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All News

January 24, 2016

Lafayette Regional Airport Breaks Ground On $5.1 Million Cargo Facility

Will House Operations For FedEx, UPS

Lafayette Regional Airport broke ground today on a $5.1 million cargo facility that FedEx and UPS will begin operating out of by the end of the year. Trahan Construction of Lake Arthur was selected to do the construction project.

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Soldiers Provide Facelift For 'Winged Chinook'

Three-Month Project Saves Unique Aircraft From Falling Into Ruin

When one of Fort Rucker's long-time residents needed a facelift in the worst way, a high-priced plastic surgeon didn't rush in to save the day, it was nine Soldiers living the Army Value of selfless service through volunteerism.

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Atlas Air Worldwide To Acquire Southern Air Holdings

Transactions Valued At Approximately $110 Million

Southern Air Holdings Inc. announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. in an all-cash, debt-free transaction valued at approximately $110 million. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and approval by the U.S. Department of Transportation, and is expected to close in the next few months.

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Launch Set For First Satellite In 'SpaceDataHighway' Program

Will Provide High Speed Laser Communications Of Large Volumes Of Data

EDRS-A, the first relay satellite in the SpaceDataHighway program (also called EDRS), will be launched to geostationary orbit on January 28th 2016 (Baikonur time). The SpaceDataHighway will provide high speed laser communications in space of up to 1.8 Gigabit per second. This major program, which cost nearly €500M (approx $544 million) to develop, is the result of a public-private partnership (PPP) between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus Defense and Space.

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Fuel Handling Training Provides Benefits To Flight Departments

System Developed By Avfuel Can Help Flight Departments That Store Their Own Fuel, Company Says

A fuel handling training developed by Avfuel can provide a valuable supplemental resource to the industry’s flight departments especially ideal for those with their own fuel storage systems, the company claims.

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Triumph Group Announces Milestone

Delivers Fully-Joined Embraer E-Jet E2 Fuselage To Planemaker

Triumph Group subsidiary, Triumph Aerostructures-Vought Aircraft Division has delivered its first fully joined Embraer E2 CFIII/AFT fuselage to Embraer from its Red Oak, Texas facility.

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Wings Over The Rockies Hosts NASA Challenge

Aerospace Engineers Critique Student Projects

Local high schoolers, as part of High School Students United with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH), had a rare opportunity to receive feedback on school projects from local aerospace officials who may just launch their ideas into space! Wings Over the Rockies, Colorado's Official Air & Space Museum, hosted the event.

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Ascend Flightglobal Consultancy Named 'Appraiser Of The Year'

Fifth Time In Six Years To Be So Recognized

Ascend Flightglobal Consultancy was once again named "appraiser of the year" at the Aviation 100 Awards. This is the fifth time in six years Ascend has been honored with this award.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (01.24.16)

“SpaceDataHighway is the equivalent of optical fiber in Space.” Source: Evert Dudok, Head of the Communications, Intelligence & Security (CIS) business at Airbus Defense and Space.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.24.16): Domestic Airspace

Airspace which overlies the continental land mass of the United States plus Hawaii and U.S. possessions. Domestic airspace extends to 12 miles offshore.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.24.16)

WWII Fighters

Facts, figures, tidbits and beyond on World War II fighters; Japanese, German and American. As an added attraction, the American bombers are included too.

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