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

Iridium Communications will provide its M2M Short Burst Data technology to industrial telematics company ZTR Control Systems for satellite connectivity and wide-scale data services coverage. Iridium said Wednesday it will work to automatically route data with the ZTR inReach telematics device starting in April. Bryan Hartin, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Iridium, said the company will launch […] More

MITRE Corp. and Dubai Air Navigation Services will jointly research and develop tools to help manage the aviation infrastructure and air traffic control system in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The collaborative undertaking includes airspace design, technology sharing, safety evaluation and perfomance-based navigation procedures development, MITRE said Tuesday. Both parties signed a five-year framework agreement at an […] More

Raytheon has signed a cooperative agreement with PASSUR Aerospace to jointly develop analytics-based tools for airline, airport and control tower operators to manage air traffic data. The alliance seeks to combine Raytheon’s ATM systems and PASSUR’s decision support software that is built with business intelligence and predictive analytics technology, Raytheon said Monday. “We are using […] More

Saudi Arabia’s national guard ministry plans to award a contract in September 2014 for maintenance work on 60 helicopters stationed in the country’s capital of Riyadh. QinetiQ North America said Thursday it is a member of a Northrop Grumman-led team competing for that contract and additional members include the PAE-owned subsidiary DS2, AAR and Vinnell Arabia. […] More

Nathan Manning has joined Eaton‘s aerospace group as vice president and general manager of the fluid and electrical distribution division. Manning will be based in Fort Worth, Texas and will report directly to Aerospace Group President Uday Yadav, the company announced Tuesday. Manning joins the company from serving as the president and CEO of Shanghai, China-based […] More

China-based Chongqing General Aviation has purchased four Bell Helicopter-built aircraft to for parapublic missions such as search and rescue, firefighting and other disaster management efforts. Chris Jaran, managing director for Bell Helicopter in China, said Friday the two Bell 412EPI and two Bell 407GX aircraft are intended to support the Chongqing fire protection bureau. “We needed aircraft with capabilities above […] More