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Russian airline UTair looks to Boeing Shanghai for maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) of 767 jetlinersSHANGHAI, 17 May 2012. UTair Aviation in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, an airline that provides domestic and international passenger air service from Russia, needed maintenance and engineering services for the airline's fleet of eight Boeing 767-200ER widebody passenger jets. They found their solution from Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services Co. Ltd., based at PuDong International Airport in Shanghai. |
Paragon Aviation Group grows network of independent FBOs to 16 members with addition of Austin's Henriksen Jet CenterAUSTIN, Texas, 16 May 2012. Paragon Aviation Group, a network of independent general aviation fixed-based operators (FBOs) based in Houston, is adding Henriksen Jet Center (KEDC) based at Austin Executive Airport in Austin, Texas, to its group of individual and small chains of independent FBOs. |
Greenwich AeroGroup to provide Iridium OpenPort broadband to business aviationMELBOURNE, Fla. 17 May 2012. Greenwich AeroGroup, Inc. and its affiliates have agreed to sell, support and install the Iridium OpenPort-AeroSM broadband aviation communications system. Iridium OpenPort-Aero is an aviation broadband solution that works for passengers requiring smartphone, tablet or laptop connectivity. |
Embraer moves ahead with project to develop Legacy 500 business jet with high-speed taxi tests; first flight this fallSÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, 13 May 2012. Engineers at Aircraft manufacturer Embraer S.A. in São José Dos Campos, Brazil, are moving ahead with their company's project to develop the midsize Legacy 500 business jet with taxi runs and the beginning of ground vibration tests in anticipation of the first flight scheduled for this fall. |
DARPA seeks to develop small reconnaissance satellites that are less expensive to build than unmanned aerial vehiclesARLINGTON, Va., 11 May 2012. Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., want to make relevant battlefield imagery available to front-line warfighters in real time using constellations of temporary and inexpensive orbiting satellites that are launched quickly enough to support fast-moving military operations. |
Lockheed Martin to oversee extensive avionics repair and overhaul on Navy MH-60R and MH-60S helicoptersPHILADELPHIA, 22 April 2012. Helicopter avionics and subsystems experts at the Lockheed Martin Corp. Mission Systems & Sensors (MS2) segment in Owego, N.Y., will perform extensive maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) on cockpit avionics for the U.S. Navy MH-60R Seahawk and MH-60S Knighthawk utility helicopters that are based aboard surface warships. |
New jet in town: general aviation community readies for HondaJet light business aircraft certification and production this yearGREENSBORO, N.C., 10 April 2012. The business aviation community is preparing for a new jet aircraft entry this year, with the expected type and production certification of the eight-seat HondaJet light business jet aircraft, which is designed to be fast, high-flying, quiet, and fuel-efficient. |
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Dual-processor PICMG 1.3 single-board computer for military and avionics applications introduced by TrentonGAINESVILLE, Ga., 17 May 2012. Trenton Technology Inc. in Gainesville, Ga., is introducing the BXT7059 dual-processor PICMG 1.3 single-board computer for military, aerospace, industrial automation, and telecommunications applications. The BXT7059 has the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 family, formerly code named Sandy Bridge-EN, as well as the Intel C604 chipset. |
3U VPX rugged graphics board with NVIDIA CUDA GPGPU for military embedded systems introduced by GEHUNTSVILLE, Ala., 16 May 2012. GE Intelligent Platforms in Huntsville, Ala., is introducing the GRA112 3U VPX rugged graphics board for demanding graphical applications that require a general-purpose graphics processing unit (GPGPU), such as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), radar, and sonar. |
RF and microwave amplifiers and mixers for military sensors and SATCOM introduced by HittiteCHELMSFORD, Mass., 14 May 2012. Hittite Microwave Corp. in Chelmsford, Mass., is introducing two RF and microwave amplifiers and three mixers for microwave & millimeter wave radios, military sensors, test & measurement equipment, and satellite communications (SATCOM) applications operating at frequencies from 24 to 46.5 GHz. |
Mercury releases 10 Teraflop ISR Subsystem CapabilityCHELMSFORD, Mass., 12 May 2012. Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY), a provider of ISR and EW subsystems based in Chelmsford, Mass, has released StreamDirect, a method for delivering streams of sensor data to specialized coprocessors such as general purpose graphics processing units (GPGPUs). |
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