ANCHORAGE, 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.

TULSA, 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.

WASHINGTON, 21 May 2012. The Advanced Biofuels Association, the Algal Biomass Organization, Airlines for America, the Biotechnology Industry Organization, and the National Farm Bureau Federation are asking the House and Senate Armed Services Committees to support the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD) commitment to accelerate production of American-made, advanced, “drop-in” biofuels for use in military jets, ships, and vehicles.

CHICAGO, 21 May 2012. Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC) has signed a $1.7 billion (euro 1.2 billion) contract for NATO's Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system, a major data source for NATO's system for Joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (JISR). The contract provides for the purchase and initial operation and maintenance of five Block 40 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with an advanced ground surveillance radar sensor, the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP).

CHICAGO, 21 May 2012. Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC) has signed a $1.7 billion (euro 1.2 billion) contract for NATO's Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system, a major data source for NATO's system for Joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (JISR). The contract provides for the purchase and initial operation and maintenance of five Block 40 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with an advanced ground surveillance radar sensor, the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP).

HAMBURG, Germany, 21 May 2012. Business jet designers at the Bombardier Aerospace Learjet Inc. segment in Wichita, Kan., needed cabin-management and in-flight entertainment (CMS and IFE) systems for the new Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 aircraft. They found their solution from the Lufthansa Technik Innovation Business Unit in Hamburg, Germany.

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., 21 May 2012. U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) officials have qualified Microsemi Corp.’s (Nasdaq:MSCC) radiation-tolerant RTAX-S/SL field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) under Qualified Manufacturers List (QML) Class V, in accordance with military performance standard MIL-PRF-38535 space-level qualification requirements. QML Class V is the highest standard for space integrated circuits (ICs).

GENEVA, 21 May 2012. Jet Aviation AG Basel, , a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), won a new Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the Aviator 200 system from Aircell, a provider of in-flight connectivity for business aviation, aboard the Falcon 2000LX.