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Business & GA

Thrane & Thrane AVIATOR 700D Awarded FAA PMA

The Thrane & Thrane AVIATOR 700D communication system has been awarded FAA Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA), certifying its use aboard all aircraft and allowing the company to commence shipment of the product…

Business & GA

Air Arabia Signs Class 2 EFB Contract with navAero

NavAero will supply its tBag C22 Class 2 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) to Air Arabia for its fleet of 44 A320s. The contract includes navAero hardware with Lufthansa Systems' electronic charting and Aviobook's…

Military

BAE to Provide Cockpit Controls for KC-390

BAE Systems was selected by aircraft manufacturer Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force to provide active side sticks as part of the overall cockpit controls for the KC-390 military transport aircraft. In…

Military

ITT Exelis to Provide Jamming Pods for Pakistani F-16s

ITT Exelis has finalized a $54 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to provide the Pakistan Air Force with digital radio frequency memory-based jamming pods. Exelis Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare System…

Business & GA

DHS Tests Wide Area Airborne Surveillance System

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it concluded a test of a wide area airborne surveillance system (WAASS), suspending WAASS sensors from an unmanned, 75-foot helium balloon floating 2,000 feet above…

Commercial

Sirio Panel Selects SYSGO's AFDX System

Germany's SYSGO will supply its DO-178B certified software-based Avionics Full-Duplex Switched Ethernet (AFDX) system for Sirio Panel for an actual avionics application running on Freescale’s QorIQ dual-core P2020 architecture, the companies said Friday.…