Content Archive: October 2011

New Iridium Satellites May Carry ADS-B Payloads for Global Surveillance

Satellite communications provider Iridium may make space available on its next-generation satellites for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast
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People in Aviation: October 2011

Hawker Beechcraft has appointed Karin-Joyce Tjon as its new CFO.
FBOs

Avfuel Expands Dealer Network

Independent fuel supplier Avfuel has added the first branded dealer outside North America to its network.
FBOs

Atlanta FBO Completes Ramp Expansion

Preferred Jet Center at Atlanta’s Cobb County-McCollum Airport recently finished a four-month-long ramp improvement project that will allow the FBO to acco
FBOs

Laser System Aims To Prevent Hangar Rash

To prevent damage to aircraft as they are moved in hangars, charter and aircraft management provider Talon Air, based at Republic Airport on New York’s Lon
Aircraft

Bell Explores New Missions for V-22 Tiltrotor

Bell Helicopter is exploring new markets and missions for its Bell-Boeing Osprey V-22 military tiltrotor. The company recently demonstrated the V-22’s s
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Rotorcraft

Helicopter Sector Finds Sustained Recovery

Even as other aviation segments struggled in the throes of a recession deeper and more enduring than anyone expected, the rotorcraft industry remained at l
Security

Industry Group To Advise TSA on Aviation Security

The House Homeland Security Committee was expected to take action last month on the “Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act of 2011,” which will e

Bombardier Profits Soar, Aerospace Shows Some Gain

While Bombardier recorded a healthy overall jump in net income in this year’s second quarter–from $138 million in 2010 to $211 million this year–news from