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Associations

SPEEA: Boeing reduces staff in U.S., increases outsourcing to Moscow

SEATTLE, 18 April 2013. Officials at Boeing Commercial Airplanes are outsourcing engineering work to Russia while laying off up to 1,700 employees in the U.S., recognizes the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), IFPTE Local 2001.

Airlines for America implores DHS to cancel customs preclearance facility at Abu Dhabi International Airport

WASHINGTON, 12 April 2013. Airlines for America (A4A) officials are calling for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to scrap its plans to establish a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) preclearance facility at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A4A is calling it a “pay-to-play” scheme that sets a dangerous and unauthorized precedent and harms U.S. citizens, jobs, the economy and the global competitiveness of the U.S. airline industry.

American Association of Airport Executives: Airport infrastructure financing in FAA budget request falls short

ALEXANDRIA, Va., 12 April 2013. President Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget proposal for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) "airport infrastructure financing is an improvement over last year's proposal, but it still falls short of what is necessary to meet the long-term needs of airports across the country,” says American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) Gov. President Todd Hauptli.

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Executive Insights

Air Comm Corp. acquires Meggitt

BOULDER, Colo., 24 May 2013. Air Comm Corporation (ACC), a designer and manufacturer of environmental control systems (ECS) on military and civil rotorcraft and general aviation (GA) fixed-wing aircraft in Colorado, has completed the acquisition of Meggitt Inc. in Addison, Texas.

VistaJet protects new fleet of Bombardier aircraft with JSSI

GENEVA, Switzerland, 23 May 2013. VistaJet International and Jet Support Services Inc. (JSSI) have agreed to a record-setting enrollment of 50 Bombardier Global 5000 and Global 6000 aircraft onto JSSI's Platinum Engine and APU hourly cost maintenance programs. The long-term agreement is valued at over $205 million based on JSSI 2013 list prices. The aircraft are part of VistaJet's largest order in aviation history placed in November 2012.

Aeromexico adds Embraer 175 planes to fleet

MEXICO CITY, 23 May 2013. Aeromexico, Mexico's global airline, becomes the first national airline in the country to operate the Embraer 175, with its addition of three of the modern planes to its aircraft fleet.

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Market News

Air Comm Corp. acquires Meggitt

Navy recommends DC-DC converters from Pico Electronics for flight-control avionics in P-3 aircraft and H-53 helicopter

KEYPORT, Wash., 24 May 2013. U.S. Navy avionics experts needed 100 spare DC-DC converter power supplies for the aircraft flight control systems of the Lockheed Martin P-3 Orion long-range maritime patrol aircraft and the Sikorsky H-53 heavy-lift helicopter. They are recommending a solution from Pico Electronics Inc. in Pelham, N.Y.

Navy orders AN/ARC-210(V) aircraft radios, radio control sets, and related avionics equipment from Rockwell Collins

PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 19 May 2013. U.S. Navy avionics radio communications experts needed electronic radios and related equipment for a variety of aircraft. They found their solution from Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.