Actualité aéronautique

Datron World Communications Announces Strategic Investment in Aeryon Labs

transmise le 10 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

Datron World Communications, Inc. , a leader in the tactical and public safety communications industry, announced a significant equity investment in Aeryon Labs, a Canadian-based technology innovator of robotics for aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Under terms of the agreement, Datron will become an equity partner in Aeryon Labs while maintaining its private label status and exclusive rights to distribute the Scout through the U.S. Government’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. FMS funding allows foreign militaries access to U.S. Government-sponsored assistance to purchase advanced communications technologies. The investment will also facilitate worldwide expansion and advance development of the Scout for tactical, government, public safety and commercial markets. Details of the arrangement were not announced.

“Winter-Is-Just-Around-The-Corner” Sale

transmise le 10 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

Today Sun Country Airlines launched their “Winter-is-Just-Around-the-Corner” sale with fares as low as $79 one-way*. Despite the current warm temperatures, winter is coming! The Hometown Airline is offering great deals now so consumers can make plans to escape the frigid days later. The “Winter-is-Just-Around-the-Corner” sale fares are good for travel between January 4, 2012, and February 15, 2012, and available to book until October 20, 2011.

AUSA 2011: AAI UAS Introduces Next-Generation Shadow® M2 Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System

transmise le 10 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced today the introduction of the Shadow M2 Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS) at the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) 2011 Annual Meeting & Exposition. On display in booth #1424, the Shadow M2 is the next generation of AAI UAS’ renowned, battle-proven Shadow 200 TUAS, which has amassed nearly 700,000 flight hours with customers including the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.

Bradley Jacobs of XPO Logistics to Ring Opening Bell at NYSE on October 12

transmise le 10 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

Bradley S. Jacobs, chairman and chief executive officer of XPO Logistics, Inc. , will ring the Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, October 12, 2011.

Garmin® Appoints Straub to Lead Aviation Business Unit

transmise le 10 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. , the global leader in satellite navigation, today announced that Gary Kelley, its vice president of marketing, is retiring from the company at the end of the year.

Trans-Pacific Aerospace Announces US Navy Testing Underway

transmise le 10 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

Trans-Pacific Aerospace Company, Inc. reported today that the U.S. Navy has begun testing spherical bearings from its China subsidiary under SAE Aerospace Standard 81820.

Skyscanner: Middle East Growing in Popularity as a Half Term Hotspot

transmise le 10 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

A recent survey by travel search site Skyscanner has found that 25% of families prefer to go on an overseas holiday in October, than any other time of year. At a time when all attention is focused on budget, 60% of respondents stated that their preference for October was due to the better value it offers rather than travelling during the peak summer months.

GE Wins Position on Gulfstream’s G650 for Aircraft Health and Trend Monitoring

transmise le 9 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

GE Aviation has been awarded two contracts from Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation to provide the Integrated Vehicle Health Management technology and service for the G650 business jet aircraft.

Rockwell Collins Advanced Pro Line Fusion® Integrated Avionics Displays Will Debut on King Air Aircraft

transmise le 9 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

Rockwell Collins’ Pro Line Fusion^®integrated avionics system, recently announced as an advanced avionics solution for turboprops and light jets, is now available as a retrofit display option from Hawker Beechcraft Global Customer Support (GCS) for Pro Line 21™-equipped King Air aircraft.

Rockwell Collins Unveils New Mobile Application and Flight Operations Dashboard for Ascend™ Flight Information Solutions

transmise le 9 octobre 2011 par Business Wire

Rockwell Collins today introduced new mobile and online applications for its Ascend™ flight information solutions – including the Ascend Flight Manager™ application (app) for the iPad^® and Ascend Dashboard integrated desktop solution. The new offerings give business aircraft operators global access to the only complete, fully integrated information management solution that seamlessly streamlines all aspects of flight operations from preflight scheduling, to flight planning, to closeouts.