Industry representatives hoping for more time to comment on FAA's proposed rewrite of FAR Part 145, which governs repair stations, had to settle for half a loaf when the agency extended the comment period on the proposal by 45 days to Dec. 4 instead of the 90 the representatives sought.
BFGoodrich Aerospace won an FAA Aviation Maintenance Technician Corporate Diamond Award with Significant Achievement. The award recognized BFGoodrich for prompting 800 of its A&P mechanics to earn AMT awards by participating in recurrent and initial training on FAA regulations, policy and maintenance.
Camp's maintenance management program will be offered by Airbus to its Airbus Corporate Jetliner customers under an agreement with Sonovision-Itep, a CAMP partner. The program, CAMP SP, tracks required maintenance and inspection tasks set out by Airbus.
Boeing will install glass cockpits on 16 Naval Air Systems E-6s under a $123 million U.S. Navy contract. Boeing will adapt its Next Generation 737 cockpit and avionics architecture to the E-6 fleet to help the aircraft comply with Global Air Traffic Management requirements.
Ray Valeika, senior vice president of technical operations at Delta Air Lines, was named 1999 recipient of SAE's Marvin Whitlock Award. Named after the late senior vice president of maintenance for United, the award recognizes an individual for ``outstanding management accomplishment that has resulted in superior aviation maintenance integrity.''
Elbit Systems, Ltd., completed its acquisition of International Enterprises, Inc. (IEI), for $15.9 million. IEI, based in Talladega, Ala., provides depot-level maintenance and repair for a variety of electronic systems on board aircraft and ships.
Singapore Technologies Aerospace, through its U.S. subsidiary ST Mobile Aerospace Engineering, will convert Boeing 757-200 passenger aircraft to freighters in cooperation with Boeing Airplane Services. The parties will jointly develop an engineering design and obtain an STC. Boeing recently secured a launch order from DHL to convert 44 757-200s to freighters. ST Aero anticipates investing about $10 million in the development process over the next 24 months.
Photograph: DASA subsidiary Dornier Flugzeugwerft is handling long-term product support activities for 18 German Navy Breguet 1150 Atlantic maritime patrol aircraft, including extensive upgrades to extend their useful lives to around 2010.
Air France Industries will provide full support to the French Air Force Air Mobility Command's long-range fleet, which includes two McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72CF and two Airbus A310-300 aircraft.
Lufthansa Technik won a 10-year contract to provide its Total Technical Support (TTS) program for Spanair's fleet of 33 Airbus A320-family aircraft. Support package includes all maintenance from B checks up, and includes engine and component maintenance.
One Australian and three U.S. groups are competing for the US$318.5 million Project Echidna (Air 5416) electronic warfare self-protection (EWSP) program to equip selected RAAF combat and support aircraft with common EW suites.
Tecstar Demo Systems received a contract from the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center to improve and upgrade the user interface capabilities of their Data Transfer System 6500. It will give users ability to load unique executable files without performing lengthy reprogramming of each system, enhancing aircraft operational readiness.
AAR Corp. won a contract to provide landing gear support and overhaul for Grupo TACA's 42 regional aircraft. Work will take place at AAR subsidiary AAR Tempco Hydraulics in Miami.
Improved synergy and competitiveness are being sought by DaimlerChrysler Aer-ospace (DASA) from its 1998 concentration of all product support activities for large German and NATO military aircraft within its Military Aircraft Division's Manching factory. Since early 1998, these operations also have been shared with DASA's Dornier Flugzeugwerft (DFW) subsidiary, which moved to Manching at that time.
Raisbeck Engineering named Susan Stahl vice president-marketing for Raisbeck Engineering and Raisbeck Commercial Air Group. She previously was director of Boeing 727 market support for the company.
Rolls-Royce and Science Applications International Corp., in a joint venture called Data Systems&Solutions, sold a real-time engine condition monitoring system to Condor Flugdienst, charter affiliate of Lufthansa German Airlines. Carrier will use the ECM system to monitor 13 RB211-535-powered Boeing 757-300s entering service this year through 2000.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University named Stan Mackiewicz to head a special program on ab initio aviation mechanic training. Mackiewicz has served as president of the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) since 1995.
American Airlines will install fully flat sleeper seats in the first-class section of its fleet of 767-300 aircraft. Seats will be installed by summer 2000.
M.M. Newman Corp. introduced its Heli-Tube spirally cut cable wrap and protector, a product that it says can bundle, organize and protect pneumatic hoses in a variety of applications. Product applies like tape, without tools, for organizing and bundling air hoses from 1/4 in. to 7 in. diameter. Product comes in six different U.L.-approved materials for specific applications and wraps bundles, wire, cables and hoses to resist abrasion, dampen vibration and insulate.
