Business & GA Editor's Note: Frankenstorm Hurricane, super storm, mega storm, perfect storm, and my favorite, Frankenstorm. All were used to describe the weather event that barreled up the Eastern seaboard of the United States the weekend of…
Commercial Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Conduct Catapult Launch of X-47B UAS Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have conducted the Navy's first catapult launch of an unmanned system using the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator. The test was conducted Thursday at…
Business & GA Schubach Aviation Adds Citation II Jet to Fleet San Diego-based Schubach Aviation added a Cessna Citation II to its fleet, as it looks to expand its fleet and offer customers a mid-range jet with a cheaper price tag. (Schubach's Cessna…
Commercial Aerospace Manufacturers Prepare for Fiscal Cliff As negotiations continue between the White House and Congress over how to avoid the highly publicized fiscal cliff, U.S. aerospace and defense manufacturers are bracing themselves for what could happen if the…
Commercial LAN Airlines, IFE Services Agree to New In-Flight Entertainment Deal LAN Airlines and IFE Services have signed a new agreement to keep the UK-based in-flight entertainment (IFE) provider as the South American airline’s IFE service provider. LAN originally selected IFE Services as…
Military UTC Aerospace to Develop Actuators for U.S. Air Force Boeing has selected UTC Aerospace Systems to assist in developing advanced actuation technology for future U.S. Air Force tactical fighter and air mobility aircraft. The research and development for the actuators will…
Business & GA Qantas Becomes Launch Customer for Airbus iPad EFB Qantas Airways will be the launch customer for the Airbus iPad electronic flight bag (EFB) “FlySmart with Airbus” application. The airframe manufacturer first announced its new performance-calculating iPad EFB application at the…
Commercial Carlisle Companies to Acquire Thermax-Raydex Business Carlisle Companies Inc., based in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday said it will pay $265 million to acquire the Thermax–Raydex business, a supplier of hook-up, data and coaxial wire and cable for mission-critical applications…