Aircraft Systems & Manufacturing amended STC to install a Teledyne Controls Airborne Wireless LAN unit and enhanced airborne data loader on Boeing 737-800, 900 and 900ER series, STC ST10819SC
Canard Aerospace Corp. amended STC to install Honeywell Classic navigator systems on Boeing 747-100, 100B, 100B SUD, 200B, 200C, 200F, 300 and SP series aircraft, STC ST01117CH
Hamilton Sundstrand is simulating transactions with All Nippon Airways to ensure operational readiness for its nine systems on the Boeing 787. The company is printing airworthiness approval tags, shipping boxes and moving hardware to double-check that new part numbers and nomenclatures will work before ANA receives its first 787. Hamilton Sundstrand has a 10-year supply chain contract with ANA.
The legislative process is daunting and unwieldy, and it requires an understanding of divergent and often competing interests. In spite of the challenges, involvement is an absolute necessity; what happens in political arenas has enormous implications on markets and the cost of doing business. This is why the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) devotes so much time and effort to navigating the U.S. legislative arena.
FARNBOROUGH—Managing maintenance data is no small task. After a customer queried, “Why can’t managing engine data be as easy as keeping track of friends on Facebook?” GE Aviation accepted the challenge of easing access to pertinent data. A year and a half after utterance of the seemingly simply question emerged myEngines digital services, a suite of applications that enables powerplant managers to use a desktop or smartphone to keep track of engine fleets.
Fusion, the initial name for Panasonic’s Integrated Smart Monitor, is not only a great description of the industry’s first fully integrated IFE/seat solution, it’s also a great description of the future of IFE. That’s because tomorrow’s cabins are going to be less about individual IFE vendors supplying and servicing individual products and more about vendors of cabin products merging solutions and taking a more holistic approach to both design and maintenance.
Aerospace Products International and Transworld Aviation formed an alliance to operate a spare parts distribution center and offer full component MRO services at Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai.
Kenmore Air Harbor amended STC to install the Jasco Model 7555-1 alternator kit on Pratt & Whitney R-985 series engine on Viking Air DHC-2 Mk.I aircraft, STC SA348NW
Monarch Aircraft Engineering signed a line maintenance technical handling agreement with Air Finland covering support services at London Gatwick, Luton, Birmingham and Manchester airports.
Ametek appointed Richard A. Madamba senior VP aerospace and defense from his former position as VP and general manager MRO. Madamba’s vacancy is filled by Gregory Young, who joins Ametek from Texas Aero Engine Services.
These three products have similar goals—measuring the length and quality of your sleep—but take different approaches. This discussion is not an endorsement of a particular product. The ZEO Personal Sleep Coach (about $200, myzeo.com) is a monitoring device that includes access to sleep-coaching software. It collects data through a headband with a brain-activity sensor on your forehead. The accompanying support software aims to help you understand the data and your sleep patterns.
The EU-U.S. bilateral has been signed, at least in principle, but it remains subject to the deliberations of U.S. Congress on FAA reauthorization. At press time, the two houses of Congress held different opinions on the final look of the bill. When they reach a compromise, Congress will produce a consolidated document.
Decreasing foreign object debris (FOD) is a constant challenge in MRO, and industry experts say that left-behind tools cause approximately $5 billion in damage to avionic parts each year. Surprisingly, organization methods intended to solve the FOD problem can generate some of the most troublesome issues.
Who: British Airways Maintenance Facility at Cardiff, in collaboration with WinWare Type of Project: Tool Inventory Management Product: Cribmaster 8 software Manufacturer: WinWare, Inc. Performance: Organizes crib inventory and helps eliminate foreign object damage
Compared to FAA’s plan, Eurocontrol’s project for next-generation air traffic management differs in details, priorities and timing. In March, Eurocontrol published the first update of its European ATM Master Plan, which incorporates SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) program.
The Problem: British Airways Maintenance facility at Cardiff (BAMC) was using a legacy software system that did not perform inventory assessments efficiently. The system controlled re-ordering and control of stocks but did not calculate accountability levels of production mechanics. The Solution:
SR Technics will modify the cabin layout of three Qatar Airways Airbus A321s and two A319s at its Zurich facilities by the end of the year. The upgrade includes new seats, IFE and mobile communications.
Pratt & Whitney’s EcoPower engine wash system will launch in India with an Air India service center at Mumbai International Airport. Air India plans to wash its own engines as well as those of third-party customers. Pratt also renewed its engine wash agreement with JetBlue Airways for another two years. The carrier started washing its IAE V2500 and CF34 engines using the EcoPower system last year. Pratt recently washed its 13,000th engine, and it formed a partnership with fuel management consultant Flight Sciences International called Eco Flight Solutions.
Emteq Engineering to install provisions for the Flight Deck Resources SkyTab 3200A electronic flight bag system on various ATR 42 and 72 models, STC ST03846AT
