Editor's NoteSatcom STC The FAA granted International Communications Group’s (ICG) authorized reseller, L2 Consulting Services, a supplemental type certificate (STC) for installation of ICG’s ICS-120 Iridium Communication System. ICG said the STC is applicable to…
CommercialFCC to Keep In-Flight Cell Phone Ban The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will abandon a plan to allow cell phone use on airplanes, chairman Kevin J. Martin said this week. The reason, Martin said, is because it is not…
MilitaryBCF Designs Inks U.S. Navy Pact U.K.-based BCF Designs Ltd. signed a contract with the U.S. Navy which will make it responsible for supporting fuel system test sets for 11 fixed wiring and rotary platforms, the company said.…
CommercialHoneywell to Shut Avionics Plant Honeywell said it plans to shut down its avionics manufacturing facility in Teterboro, N.J., and plans to sell the company to a real-estate development company. The 68-year-old manufacturing plant, which makes flight…
MilitaryInterSense Wins L-3 Simulation Contract InterSense, Inc. won a contract from L-3 Communications Link Simulation and Training division to supply five additional suites of its IS-900 inertial-acoustic helmet tracking system to support the U.S. Army's Aviation Combined…
MilitaryBoeing Completes AEW&C Systems Integration Boeing said it completed the integration of major subsystems aboard a 737 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft for Australia’s Project Wedgetail. The subsystems include communications, navigation, mission computing, radar and…
Business & GAIntegrated Flight Deck STC Avidyne Corp., Lincoln, Mass., and S-TEC Corp., Mineral Wells, Texas, received a supplemental type certificate from the FAA for installation of the Alliant Integrated Flight Deck on Beechcraft King Air E90- and…
MilitaryFAA Certifies Honeywell Collision Avoidance System Honeywell said its Military Airborne Collision Avoidance System - Formation Rendezvous (MILACAS-FR), selected by Boeing for the C-17 Formation Flying System, has been certified by the FAA for use on all military…