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Training and Workforce

Jeppesen Introduces FliteCrew DLS Training Version 2.0

Jeppesen introduced the follow-on version to its CD-ROM FliteCrew DLS training program for pilots.
Aircraft

Eclipse Inks Deal on Wing Assembly

Eclipse Aviation signed a contract with Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) of Japan for the manufacture of complete wing assemblies for the Eclipse 500 very light
Engines

Williams Launches FJ44-4 Turbofan

Williams International launched the 3,500-pound-thrust FJ44-4, a FADEC-equipped turbofan engine that uses essentially the same core as the 3,000-pound-thru
Aircraft

NBAA 2003 Convention Report

The 2003 NBAA Convention celebrated the centennial of manned powered flight with some powerful and exotic hardware, including three new derivative airplane

Baker Unveils Mini-DVD Player

Baker Electronics has introduced a miniature multi-region DVD player that measures 2.5 in.

ISS Developing RVSM Packages for Six More Business Aircraft

Innovative Solutions & Support continues its aggressive certification schedule for RVSM equipment for business aircraft.

Duncan Aviation Publishes RVSM Guidebook

Duncan Aviation, the Lincoln, Neb.

FAA Seeking Bids for Nexcom Deployment

The FAA later this year will begin asking avionics makers to submit bids for competitive contracts to produce prototype radio interface units (RIU) and gro

Honeywell and Thales Deliver First MCS-7000 Satcom

For operators clamoring to take full advantage of Inmarsat’s new Swift64 airborne data service, Honeywell and Thales announced that the new MCS-7000 satcom

Inmarsat Introduces Swift64 Airborne Data Services

Inmarsat announced that its long-awaited high-speed airborne data services will be available by the end of the year.
Maintenance and Modifications

Sat-TV for the cabin from Rosen

Rosen Products of Eugene, Ore., is making a splash in the new product pool with the announcement of the integration of Honeywell’s OneView satellite-direct

Honeywell charts aggressive acquisition spree

Honeywell’s $10 billion aerospace division plans to expand its holdings over the next several quarters through a series of targeted acquisitions in the U.S

Saraya Aviation buys three G450s

Saraya Aviation, a startup charter operator formed earlier this year in Abu Dhabi to serve the growing number of executive and government VIP customers see

Dubai’s billions bust airshow order records

Dubai may harbor ambitions of one day hosting an airshow to outshine those held in Paris and Farnborough, but on one score the Gulf emirate is already well

Emirates acts to stop runway incursions

Emirates Airlines has decided to add a Honeywell safety upgrade intended to prevent runway incursions to its fleet of more than 100 airliners.

Cessna lengthens its order backlog in the Middle East

Cessna announced yesterday that its authorized sales representative for the region, Wallan Aviation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has placed an order for 25 air
Aircraft

Cessna lengthens its order backlog in the Middle East

Cessna announced yesterday that its authorized sales representative for the region, Wallan Aviation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has placed an order for 25 air

Demand for Falcons leads to office in Dubai

Dassault has established a full-time sales office in Dubai as well as a dedicated spare parts distribution center and authorized service center, all to mee

Emirates acts to stop runway incursions

Emirates Airlines has decided to add a Honeywell safety upgrade intended to prevent runway incursions to its fleet of more than 100 airliners.

New King Air 350ER boasts range of 2,570 nautical miles

Hawker Beechcraft has certified a longer-range version of the venerable King Air 350 twin-turboprop, an airplane that can stay aloft longer than eight hour

Cessna lengthens its order backlog in the Middle East

Cessna announced yesterday that its authorized sales representative for the region, Wallan Aviation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has placed an order for 25 air

Dubai’s building boom fuels growth at ExecuJet

Christened two years ago during the last Dubai Air Show, ExecuJet Aviation’s Middle East business jet handling and maintenance facility in some ways is a m

Bombardier is here promoting the newest Learjet family member

Bombardier has selected Dubai as the venue for the airshow introduction of the Learjet NXT, an all-new business jet intended to fill the market gap between
Avionics

Merger talk clouds wx data’s future

Wall Street analysts now say the proposed merger between XM Satellite Radio and Sirius should have little difficulty winning approval from the Federal Comm
Avionics

Arinc Expanding SkyLink’s Reach

Arinc and partner SES Americom have announced plans to expand the Ku-band data coverage of Arinc’s SkyLink broadband service to the entire Caribbean
Avionics

SwiftBroadband Cellphone Services Coming

The Federal Communications Commission has said it won’t continue exploring the feasibility of allowing passengers to use their personal cellphones to make
Avionics

West Star Aviation Name Back Again

West Star Aviation is the new official moniker for Premier/West Star and all its affiliated locations, bringing back a name that had been used for more tha
Avionics

Landmark Brings IFIS to Hawker 800

Landmark Aviation last month said it has received an STC to install the Rockwell Collins Integrated Flight Information System (IFIS) in the Hawker 800XP/85
Avionics

Rockwell Collins Unveils iPod Docks

Rockwell Collins has introduced cabin management controls that will let passengers connect their iPods to the airplane’s in-flight entertainment system.
Avionics

L-3 Team Wins Nexrad Contract

The National Weather Service has awarded a team led by L-3 Enterprise IT Solutions a $43 million contract to upgrade Nexrad radar sites.