Commercial

Panasonic Avionics Wins 747-8 Pact

Panasonic Avionics Corp., Lake Forecast, Calif., will supply its Cabin Services System (CSS) on every Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental airplane.  Financial terms were not disclosed. In addition to this new contract, Panasonic also…

Commercial

Virgin Blue Selects Rockwell Collins

Australian low-fare airline Virgin Blue selected Rockwell Collins to provide its EP-1000CT image generator and Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) projector-based visual system for its Boeing 777 simulator. Financial terms of the…

Military

Northrop Grumman Wins UAV ISR Contract

Northrop Grumman was awarded a $1.16 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to develop the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS), using the company’s RQ-4N platform. The contract is…

Commercial

A380 Simulator Acheives Level D Certification

An A380 Full Flight Simulator (FFS), manufactured by CAE, Montreal, achieved Level D certification, the highest qualification for flight simulators, by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and FAA. Airbus is using…

Military

Northrop Grumman in UAV Sensor Contract

Northrop Grumman received a $79.4 million contract for Global Hawk Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensors to be carried on the RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial…

Commercial

Companies to Develop Fire Suppression System

Life Mist Technologies, Paoli, Pa., entered into a product development and license agreement with Pacific Scientific HTL/Kin-Tech Division, Duarte, Calif., to develop a fire suppression system for use in aircraft. Under the…

Business & GA

Univeral MFD Wins STC

Universal Avionics Systems Corp., Tucson, Ariz., was issued a Part 25 Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for its MFD-640 Multi-Function Display. Chicago Jet Group, along with Delta Engineering of New Castle, Del., was…

Business & GA

SkyTrac Signs Satcom Contract

SkyTrac, Kelowna, British Columbia, will provide satellite communication and flight following systems to HelicoptersNZ, New Zealand’s largest helicopter company. HelicoptersNZ, Nelson, New Zealand, operates a fleet of 39 aircraft comprising Bell 212,…