The debate between Littleton, Colo. maintenance-tracking provider AvTrak and Hawker Beechcraft (formerly Raytheon Aircraft) stemming from Raytheon’s sale of its Facts (Factory Aircraft Comprehensive Tracking System) to Ronkonkoma, N.Y.-based Camp Systems has heated up once again as a judge upheld a February injunction regarding ownership of the operators’ maintenance data.
In October 2004, AvTrak entered into a formal relationship with Raytheon Aircraft to provide software and Web-based services to support the manufacturer’s Facts service. Essentially, under the five-year agreement, AvTrak’s system became the foundation of Facts, and many Raytheon Aircraft operators using Facts–while still Raytheon Facts customers–received service from AvTrak. Some Raytheon product support employees continued to work with Facts customers as well, but AvTrak provided the bulk of the service, under contract to Raytheon.
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