Ashley Burke serves as senior vice president of communications at DynCorp International, where she leads the company’s external and internal communications, corporate social responsibility activities, and serves as the company’s spokesperson. Prior to DynCorp, she was executive vice president at Prism Public Affairs, where she provided strategic counsel, media relations, day-to-day client management and materials […] More

Emirates Airlines announced Tuesday that it has signed a $13 billion, 12-year OnPoint solution agreement with GE for the maintenance and complete overhaul of the new line of GE9X engines powering its 150 Boeing 777X aircraft. The OnPoint solution contract is part of a larger arrangement announced at the 2013 Dubai Air Show, providing Emirates with 300 […] More

Will Grannis, chief technical officer and vice president of engineering at L-3 Communications, leads a team of scientists, engineers and solutions developers to provide customers with C4ISR, big data, cybersecurity and other technical services. He joined L-3 after its acquisition of What’s Next, where he drove big data and cybersecurity support for the intelligence community and the Energy Department […] More

Executives from Boeing, Intelsat and SpaceX and SSL Federal gathered Tuesday at the National Space Symposium to discuss government innovation and industry consolidation trends in light of the current fiscal environment, Defense News reported Monday. Aaron Mehta writes that Kay Sears, president of Intelsat General, told the forum audience that spending cuts have actually resulted […] More

ATK and Aerojet Rocketdyne aided in the launch of a United Launch Alliance-built rocket on Friday from Cape Canaveral, Fla. ATK technologies also helped to operate the new Boeing GPS IIF satellite, ATK said Monday. The company developed the solar arrays on the GPS IIF satellite, two Graphite Epoxy Motors, composite structures and the main engine […] More

Insitu’s Australia-based subsidiary has demonstrated its unmanned aircraft system to observe bushland fires for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service. Insitu Pacific deployed the ScanEagle aircraft in January to report on fire movement across the Wollemi National Park bushland through the General Dynamics Mediaware-built video streaming system, Insitu Pacific said Tuesday. Kevin Moore, chief […] More

CAE has won $55 million in contract awards to supply full flight simulators to Air China, Garuda, Air New Zealand and an unidentified international client. The contracts are the four initial FFS sales deals the company has booked for fiscal 2015 that began April 1, CAE said Wednesday. “As demand in our commercial segment remains strong, […] More

Saab continues to support aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing by supplying composite and metal components, such as wing parts, doors and hatches under Saab’s civil aircraft production business based in Linköping, Sweden. Saab most recently signed a contract to supply the attachment structure for Airbus A350XWB-1000‘s landing flaps, the company said Sunday. The December 2013 contract extends Saab’s support […] More

CAE Inc. has been awarded more than $125 million in combined contracts with the U.S. Navy and customers from Poland, Germany and Malaysia to provide training technologies. CAE will supply four P-8A simulators to Boeing for the U.S. Navy, an SW4 helicopter simulator to the Polish Air Force, training support services to the German Air Force and maintenance […] More

ITT Corp. has added an authorized provider of aftermarket services to aerospace customers in China as the company looks to expand its global aircraft support business. An ITT-authorized service center run by Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Co. will maintain ITT-made components that are installed on commercial planes, ITT said Tuesday. “This agreement with GAMECO gives […] More

As an aviation services provider that rapidly deploys to austere and remote locations and operates under tight deadlines and great duress, SkyLink Aviation needs to stay at the forefront of aviation safety. “Aviation is an exacting science,” SkyLink CEO Dave Dacquino told ExecutiveBiz. “We fly in very unforgiving environments, so it is critical that we […] More

Rockwell Collins has introduced a new atmospheric threat detection technology offering for air transit customers. The MultiScan ThreatTrack weather radar is built with the Predictive Overflight protection system to warn pilots and crews about hail and lightning threats along an aircraft’s flight path, Rockwell Collins said Tuesday. Steve Timm, vice president and general manager of air […] More