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Business & GA

UTC CEO Speaks to ‘Market Softness’ Amid Sikorsky Sale

United Technologies Corporation CEO Gregory Hayes. Photo: UTC [Avionics Today 07-22-2015] After reporting a $9 billion sale of its Sikorsky Aircraft unit to Lockheed Martin earlier this week, United Technologies Corporation (UTC)…

Business & GA

Boeing Forecasts Steep Demand for Pilots, Technicians

[Avionics Today 07-21-2015] Boeing released a new forecast showing continued strong demand for commercial airline pilots and maintenance technicians as the world's airlines add 38,000 airplanes to the global fleet over the…

Business & GA

FAA Selects ATCorp to Support NextGen Engineering and Labor

[Avionics Today 07-21-2015] The FAA has awarded ATCorp a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide specialized engineering and technical labor resources to support the FAA's Next Generation Air…

Business & GA

UTC Releases Disappointing Second Quarter Profits

Photo: UTC [Avionics Today 07-21-2015] Following the company’s announcement to sell Sikorsky Aviation to Lockheed Martin for $9 billion, United Technologies Corp. (UTC) reported lackluster second quarter earnings. Sales of $16.3 billion…

ATM Modernization

Aspen Avionics and L-3 Partner to Provide GA ADS-B

Aspen Avionics Lynx NGT-9000. Photo: Aspen Avionics [Avionics Today 07-21-2015] Aspen Avionics and L-3 have announced an agreement to offer an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) compliant integrated system that includes the Aspen…

ATM Modernization

Inmarsat, ESA Target 2018 for i4D in Europe

[Avionics Today 07-21-2015] Inmarsat announced last week that by 2018, under the European Space Agency's (ESA) Iris Precursor program, the air-to-ground communications support for initial 4-D flight path control will be in…