Commercial Aviation

Jet

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.

Embraer

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.

Unmanned

Northrop Grumman-built Navy Triton unmanned aircraft achieves historic first flight, begins testing

PALMDALE, Calif., 22 May 2013. The MQ-4C Triton unmanned intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft platform, operated by Northrop Grumman and U.S. Navy personnel on the ground in Palmdale, Calif., achieved its first flight.

UAS

Triton UAV: built by industry leaders, powered by Rolls-Royce engine

PALMDALE, Calif., 22 May 2013. A single Rolls-Royce AE 3007 engine powers the MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, unmanned aircraft built by a Northrop Grumman-lead team.

IFE

EyeTech Digital Systems and Thales partner to advance eye tracking in the aircraft cabin

MESA, Ariz., 20 May 2013. EyeTech Digital Systems provided eye tracking hardware, software, and engineering integration support for Thales In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity’s touch-free entertainment system, which won the 2013 Crystal Cabin Award for Passenger Comfort Systems.

X-51

Boeing, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, AFRL, and DARPA partner on X-51A WaveRider, achieve record-breaking flight

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.

Wind River

Northrop Grumman X-47B UCAS running on Wind River VxWorks catapults from aircraft carrier

By Chip Downing, Senior Director of Aerospace & Defense, Wind River

ALAMEDA, Calif., 16 May 2013. The Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned aircraft achieved a catapult launch from the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush carrier, the first of its kind in aviation history. This marks a very proud day for Wind River knowing that the VxWorks real-time operating system is a key technology for this aircraft, developed as part of the Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration (UCAS-D) program.

MRO

World commercial aircraft MRO market to reach $49.2 billion this year, according to Visiongain

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.

Naval Research Lab Ion Tiger powered by fuel cells breaks endurance record for small, electric UAVs

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.

NASA

Lockheed Martin enhances search and rescue service for general aviation

ASHBURN, Va., 14 May 2013. Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) engineers have updated the Lockheed Martin Flight Services (LMFS) automation system and Pilot Web Portal to make general aviation safer and more convenient, at no cost to pilots.

BAE Systems and EMTEQ to collaborate on IntelliCabin integrated cabin management

ENDICOTT, N.Y., 13 May 2013. BAE Systems and EMTEQ signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the IntelliCabinintegrated cabin management system for commercial aircraft original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and airline interiors modifications markets.

Shutterstock

Wanted: advice on aviation design and analysis training online

SURAT, India, 11 May 2013. A mechanical engineer working on aerospace applications has written to Avionics Intelligence for advice on online training for automotive and aviation design and analysis training.

Swiss Aviation Training adds CAE Embraer 190 simulator to training portfolio

ZURICH, Switzerland, 10 May 2013. Swiss Aviation Training’s (SAT’s) new Embraer 190 full-flight simulator, purchased from CAE in Montreal, is now available for use at the Lufthansa Flight Training Center in Frankfurt.

ATM

Jeppesen to provide performance based navigation airspace procedures to NAV CANADA to boost takeoff/landing efficiency

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., 9 May 2013. Jeppesen, part of Boeing Digital Aviation, has entered into an agreement with NAV CANADA to design and deliver area navigation with required navigation performance (RNAV RNP) instrument flight procedures based on performance based navigation (PBN) principles.

A320

Dell and Airbus deliver Electronic Flight Bag services to airlines worldwide

ROUND ROCK, Texas, 9 May 2013. Dell OEM Solutions and Airbus have partnered to provide an end-to-end electronic flight bag (EFB) solution to worldwide operators of aircraft in the Airbus A320 airliner family.

Bomber

Boeing to upgrade communications on U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers, enabling in-flight task changes and weapons retargeting

OKLAHOMA CITY, 8 May 2013. Boeing (NYSE:BA) engineers are upgrading the communications system on U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers to enable aircrews to send and receive information via satellite links, change mission plans and retarget weapons in flight, and better interact with aircraft and ground forces.

HEICO to enhance business interests in commercial aviation, composites, and missile defense with Reinhold buy

HEICO to enhance business interests in commercial aviation, composites, and missile defense with Reinhold buy

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.

Nepal Airlines to buy two Airbus A320 single-aisle jetliners with sharklet wingtips for high-altitude airports

Nepal Airlines to buy two Airbus A320 single-aisle jetliners with sharklet wingtips for high-altitude airports

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.

Avionics databus bridge from DDC translates avionics network traffic between MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, Ethernet

BOHEMIA, N.Y., 3 May 2013. Data Device Corp. (DDC) in Bohemia, N.Y., is introducing the AceXtreme bridge device to translate avionics messages in real-time between MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, and Ethernet in any direction, without a host computer.

787

Ethiopian Airlines is first to return Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft to service

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 29 April 2013. Ethiopian Airlines resumed Boeing 787 Dreamliner commercial airliner to service starting Saturday, 27 April 2013, with a flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Nairobi, Kenya.

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