Content Archive: September 2009

Avionics

Honeywell’s SVS/EVS Could Yield Lower Minimums

Honeywell has started flight testing a technology that merges the view of an infrared enhanced-vision system (EVS) with that of a synthetic-vision system (

Business Jet Sentiment Improving, JPMorgan Says

“We’ve felt a more positive vibe on business jets recently, with used inventory ticking down slightly and flight operations edging upward,” JPMorgan Equity
Rotorcraft

Cessna Parent Textron Sees Bizjet Recovery in 2011

During a Textron business update yesterday, company chairman and CEO Lewis Campbell said he is seeing trends of economic stabilization, though he admitted
Maintenance and Modifications

Barco Forms Partnership with Monitor Soft in Russia

Avionics display provider Barco has entered into a partnership with Zhukovsky-based aerospace company Monitor Soft to jointly provide cockpit mission syste
Maintenance and Modifications

R-R and P&WC Ops Consolidated by Vector Aerospace

Vector Aerospace’s Helicopter Services Rolls-Royce 250 repair facility in Lewisville, Texas, is consolidating with the Vector Engine Services Atlantic Prat
Maintenance and Modifications

Rolls-Royce Selects MTS for New Test Center

MTS Systems has secured a substantial order for mechanical test equipment, software and consulting from Rolls-Royce.
Maintenance and Modifications

Union Fights GE over Albuquerque Plant Closing

Local 794 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM&AW) in Albuquerque, N.M., is working with state and local leaders t
Maintenance and Modifications

Eclipse Walks Away From Albany Service Center

Eclipse Aerospace, the reincarnation of defunct Eclipse Aviation, has vacated its $8 million factory service center and told Albany County Airport Authorit
Aircraft

Mitsubishi To Delay MRJ First Flight

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MJET) announced today that it will delay first flight of the 92-seat MRJ90 by as much as six months, from late 2011 to the
ATC

Gulfstream’s (Enhanced) Vision Really Taking Off

Gulfstream Aerospace last week marked the service entry of the 500th Gulfstream outfitted with the manufacturer’s enhanced vision system (EVS).