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Avionics Update: Teledyne acquires Spirent business unit

Teledyne Technologies, the parent company of Teledyne Controls and Teledyne Continental Motors, last month closed a deal to buy Spirent’s Aviation Informat
ATC

Controllers blast FAA over staffing shortage

A shortage of controllers at Chicago Center and an uptick in air traffic in that sector are a prescription for disaster that the FAA has so far ignored at
Avionics

Flaws cited in Hawker weather-radar radome

An apparent design problem with the airborne weather radar radomes in Hawker business jets could prevent the radars from accurately painting storm cells ah
Aircraft

Regionals Update: ALPA foils US Airways' plans for CRJ705

Unable to convince the Air Line Pilots Association to accept further regional-airline scope-clause concessions, US Airways has converted its firm order for
Aircraft

French, Russian avionics trio leap to front of RRJ 'short list'

AVPK Sukhoi’s ambition to use U.S.-built avionics on the Russian Regional Jet appear dashed due to an apparent lack of interest on the part of both Honeywe
Aircraft

An-140 sales bode well for Antonov RJ

A growing order book for the 52-seat Antonov An-140 turboprop has stimulated engineers at Ukraine’s Antonov design house and the Kharkov manufacturing plan
Aircraft

M7 won't wait for 328 deal to pursue RJ work in San Antonio

M7 Aerospace, the company that took control of the U.S.
Aircraft

D'Long looks to place 728 back in fray

Shanghai-based investment group D’Long in late June confirmed it has signed a contract for the rights to the suspended Fairchild Dornier 728 program, but a
Aircraft

'Easy' flight-test program yields Learjet 40 approval

The Learjet 40 received its FAA type certificate on July 11 as an amendment to the certification of the Learjet 45 from which it is derived.
Avionics

Technical hurdles delay Primus Epic program

Ongoing software integration problems are forcing at least two airframe manufacturers into the unenviable position of having to stretch aircraft certificat
Regulations and Government

TSA's GA airport security plan due out this month

General aviation organizations have been working with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this summer to develop security recommendations for
Avionics

EVS aims at bigger market in smaller, non-HUD business jets

Until about a year ago, infrared enhanced vision systems (EVS) were exclusively the bailiwick of operators of large aircraft, in which they were installed
Accidents

Runway incursions down in first half

The recently released FAA half-year report shows runway incursions dropped from 166 in the first six months of last year to 158 in the same period this yea
ATC

RNAV and RNP to replace ground navaids

The FAA has released a road map for performance-based navigation that will enable pilots to use Rnav and RNP procedures in all phases of flight in the Nati
Aircraft

Embraer cancels Indigo order

A spokesman for Embraer confirmed that the Brazilian airplane manufacturer repossessed the two leased aircraft it delivered earlier this year to Chicago-ba
Avionics

Resources pooled for Citation RVSM

Arinc Direct, the recently formed business aviation unit of Annapolis, Md.-based Arinc, announced it is teaming with Shadin and AeroMech to offer a package
FBOs

Feras opens new ops center in Prague

Flight-planning and ground-handling specialist group Feras has opened a new operations center at Prague in the Czech Republic.
Accidents

Fairchild Metro crash in Kenya kills 14

A chartered Fairchild Metro on a safari flight crashed on Mt.
Accidents

Cessna 402 crash near Bahamas claims two

It was a honeymoon gone bad.
Regulations and Government

DOT creates new security and hazmat office

The Transportation Department has created a new FAA office for internal security and hazardous materials, and 24-year FAA veteran Lynne Osmus has been name
ATC

Nav Canada to proceed with fees increase

Following the mandatory 60-day consultation period, Nav Canada was planning to go ahead with a 6.9-percent average increase to its air navigation service c
Airports

Chicago to proceed with Meigs Field demolition

The Chicago Park District board of directors has voted unanimously to proceed with demolition of Chicago Meigs Field.
Accidents

Charter operator settles wrongful-death lawsuit

A wrongful-death lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by the families of three of the 15 passengers killed in the crash of a Gulfstream III attempti
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Piaggio gets funding boost

Italian government investment group Sviluppo Italia has bought a 20-percent stake in Piaggio Aero Industries for $20 million ($22.4 million).
Aircraft

Cirrus Vision SJ50 Jet Single Makes Public Debut

Yesterday afternoon, Cirrus test pilot Kent Vandergrift flew Cirrus Design’s prototype Vision SJ50 single-engine jet to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., co
Rotorcraft

Rolls and GE Unveil New Turboprop Engines

Rolls-Royce unveiled a new turboprop engine for general aviation applications on Tuesday at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis.
Aircraft

Millennium Aero Scores Fleet Order for 250 Foxjets

Eckhaus Leasing Group, a sister company of vehicle fleet company Eckhaus Fleet, yesterday placed an order for 250 Millennium Aerospace Foxjet II very light
Avionics

Avionics Makers Bring More New Products to Oshkosh

Competition for panel space and pilot eyeballs continues to intensify, with avionics manufacturers announcing more new products at EAA AirVenture this week
Regulations and Government

Authors Promote Privatized, Fee-for-service ATC

George Donohue and Russell Shaver launched a book and speaking tour for “Terminal Chaos: Why U.S.
Avionics

China Rolls Out MA600

China’s Xi’an Aircraft (XAC) staged a rollout ceremony on June 29 for an improved version of its 50- to 60-seat MA60 turboprop called the MA600.