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Canada’s CMC Electronics is the beneficiary of a $17 million “repayable investment” by Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC), a government-sponsored fund de

Satellite communications company Teledesic announced it has signed an agreement with Italian satellite maker Alenia Spazio SpA to build satellites for the

Icarus Instruments, the company that gave aviation its first sub-$10,000 satcom system, has unveiled the Sky Connect satphone, a 2.4-gHz cordless handset f

Pilots can now receive free up-to-date weather information in the cockpit following FAA approval for VHF datalink Mode 2 (VDL-2) avionics and datalink flig

DOT Secretary Norman Mineta announced last month an action plan aimed at mitigating the vulnerability of GPS to inadvertent interference and deliberate jam

The FAA’s Operational Evolution Plan (OEP) is moving to regain the momentum lost following September 11.

Eurocopter held the grand opening for its new simulator training center, Helisim, in Marignane, France, in late February.

Three of the eight U.S.

The Air Pegasus of D.C.-South Capitol Street Heliport in downtown Washington is fighting to avoid a death by proximity–proximity to Capitol Hill, that is.<

Scandinavian countries are famous for going their own way and it seems only fitting that one of what was originally four nations participating in the Nordi

Prompted in part by NTSB recommendations arising from the July 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off Long Island, the FAA has developed an enhanced airworthines

Taking the pulse of the offshore oil industry is like grabbing a handful of the viscous mud drillers use for lubrication in the drilling process.

Working in its own quiet low-key way, Schweizer Aircraft has revealed its new 300CBi.

In the latest development of a helicopter program that could best be described as “better late than never,” Indian state-owned aerospace builder Hindustan

Pledging to build already successful long-time central Atlantic coast helicopter support and repair operation Keystone Helicopter into a $350 million busin

By now all the major arguments for helicopter use are well established, right? Time-saving hops over crowded urban areas.

No stranger to the skies, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg’s piloting skills are part of his well known resume.

While Bell Helicopter and program partner Agusta Aerospace are pondering their next moves in the ongoing saga of tiltrotor development (see page 1),

Next to fighter jocks, helicopter pilots are probably the most iconoclastic flavor of aviators flying today.

Changes in flight paths around the Washington-Baltimore area, which have nothing to do with security implications, are being proposed in anticipation of th

Continuing its opposition to any hint of a privatized ATC system in the U.S., the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) said it is closely w

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) and General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) have expressed support for the “General Aviation I

After a 10-day recess in mid-February, Congress returned to tackle a few of the pending major issues that have been subjected to heavy bipartisan views.

MITSUBISHI MU-300, CLEVELAND, OHIO, FEB.

PIPER PA-31-350, HOLLYWOOD, FLA., JAN.

CESSNA 525A, NOVATO, CALIF., FEB.

BELL 206L-1, NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLA., FEB.

HAWKER SIDDELEY HS-125-700, JACKSON HOLE, WYO., DEC.

CESSNA 421B, NORMAN, OKLA., DEC.

With the goal of promoting a better understanding of the needs and benefits of business aviation in the Asia/Pacific region, the newly formed Asian Busines