Honeywell Launches ADS-B Enabled Traffic Computer For Improved Airborne Safety And Efficiency With Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines Selects Honeywell’s Suite of Avionics Which Includes SmartTraffic™, SmartRunway™ and IntuVue® 3-D Weather Radar systems for improved safety, situational awareness and fuel efficiency

SINGAPORE, Feb. 3, 2010 — Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that Turkish Airlines is the first customer to select Honeywell’s SmartTraffic™ system which enables the newly developed Airbus Airborne [...]

Pluna closes in on securing new investor as fleet expansion begins

Uruguay’s Pluna continues to talk to several potential new strategic investors and could conclude a deal within the next month to sell a minority stake in…

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Turkish Airlines to acquire 20 737-800/900ERs

Turkish Airlines has agreed to acquire 20 Boeing 737-800/900 aircraft. The agreement, detailed in a statement to the Istanbul stock exchange, follow…

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SINGAPORE 2010: HK Airlines to take six more A330-200s

Hong Kong Airlines has agreed to take another six Airbus A330-200s, under a new memorandum of understanding with the airframer. The airline originally…

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SINGAPORE 2010: SIA Engineering and Panasonic Avionics explore JV

SIA Engineering has signed a memorandum of understanding with Panasonic Avionics Corporation to explore the possibility of setting up a joint venture company. The…

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SINGAPORE 2010: GE Aviation’s Singapore site starts producing new aircraft parts

GE Aviation’s Singapore service operation has started producing new blade dampers and seals for GE’s CF6 and CF34 aircraft and LM marine engines. The…

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SINGAPORE 2010: GAMECO and China Postal to extend maintenance contract

Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Company (GAMECO) has signed a memorandum of understanding with China Postal Airlines to extend a maintenance…

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SINGAPORE 2010: GEnx-2B starts icing certification tests

General Electric has started ice testing of the GEnx-2B engine powering the Boeing 747-8. “The icing test on the GEnx-2B will simulate the complete…

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Boeing Connects 1st F-22 Mission Training Center to US Air Force Network

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Boeing Modernized High Frequency Communications System Achieves Service Milestone

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ADG Releases New High Speed Print Publishing Solution for Defence and Aerospace

Aerospace and Defence Information specialists Absolute Data Group (ADG) have released the latest version of their ASD S1000D print publishing software, R4i Binder workstation, along with the new R4i Binder desktop.

This new release builds on R4i’s core strength, the ability to deliver media rich interactive electronic technical manuals, along with print ready publications for [...]

Cessna Aircraft Expands Customer Support Worldwide 


Cessna’s fifth Citation mobile service unit (MSU) and two-technician crew starts service this week, based at Sheltair Aviation at Hollywood/Fort Lauderdale International Airport. “Customer response to the introduction of our new service initiatives through ServiceDirect has been superb, particularly for the mobile service units,” said Mark Paolucci, Cessna senior vice president for customer service. “South [...]

A400M rescue goes past the wire

Airbus chief executive officer Tom Enders refused all comment on the A400M airlifter here yesterday as talks to continue the troubled project reached a critical stage in Europe. Defense procurement ministers from the eight European customer nations are to meet again today for the third time in as many weeks to discuss their negotiating position. [...]

Northrop and Raytheon battle for F-16 AESA radar business

Northrop Grumman and Raytheon are going head-to-head with active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar programs to update F-16 fighters and other fighters around the world. Northrop Grumman announced yesterday that it now has U.S. State Department licenses to talk to a number of export customers at DSP-5 level, a status that Raytheon announced for its [...]

Turkish Airlines first in line for SmartTraffic

Turkish Airlines became the first customer to choose Honeywell’s SmartTraffic system. The contract calls for delivery and installation in 10 Airbus A330s through 2012.Using ADS-B technology to provide pilots with more information on surrounding air traffic, SmartTraffic is the brand name for the airborne traffic situational awareness (ATSAW) system–a development contract for which Honeywell signed [...]