airbus Completes Metron Acquisition

Airbus completed its acquisition of Metron Aviation, of Dulles, Va., the companies announced Wednesday. This acquisition, which was first announced in July, bolsters Airbus' strategy to accelerate and support air traffic management (ATM) programs…