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January 06, 2019

Fairfax County, VA Announces Open Meetings On Public Safety UAS

Six Public Meetings To Be Held Later This Month

Fairfax County, VA is developing a comprehensive Public Safety Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program and would like to hear from our residents on what they think. There will be six public information meetings located throughout Fairfax County.

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Raytheon UK To Secure Hundreds Of Aerospace Jobs

Contract With Ministry Of Defense Provides Support And Sustainment Services Over 11 Years In Support Of RAF Shadow Aircraft Fleet

Raytheon UK has signed a £250 million ($315 million) contract with the Ministry of Defense to provide 11 years of support and sustainment services to the Royal Air Force's Shadow aircraft fleet.

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AviaAM Leasing’s Joint Venture Delivers A Second New Boeing 737 In China

Airplane Is Jointly Leased By Okay Airways And Joy Air

AviaAM Leasing has announced that its Joint Venture company with the state- owned company Henan Civil Aviation Development and Investment Company (HNCA) – AviaAM Financial Leasing China – has recently delivered a second new Boeing 737-800 aircraft to its Chinese customers.

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NASA CLASS Announces Collaboration With Actress Sheyene Gerardi

Will Advance Space Robotics Through Visionary, Global Participation In Space

Sheyene Gerardi, a well-known Venezuelan soap opera star and model, has been appointed a member of NASA’s Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science (CLASS) as the Lead for Robotics Outreach. This world-class institution of planetary scientists and space technologists invited Sheyene to join them because of her visionary work fusing space robotics technology development with humanitarian development on Earth.

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ATR And Avation Confirm Order For Eight ATR 72-600s

Deliveries Scheduled Between 2020 And 2022

Commercial passenger leasing company Avation PLC and ATR confirm Avation has entered into an options exercise to acquire a further eight new ATR 72-600 aircraft for scheduled deliveries between 2020 and 2022.

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Boeing To Modernize Entire Spanish Chinook Helicopter Fleet

Will Remanufacture 17 CH-47D Chinooks To The CH-47F Configuration For Spain’s Army

Boeing will upgrade all 17 of Spain’s CH-47D Chinook helicopters to the F-model configuration, adding features such as the digital automatic flight control system, common avionics architecture system and advanced cargo handling to align that country’s fleet with those of other nations.

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AAR Names Sean Gillen Chief Financial Officer

Will Succeed Michael Milligan In The Post

The AAR Board of Directors has appointed Sean Gillen as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective January 7, 2019. Mr. Gillen will succeed Michael Milligan and will report to President and Chief Executive Officer John Holmes. He will have responsibility over the financial, accounting, tax, treasury and investor relations functions at AAR.

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PAE ISR Selects Persistent Systems' MPU5 For Resolute Eagle

System Can Run Live Voice-Over-Internet-Protocols, Video, And Other High Demand Applications

PAE ISR has selected the Persistent Systems MPU5 Wave Relay mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) technology for the Resolute Eagle unmanned aerial system platform.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (01.06.19): Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA)

Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) An FAA-registered aircraft, other than a helicopter or powered-lift, that meets certain weight and performance. Principally it is a single engine aircraft with a maximum of two seats and weighing no more than 1,430 pounds if intended for operation on water, or 1,320 pounds if not. They must be of simple design (fixed landing gear (except if intended for operations on water or a glider) piston powered, non-pressurized, with a fixed or ground adjustable propeller), Performance is also limited to a maximum airspeed in level flight of not more than 120 knots CAS, have a maximum never-exceed speed of not more than 120 knots CAS for a glider, and have a maximum stalling speed, wi

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (01.06.19)

Aero Linx: The T-34 Association, Inc. The T-34 Association, Inc. is a non-profit corporation promoting the safe enjoyment of the Beechcraft T-34 Mentor. The Mentor is known for its honest flight characteristics, aerobatic capabilities, and formation flying. The tandem seat trainer was built for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and many other military training commands around the world. As such, the T-34 is a true Warbird and a welcomed guest at all airshows. Membership in the T-34 Association is open to anyone with interest in the Mentor. We have members around the world.

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Aero-News: Quote of the Day (01.06.19)

“The Chinook is a versatile aircraft flown by eight NATO nations, including Spain. With this contract, Spain’s Chinook crews will enjoy the platform’s current technology and capability, while the country gets an affordable upgrade that builds on its existing H-47 investment.” Source: Chuck Dabundo, vice president, Cargo and Utility Helicopters and H-47 program manager, discussing the pending Boeing upgrade of all 17 of Spain’s CH-47D Chinook helicopters to the F-model configuration, adding features such as the digital automatic flight control system, common avionics architecture system and advanced cargo handling to align that country’s fleet with those of other nations.

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