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CAE Wins $35 Million in Contracts

Canadian flight simulator company CAE said it won several military contracts in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada valued at more than $35 million. In the United States, CAE won…

Business & GA

Bremen Airport to Deploy GBAS

Honeywell has been selected by DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS) to install its SLS-4000 Ground-Based Augmentation System (GBAS) at Bremen Airport in Germany. Honeywell said the contract marks the first sale of…

Business & GA

CAE to Acquire Engenuity

Canadian simulator company CAE will pay $19.6 million to acquire Engenuity Technologies, a move the company said will expand its military business. CAE, Montreal, said the transaction is expected to close in…

Business & GA

Honda Aircraft to Build Headquarters

Honda Aircraft is building a new headquarters, where it will manufacture its advanced light HondaJet, the company said. Honda Aircraft will establish its world headquarters in Greensboro, N.C., with the construction of…

Commercial

Shanghai Airlines Picks Rockwell Collins Avionics

Shanghai Airlines said it will use Rockwell Collins avionics on 13 Boeing 737NG aircraft. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The airline said the two key components of the avionics…

ATM Modernization

Arinc Wins Data Monitoring Patent

Arinc said it was awarded U.S. Patent 7149612 for improved methods of accessing operational data from electronic systems on board aircraft, including selective monitoring, display of parameters in near real-time, data collection…

Military

Saab Wins Avionics Contract

Sweden-based Saab Avitronics said it won a 10 million Euro contract to develop, produce and support a Terrain Masking Low Level Flight Computer for the German military’s A400M transport aircraft. Saab Avitronics,…

ATM Modernization

RTCA Hosts Next-Gen Conference

Aviation industry association RTCA will host a conference on the nation’s Next-Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS) in Washington, D.C. The conference, called “Operational Evolution Partnership (OEP)—The Bridge to NextGen,” will take place…