Presagis, based in Montreal, will form a business unit focused solely on embedded graphics systems, the company announced Tuesday. The new division, which will integrate Presagis's 2009 acquisition of Seaweed Systems, will build Presagis's experience..

FAA issued an airworthiness directive (AD) on Thursday requiring operators of the Airbus A320 family to update software in their traffic collision avoidance systems (TCAS) following two near-mid-air collisions. The directive, effective April 15,..

American and European aviation officials pledged to extend the flight demonstrations conducted under the Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions (AIRE) into regular, daily operations. “We will perform new trials in 2010, and the..

FAA on Monday released its NextGen Implementation Plan (NGIP), laying out the agency's progress and goals for implementing new capabilities and new technologies in the mid-term to 2018.  The 2010 plan update supports many of the recommendations..

The sluggish economy will put the brakes on growth in the U.S. commercial air industry, according to a FAA forecast released Tuesday. FAA’s Annual Aerospace Forecast predicts domestic passenger enplanements will increase modestly, by 0.5 percent, in..

The Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) program will need public money to assist airlines in equipping for new capabilities, according to the head of the management organization overseeing the development phase. The European Commission will..

Sypris Electronics, based in Tampa, Fla., said Thursday it had been awarded follow-on orders from Northrop Grumman Information Systems to provide electronic assemblies for the communications, navigation and...

EADS Defence & Security's Test and Services division was awarded a contract from the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD) to upgrade five final pass-off testing systems of the Lynx Helicopter Automatic Flying Control System (AFCS) with...

Delta TechOps expanded its maintenance contract with Sun Country Airlines, based in St. Paul, Minn., with agreements to provide auxiliary power unit (APU) and component maintenance services.   As part of one agreement, Delta TechOps will provide..

Lockheed Martin received a low-rate initial production, $171.8 million  contract from Northrop Grumman for four AN/APY-9 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) radar systems and spare parts. The radar systems will be integrated into the U.S. Navy's new E-2D..

Curtiss-Wright Controls, based in Charlotte, N.C., signed a $25 million contract with Northrop Grumman to provide the Advanced Mission Management System (AMMS) for the Broad Area...

Panasonic Avionics Corp., based in Lake Forest, Calif., said Tuesday that Israeli airline Israir Airlines selected its in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems for three Airbus A320 narrow-bodies. The first aircraft is equipped with the Panasonic..

BAE Systems is developing the mission computer system suite for the Indian navy's P-8Is, a variant of the U.S. Navy’s P-8A Poseidon. Developed by a Boeing-led team, the P-8I is a multi-mission...

The FAA rule establishing performance requirements for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) avionics, expected to be issued in April, has been postponed until mid-May to complete the federal government review process. The rule currently..

Northrop Grumman said Thursday it completed the series of flights of its Bat unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Configured with a 12-foot wingspan, the Bat-12 incorporates a Hirth engine and a low acoustic five-blade propeller. Northrop Grumman..

Teledyne Controls, of El Segundo, Calif., announced a contract Thursday with Southwest Airlines to provide its LoadStar Server Enterprise (LSE) software and PMAT 2000 Portable Maintenance Access Terminal to support data distribution and loading..

Alaska Airlines will deploy Aircell’s Gogo in-flight Internet service, opting against the Row44 service it had been testing since last year. Alaska Airlines and Aircell will begin the certification process for the Aircell system on the airline’s..

navAero's tBag C22 Class 2 electronic flight bag (EFB) was awarded an EASA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Embraer E135BJ Legacy, the company announced Monday. The...

L-3 Avionics Systems received FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval for its Trilogy ESI-1000 Electronic Standby Instrument (ESI on Part 27 and Part 29 rotary-wing aircraft. This all-in-one glass standby instrument is the first system of its..

Boeing subsidiary Insitu, based in Bingen, Wash., announced the availability of NanoSAR, a tactical-level, synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) payload, for its ScanEagle and Integrator unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The availability is the result of..