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Airframe manufacturers, avionics suppliers, engineers, and executives discuss pressing issues, standards at AMC/AEEC General SessionANCHORAGE, Alaska, 3 May 2012. Hundreds of avionics engineers and aviation industry executives gathered at the Avionics Maintenance Conference (AMC) and Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) General Session in Anchorage, Alaska. Air transport professionals hashed out, over four days, a wealth of current and upcoming avionics challenges, including: NextGen and SESAR equipage, intellectual property and export licensing, electronic flight bags, data links, and more. |
Paragon Aviation Group expands its network of independent FBOs to 15 members with addition of Tulsa's Legacy JetTULSA, Okla., 13 April 2012. Paragon Aviation Group, a network of independent general aviation fixed-based operators (FBOs) based in Houston, is adding Legacy Jet Center at Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Okla., to its group of individual and small chains of independent FBOs. |
2012 AEA Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes Paul RyanWASHINGTON, 4 April 2012. Paul Ryan won the 2012 Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) Lifetime Achievement Award during the opening of the 55th annual AEA international convention and trade show in Washington, D.C. |
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers employees ratify three-year contract with United Launch AllianceDENVER, 9 May 2012. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) representing the United Launch Alliance workforce at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.; Decatur, Ala.; and Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., accepted the company's offer of a new, three-year contract, concluding a 2012 contract negotiation process spanning several weeks. |
Curtiss-Wright Controls delivers rugged airborne integrated processor subsystems under defense contractCHARLOTTE, N.C., 8 May 2012. Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. won a defense contract to provide processor subsystems for an airborne program. Curtiss-Wright Controls engineers are integrating the company’s rugged commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) processor boards, customer-supplied software, and a third-party payload into a custom, Curtiss-Wright chassis. |
NASA officials select DynCorp for $176.9 million contract to provide aircraft maintenanceFALLS CHURCH, Va., 27 April 2012. DynCorp International won a NASA contract, potentially worth $176.9 million, to provide aircraft maintenance and operational support services at various locations, including Ellington Field at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston; NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.; NASA facilities in El Paso, Texas, and Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.; and worldwide locations as required. |
Russian airline UTair looks to Boeing Shanghai for maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) of 767 jetlinersSHANGHAI, 17 May 2012. UTair Aviation in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, an airline that provides domestic and international passenger air service from Russia, needed maintenance and engineering services for the airline's fleet of eight Boeing 767-200ER widebody passenger jets. They found their solution from Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services Co. Ltd., based at PuDong International Airport in Shanghai. |
Paragon Aviation Group grows network of independent FBOs to 16 members with addition of Austin's Henriksen Jet CenterAUSTIN, Texas, 16 May 2012. Paragon Aviation Group, a network of independent general aviation fixed-based operators (FBOs) based in Houston, is adding Henriksen Jet Center (KEDC) based at Austin Executive Airport in Austin, Texas, to its group of individual and small chains of independent FBOs. |
Banyan Air Services FBO enables Gulfstream business jets to send avionics health data wirelessly to ground personnelFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., 16 May 2012. Fixed-based operator (FBO) specialist Banyan Air Service in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is enabling pilots of Gulfstream G650 and G280 general-aviation business jets to transmit aircraft health and monitoring information to maintenance personnel wirelessly from the Banyan ramp at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE). |
Bombardier brings paperless cockpit to its business jets with introduction of Bombardier Flight Deck for iPadMONTREAL, 14 May 2012. Business jet aircraft specialist Bombardier in Montreal is introducing the Bombardier Flight Deck app for the Apple iPad tablet computer. Bombardier Flight Deck manages documents and enables general aviation jet pilots to carry flight information on the iPad tablet computer. |
Embraer chooses Ethernet-based flight recorders from Curtiss-Wright for Legacy 500 business jet flight testingCITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif., 4 May 2012. Aircraft manufacturer Embraer S.A. in São José Dos Campos, Brazil, needed rugged data acquisition and recorder technology for the Legacy 500 business jet. They found their solution from Curtiss-Wright Controls Avionics & Electronics in City of Industry, Calif. |
Airframe manufacturers, avionics suppliers, engineers, and executives discuss pressing issues, standards at AMC/AEEC General SessionANCHORAGE, Alaska, 3 May 2012. Hundreds of avionics engineers and aviation industry executives gathered at the Avionics Maintenance Conference (AMC) and Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) General Session in Anchorage, Alaska. Air transport professionals hashed out, over four days, a wealth of current and upcoming avionics challenges, including: NextGen and SESAR equipage, intellectual property and export licensing, electronic flight bags, data links, and more. |