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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.