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Commercial

Avianca Airlines Selects Iridium System

Colombian airline Avianca Airlines is installing Iridium-based satLINK Communications Module on its fleet of 14 long-range Boeing 757 and 767 aircraft. The system, made by Miami-based Avionica, includes antenna, wiring, structural elements…

Military

Army Selects IAC HUMS for Apaches

Intelligent Automation Corp. (IAC), Poway, Calif., was awarded $6.6 million in orders from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command for its Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) to be installed on…

Business & GA

FAA Certifies Gulfstream Synthetic Vision System

Gulfstream Aerospace said it has become the first Part 25 OEM to have a FAA-certified synthetic vision system. In late 2007 and early 2008, FAA certified the Gulfstream Synthetic Vision-Primary Flight Display…

Business & GA

Emrise Banks $2 Million in Orders

Emrise Corp., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., said its U.K. subsidiary, Pascall Electronics Ltd., received about $2 million in new orders in January from two existing customers for in-flight entertainment and communications (IFE&C) products.…

Commercial

Avista Expands in Wisconsin

Avista Inc., Platteville, Wis., is expanding operations in Wisconsin and plans to hire 40 more engineers, a move the company said is a result of four years of growth, particularly in commercial…

Military

ITCN Wins Boeing C-17 Contract

ITCN, Dayton, Ohio, provide upgraded monitor and control systems for the Boeing’s C-17 program in Long Beach, Calif. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. ITCN will supply its C-TAC Plus…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

  Opinion Allows Flexibility In Pilot Headsets Airline pilots have embraced a wide variety of active noise reduction (ANR) products to improve communications and protect their hearing in relatively high-noise cockpits such…