CommercialGlobal Eagle Acquires Row 44, Advanced Inflight Alliance Global Eagle Acquisition Corp., which late last year announced the acquisition of Row 44 and 86 percent of the shares of Advanced Inflight Alliance, has changed its named to Global Eagle Entertainment.…
CommercialRockwell Collins Donates Sabreliner 50 to Aviation Museum Rockwell Collins has donated its North American Sabreliner 50 flight-test aircraft to the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Ore. (The North American Sabreliner 50) The company acquired the 1964 Sabreliner…
Editor's NoteEditor's Note: Back from the Brink The clock struck midnight on Dec. 31, the ball dropped, confetti was thrown and, the United States teetered on the brink, but did not fall over, the fiscal cliff. It took some…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman Gets Avionics ‘Cage’ for MQ-8C Summit Aviation has delivered the first protective cage for the avionics components on Northrop Grumman’s MQ-8C unmanned helicopter. (The Faraday Cage) Northrop Grumman said the protective enclosure known as a Faraday cage…
CommercialBAE Systems CEO Warns of Potential Impact from Sequestration BAE Systems CEO Linda Hudson on Thursday sent a letter to her employees warning of the potential impact the upcoming sequester — $1.2 trillion in automatic government spending cuts — could have…
CommercialRockwell Collins Signs MRO Agreement with Emirates Rockwell Collins has signed a service agreement with Dubai-based Emirates Airline for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of Rockwell Collins avionics on Emirates’ fleet. The five-year agreement provides fixed repair costs and…
Embedded AvionicsNavy Selects Southeast Aerospace for T-44 Avionics Upgrade The U.S. Navy awarded a $9 million contract to Melbourne, Fla.-based Southeast Aerospace (SEA) to provide part kits for an Avionics System Upgrade (ASU) for its T-44 trainer aircraft. SEA expects to…
CommercialPilatus PC-12NGFlight Simulator Gains Level D Rating Flight Safety International’s Pilatus PC-12NG flight simulator has gained a Level D rating from FAA and Transport Canada, the highest achievable full flight simulator certification. The PC-12NG simulator features the Honeywell Primus…