REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., 19 May 2013. U.S. Army helicopter avionics experts needed a multi-sensor payload for the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter. They found their solution from FLIR Systems Inc. in Wilsonville, Ore.

CANOGA PARK, Calif., 17 May 2013. The X-51A WaveRider hypersonic vehicle achieved the longest supersonic combustion ramjet-powered flight--flying full duration and achieving both mission success and aviation history on May 1.

LONDON, 16 May 2013. The global commercial aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) market will reach a value of $49.2 billion in 2013 in response to growing demand for maintenance services to handle the global fleet of commercial aircraft, predict Visiongain analysts.

WASHINGTON, 15 May 2013. Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory flew their fuel-cell-powered Ion Tiger unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for 48 hours and 1 minute, 16-18 April, by using liquid hydrogen (LH2) fuel in a new, NRL-developed, cryogenic fuel storage tank and delivery system.

WARWICK, R.I., 12 May 2013. Northstar Aviation, a fixed-base operator at Green Airport (PVD) in Warwick, R.I., has finished a new, state-of-the-art executive terminal.

BOTHELL, Wash., 10 May 2013. Avionics experts upgrading the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft needed a booster amplifier to help increase the fixed-wing aircraft's ability to defeat enemy missiles. They found their solution from AR Modular RF in Bothell, Wash.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., 7 May 2013. Executives of HEICO Corp. in Hollywood, Fla., are boosting their company's expertise in missile defense and commercial aviation with their acquisition of Reinhold Industries Inc. in Santa Fe Springs, Calif.

BERLIN, 5 May 2013. Fixed-base operator (FBO) specialist Signature Flight Support in Orlando, Fla., opened a second FBO location in Berlin, Germany, this week when the company began operating an FBO satellite station at Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL).

PHILADELPHIA, 5 May 2013. U.S. Navy avionics experts are looking to General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems in Bloomington, Minn., for maintenance and upgrades on six flight computers for the Navy's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, EA-18G Growler, and AV-8B Harrier strike fighter and electronic warfare combat jets.

TOULOUSE, France, 3 May 2013. Nepal Airlines Corp., the national flag carrier of Nepal, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to buy two Airbus A320 aircraft equipped with sharklet fuel-saving wing tip devices.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., 29 April 2013. The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime segment at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., will award a three-year contract to Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to provide spare parts for U.S. Army tactical aircraft navigation avionics systems.

DOTHAN, Ala., 28 April 2013. Aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) specialist Commercial Jet in Miami has opened a 400,000-square-foot MRO facility at Dothan Regional Airport (DHN) in Dothan, Ala., which more than triples the company's capacity to provide freighter conversion and MRO services.

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 24 April 2013. Jet fighter avionics designers at the BAE Systems Electronics & Systems Integration segment in Greenlawn, N.Y., will provide 336 AN/APX-125 F-16 Mode 5 advanced identify friend-or-foe (AIFF) units under terms of a $34.3 million U.S. Air Force contract announced late last week.

ORLANDO, Fla., 23 April 2013. Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim), the developer of the Virtual Battlespace (VBS) series of training games, has acquired TerraSim Inc., developer of TerraTools and several source data preparation products used to simplify simulation database development.

SAN JOSE, Calif., 21 April 2013. Fixed-base operator (FBO) specialist Signature Flight Support Corp. in Orlando, Fla., is moving ahead with a plan to develop and operate a 29-acre, $82 million FBO facility at San Jose International Airport in San Jose, Calif., after the San Jose City Council voted 10-1 last week for final approval.

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah, 21 April 2013. Air Force nuclear missile avionics technicians needed electronic test and measurement equipment to help maintain and upgrade Air Force nuclear weapons systems, particularly the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). They found their solution from Geotest-Marvin Test Systems Inc. in Irvine, Calif.

CHATSWORTH, Calif., 18 April 2013. Aitech Defense Systems Inc. in Chatsworth, Calif., is introducing the RTCA-compliant C920 rugged 3U CompactPCI PowerPC-based single-board computer for high-reliability DO-178 and DO-254-based manned aircraft, helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

CLEARWATER, Fla., 16 April 2013. Digital World Mapping Inc. in Reno, Nev., has selected Small PC's vehicle computer model SC240ML for use in its helicopter-based LiDAR mapping and imaging system.

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.