Telos‘ identity management solutions unit will provide aviation channeling services for Milwaukee, Wis.-based General Mitchell International Airport to process background checks on airport workers. The company said Tuesday its web-based DAC tool is designed to comply with Transportation Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security policies on the processing of personally identifiable information for background checks and badging […] More

Battelle is observing its 60th anniversary of holding responsibility over a structural design and maintenance handbook for the aerospace industry. The Metallic Materials Properties Developmental and Standardization manual contains standards for metallic materials used in engineering and developing aircraft, Battelle said Thursday. The handbook’s properties, guidelines and analysis methods are based on a large set of […] More

DynCorp International and British Columbia, Canada-based The Coulson Group have forged a strategic partnership to jointly offer aerial firefighting services worldwide. The aerial firefighting team will provide Type One Air Tanker and helicopter services and operations to global clients, DynCorp said Thursday. Jim Myles, senior vice president of DI’s DynAviation business group, said DynCorp intends […] More

Boeing and the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency ahave signed a $17 million agreement for the company to continue developing a prototype vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for flying at speeds of up to 460 miles per hour. The company is building the Phantom Swift with two lifts inside the fuselage in order to create vertical lift and provide both […] More

The Federal Aviation Administration has purchased five Thales-built navigational aids for the U.S. National Airspace System under a five-year contract between the agency and company. “As the FAA transitions to NextGen, Thales will continue to help support and modernize the FAA’s inventory of navigational aids,” Tony Lo Brutto, vice president of Thales’ U.S. air traffic management unit, said Monday. The […] More

Northrop Grumman‘s unmanned aircraft systems facility in Moss Point, Miss. is expected to bring growth, investment and jobs to the area, according to the Jackson County Economic Development Foundation’s executive director, the Mississippi Business Journal blog reported Monday. JCEDF’s George Freeland said the $30 million Unmanned Systems Center also brings economic diversity because it adds to the shipbuilding and petrochemical industries in […] More

Boeing Chief Operating Officer Dennis Muilenburg outlined the company’s approach to production of commercial airplanes in response to global market competition before Senate lawmakers on Thursday, Herald Net reported Sunday. Dan Catchpole writes that Muilenburg also detailed Boeing’s plan to increase production rates for the 737 and 787 aircraft lines and to introduce the fresh 787-9 and -10, […] More

Lockheed Martin plans to establish a maintenance, repair and operations center to work with aviation customers in India and other South Asian countries, the New India Express reported Monday. Sunitha Natti writes Lockheed is carrying out a feasibility analysis to study market requirements and potential locations for an aircraft engine MRO center in India. “We […] More

NSSLGlobal a has agreed to work as value-added reseller of Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress satellite constellation for military and government customers in the European market, extending the companies’ existing GX VAR partnership for maritime services. Inmarsat said Tuesday it intends for NSSLGlobal to help address bandwidth, mobility, coverage and service availability needs for European government customers. “We are very pleased […] More

Boeing International has delivered the last of the 76 CF-188 fighter jets that the Canadian air force ordered through a contract awarded in March 2011.  The contract called for the modified CF-188 fighters to have an upgraded electronics warfare suite and modified air-to-air and ground-to-air threats protection equipment, the Canadian Air Force said March 4. L-3 Military […] More

Exelis has signed a contract to help the Massachusetts Port Authority implement a suite of web-based information system applications for managing airport and airline operations. Massport ordered Exelis’ VMAT vehicle tracking platform, MobileVue display system, OpsVue flight data visualization technology and EnvironmentalVue noise monitoring system, Exelis said Monday. The integrated data and applications suite will […] More

Boeing, South African Airways and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials will collaborate to encourage small farm owners to produce environmentally-sustainable crops for biofuel use. The alliance will offer training programs designed to help South African farmers become certified biofuel feedstock growers, Boeing said Wednesday. Boeing has launched a similar effort with RSB in Southeast Asia […] More