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LightSquared Cries Foul Over Leak of GPS Test Results

Draft data covering recent DOD and FAA tests of cellphones and other consumer GPS devices revealed that 75 percent “experienced harmful interference”
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Employees Picket over Multiple Grievances

About 75 to 80 Members of the NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots (NJASAP) and other employees held an informational picketing session
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Airports

European Financial Crisis Set To Drag Down Airline Profits

IATA's 2012 profits forecast sees airline margins dipping
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Aircraft

Boeing To Offer up to 330-Minute ETOPS on 777

Boeing gains 330-minute ETOPS approval for 777.
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Aircraft

Iran Claims Shootdown of Stealthy U.S. Drone

Iran is claiming to have shot down a stealthy U.S. drone.
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Aircraft

U.S. Air National Guard Begins Domestic Reaper Training

The U.S. Air National Guard is conducting training flights with the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft system (UAS) in restricted airspace around Fort Drum
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Aircraft

India’s Ex-Russian Aircraft Carrier Finally Nearing Sea Trials

The prototype MiG-29K (side number 311) was loaded by crane onto India’s new aircraft carrier in Severodvinsk last month.
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Aircraft

GE and Rolls-Royce Abandon Alternative F-35 Engine

GE Aviation and Rolls-Royce ended their self-funded development of an alternative engine for the F-35,
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Aircraft

Malaysian Fighter Requirement Draws Hardware to LIMA Show

Malaysia’s requirement for a new multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA) was a key feature of this week’s Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA)
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Aircraft

A350 Fuselage Takes Shape while Airbus, API Spar over A320 Winglets

Airbus starts to join front fuselage for first A350 XWB.
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Avionics

FAA Should Describe NextGen Interoperability, GAO Says

The GAO has recommended that FAA provide more information on its efforts to align with Europe on ATC modernization.
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Safety

Vaisala Upgrades Lightning Data

Vaisala, a provider of weather-measuring equipment and services, has upgraded the quality of its Global Lightning Dataset GLD360
Avionics

LightSquared Says Tests Show GPS Compatibility

LightSquared reported yesterday that results of testing by an independent laboratory “confirmed that several major high-precision [GPS] receivers
Accidents

Vegas Helicopter Tour Crash Kills Five

A Eurocopter AS350B2 registered to Sundance Helicopters crashed late yesterday afternoon during a twilight flight near Nevada’s Hoover Dam
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Maintenance and Modifications

ARSA To Congress: Complete FAA Reauthorization Bill

In a letter to the U.S. House and Senate leadership, the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) said the uncertainty created by Congress’ failure t
Maintenance and Modifications

Canada’s NRC and Bombardier Sign Research Agreement

e National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and Bombardier Aerospace have signed a multiyear agreement building upon a 2010 Memorandum of Understanding.
Maintenance and Modifications

API’s Falcon 900 Series Winglets Get Canadian OK

Transport Canada has granted Aviation Partners (API) Canadian supplemental type certificate (STC) approval for its high Mach blended winglets on the Falcon
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Maintenance and Modifications

StandardAero Houston Adds PW305 Service

StandardAero Business Aviation is now offering Pratt & Whitney PW305 service at its Houston facility in support of the Learjet 60 and Hawker 1000. The MRO’
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Aviation Develops Roll-around Hawker Landing Gear

Duncan Aviation has developed a new roll-around Hawker landing gear system that allows the aircraft to be moved while the actual landing gear is removed fo
Maintenance and Modifications

Ruag Adds Cessna CJ4 Maintenance Authorization

Ruag Aviation has announced it has obtained the EASA certification for maintenance on the Cessna Citation CJ4. As an authorized Cessna Service Center, Ruag
Maintenance and Modifications

Hamilton Sundstrand Inks Lufthansa Technik Services Deal

Hamilton Sundstrand, a supplier in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner program, and Lufthansa Technik have signed a long-term contract calling for the German mainten
Maintenance and Modifications

Banyan Air Service Targets Learjet 40/45

Banyan Air Service of Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport has added the Learjet 40 series airframe to its list of capabilities.
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Issues Airworthiness Directive on Eurocopter EC 120B

The FAA has issued a final rule on an airworthiness directive for the Eurocopter EC 120B.
Maintenance and Modifications

Evergreen Maintenance Names Heule as CEO

Evergreen Maintenance Center (EMC) has announced the appointment of Hal Heule as chief executive officer;
Aircraft

Azul Giveth, while JetBlue Taketh Away

Embraer won an order for 11 more 118-seat E195s from Brazilian airline Azul in late October
Maintenance and Modifications

GE Aviation Breaks Ground on Auburn Facility

GE Aviation has broken ground on a new jet engine components factory in Auburn, Ala.
Maintenance and Modifications

Cutter Aviation Named GE ASC for M601 and H80 Engines

GE Aviation has named Cutter Aviation an authorized service center for GE’s M601
Cabin Interior and Electronics

L-3 Picks PAC Seating for 747-8 Project

L-3 Platform Integration has selected PAC Seating Systems of Palm City, Fla., to provide a range of
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Channel Tracker Provides Painless IFE Upgrade

Channel Tracker, introduced last month by Innovative Advantage of Redmond, Wash., is a way to
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Gore Design Completions, Airbus ACJ, Boeing 777

Gore Design Completions is on a roll with a full shop and new contracts for an Airbus