Actualité aéronautique

Aerosonde® Unmanned Aircraft System to Support U.S. Air Force Academy Mission

transmise le 2 mars 2011 par Business Wire

AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced today that it has been awarded a fee-for-service contract from BOSH Global Services to provide an Aerosonde unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for use by the U.S. Air Force Academy. The contract includes an Aerosonde Mark 4.7 system; support personnel to launch, fly and recover the aircraft; and computer-based training and simulation software for Cadets to utilize in their training. The academy also will gain use of AAI's On-the-Move Command and Control (OMCC) capability, which allows the aircraft to be controlled by personnel in a moving command and control station. The contract is for a one year period with an option to extend for one additional year.

Northrop Grumman Provides Air Traffic Surveillance System for Thessaloniki Airport, Greece

transmise le 2 mars 2011 par PRNewswire

Northrop Grumman Corporation's Europe-based air traffic management subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, is providing its Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) for Greece's Thessaloniki International Airport.

MEGA Showcases Enterprise Architecture for Air Traffic Management

transmise le 2 mars 2011 par Business Wire

MEGA, noted expert in enterprise architecture (EA), will demonstrate its software solutions, in use today in air traffic control (ATC) and air traffic management (ATM), at the ATC Global Conference March 8-10 in Amsterdam.

BAE Systems Receives $5 Million Contract For T-11 Parachutes

transmise le 2 mars 2011 par Business Wire

BAE Systems has been awarded a $5 million order to produce T-11 Personnel Parachute Systems for the U.S. Army.

Fitch Affirms JetBlue Airways at 'B-'; Outlook Stable

transmise le 2 mars 2011 par Business Wire

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Issuer Default Rating (IDR) for JetBlue Airways Corp. (JBLU) at 'B-' and the senior unsecured rating which applies to approximately $324 million of convertible notes, at 'CC' with a Recovery Rating of 'RR6'. The Rating Outlook for JBLU is Stable.

Era Selected by Finavia for Vehicle Tracking Solution

transmise le 2 mars 2011 par Business Wire

Era a.s., a subsidiary of SRA International, Inc. , today announced that Finavia, Finland’s air navigation service provider (ANSP), has selected Era to supply 135 of its latest-generation Squid® vehicle tracking units at the Helsinki Airport in Finland. The Squid units will support the airport’s advanced surface movement guidance and control system (A-SMGCS).

aPriori Completes Most Successful Quarter in Company History

transmise le 2 mars 2011 par Business Wire

aPriori announced today that it has recently completed the most successful financial quarter in the young company’s history. aPriori provides discrete manufacturers and product innovation companies with the most technologically advanced and comprehensive product cost management software and service solutions available on the market today. These software and services solutions fundamentally change the way companies calculate and manage product costs, enabling more informed design, manufacturing and sourcing decisions that drive significant cost out of products, both pre- and post-production.

Skyscanner Airline Food Awards: Eastern Flavour Most Popular with Flyers

transmise le 2 mars 2011 par Business Wire

Eastern flavour proved to be popular with air passengers, with six of the top ten airlines in the Skyscanner survey results based in the Middle East and Asia.

Conex Offers Logistics and Transport Professionals a Unified Solution for Dealing With the EU Advance Security Declaration (Import Control System — ICS) Throughout Europe

transmise le 2 mars 2011 par Business Wire

European advance security declaration — a new security clearance system for goods entering Europe

Esterel Technologies Introduces SCADE System and SCADE System Designer

transmise le 2 mars 2011 par Business Wire

Esterel Technologies, the leading worldwide provider of model-based development solutions for critical systems and software, today introduced SCADE System™, a systems design tool suite for critical system modeling that is based on the SysML and Eclipse standards. SCADE System has been developed specifically for use on critical systems with high dependability requirements. SCADE System integrates with Esterel Technologies SCADE Suite®, SCADE Display® and SCADE LifeCycle™, the company’s market-leading tools, allowing critical systems designers and software developers to avoid duplication of efforts and inconsistencies between system architectural descriptions and software behavioral descriptions.