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Bombardier has completed flight development testing of its enhanced vision system (EVS), a HUD-coupled package that uses a CMC Electronics infrared sensor

Raytheon Aircraft has selected airborne telecommunications equipment company AirCell’s ST3100 Iridium-based satcom system as standard equipment on the Beec

Hoping to cash in on new types of airborne communications capabilities, Airbus has combined forces with SITA and Tenzing to form an in-flight service calle

Honeywell on October 10 successfully flight tested new technology that will let passengers use their personal cellular telephones in flight.

Notching an important contract win, CMC Electronics announced last month that it has been selected to provide the infrared (IR) camera/sensor package for t

In 1999, Motorola’s ill-starred Iridium satcom venture declared bankruptcy and was on the verge of maneuvering the service’s 66 satellites to burn up in th

Assembly and integration of the Aviation Technology Group Javelin prototype continues to accelerate at Soloy in Olympia, Wash.

Cessna announced last month that it is upgrading the Citation CJ1 and CJ2 to add more value to the entry-level aircraft.

At last month’s NBAA Convention, Spirit Wing Aviation of Edmond, Okla., announced that it will begin producing its “virtually new” Spirit-Lear early next y

Danish software house Air Support has rebuilt its Preflight Planning System (PPS) to run on a Windows-based menu system.

At the FAA’s September International Aviation Safety Forum near Washington, the agency included a discussion session entitled “WAAS or LAAS, which is it?”

The FAA’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC) at Herndon, Va., is often referred to as the “nerve center” of the National Airspace System.

While FAA Administrator Marion Blakey said required navigation performance (RNP) is receiving broad support in the U.S.

The story of how a 100-year-old prestige motor car company evolved into one of the world’s premier aircraft engine manufacturers is rooted in the weaving t

Flight and navigation technology can help pilots see and avoid threats, simplify cockpit management and know their situation and parameters with precision.

Sixty years ago, with the outcome of the World War II still nearly 12 months in the future, 52 nations met in Chicago to agree on a format for the worldwid

A German federal court has granted Berlin Tempelhof Airport a reprieve from closure.

Jet Aviation has announced a new AOG support service called Jet-Response.

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, a veteran of the bare-knuckle school of politics, is defiantly defending his destruction of Meigs Field last year despite thre

Apparently it’s OK to pose as terrorists for an NBC “exposé” on the lack of security at the nation’s general aviation airports.

Norwegian authorities have rushed through new security requirements at the country’s smaller airports in response to a September 29 incident in which a man

Boeing Commercial Airplane’s Long Beach, Calif.

After four years of development and almost 500 hours of flight testing, the Raisbeck ZR Lite System for the Learjet 35/36 has earned an STC.

When aerospace designer Burt Rutan rolled out his manned suborbital spaceflight program and its centerpiece, SpaceShipOne (SS1), from its Mojave, Calif., h

In preparation for his solo nonstop around-the-world (ATW) flight tentatively scheduled for January, adventurer and solo ATW balloonist Steve Fossett has b

A small, minority-owned maintenance-training company has gone to court to battle the Goliath of pilot and maintenance training, FlightSafety International.

One year after beginning construction at its new maintenance facility, Táxi Aéreo Marília (TAM) has begun operations at its Jundiaí center, which will allo

Last month, three separate major FBO deals were announced involving four heavy-traffic business-aviation locations.

Just when it looked as if the image of the regional airline industry escaped relatively unscathed from last year’s spate of accidents, the crash of two mor

Charter broker Air Partner has seen a 40-percent increase in executive aircraft bookings over the past year.