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iPad-based solution wirelessly connects to installed Honeywell avionics for Pilatus PC-12 NG operators GENEVA, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS AVIATION CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION -- Jeppesen, a part of Boeing Digital Aviation, together with Honeywell, today introduce the aviation industry's first integrated navigation data service (INDS) iPad solution. First available for operators of Pilatus PC-12 NG aircraft, the iPad app manages cloud-based, wireless data updates for...

NEW YORK, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New Report Added in ResearchMoz Reports Database The Commercial Aircraft Market 2013 - 2023 ResearchMoz announces that it has published a new study The Commercial Aircraft Market 2013 - 2023 [http://www.researchmoz.us/the-commercial-aircraft-market-2013-2023-report.html ] This report is the result of SDI's extensive market and company research covering the global commercial aircraft industry. It provides detailed analysis...

Performance package improves fuel burn by another 1.8 percent EVERETT, Wash., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A Boeing (NYSE: BA) 747-8 Intercontinental successfully completed its first test flight this week with a package of performance improvements including enhanced GE engines. This package is designed to improve the fuel efficiency of the popular jetliner. With Boeing Flight Test and Evaluation Capt. Kirk Vining and Chief Pilot Capt. Mark Feuerstein at the controls, the...

Dr. Matthew Ganz, President, Boeing Germany and Northern Europe, will serve as the keynote speaker at the SAE 2013 Aerospace Alternative Fuels and Associated Environmental Impacts Symposium. Warrendale, PA (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 Dr. Matthew Ganz, President, Boeing Germany and Northern Europe, will serve as the keynote speaker at the SAE 2013 Aerospace Alternative Fuels and Associated Environmental Impacts Symposium. The event, slated for June 13-14 in Brussels, Belgium, will present...

United's Dreamliner returns with Houston to Chicago flight CHICAGO, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines today welcomed back its Boeing 787 with the re-launch of commercial service from the airline's hub in Houston. United's Flight 1 departure from Houston Intercontinental at 11 a.m. to Chicago O'Hare marked the return of regular service using the world's most advanced and efficient aircraft on domestic and international routes. "The 787 offers an unmatched travel...

GENEVA, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] Business Jets (BBJ) is displaying a BBJ 3 for the first time at the 2013 European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland. The airplane, based on the 737-900ER, was outfitted with its custom VIP interiors at Jet Aviation in Basel, Switzerland. The BBJ 3 is currently for sale, so the exterior remains "green" or unpainted, ready for a livery to be selected by a new owner. The range of the BBJ 3...

“The Commercial Aircraft Market 2013-2023” is the new market research report added to ReportsnReports.com store. Dallas, TX (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 The global commercial aircraft sector is expected to experience a slow and stable growth during the forecast period. Airline companies around the world are expected to procure approximately 34000 airplanes during the 2011-2031 periods according to Boeing’s estimates. The commercial aircraft market grows parallel to the civil aviation...

Boeing-built ViaSat-2 will support fast-growing Exede Internet services with unparalleled combination of capacity, service, coverage and flexibility CARLSBAD, Calif., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ViaSat (NASDAQ: VSAT) has executed a contract with Boeing (NYSE: BA) to build ViaSat-2, which is based on ViaSat's next generation, Ka-band satellite technology and architecture. ViaSat-2 is expected to be, by far, the world's highest capacity satellite at the time of launch (scheduled for...

ATK Supports the Launch of United Launch Alliance's Atlas V ARLINGTON, Va., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) provided critical hardware for the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V that launched the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-4 satellite today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. GPS IIF-4 is the fourth satellite delivered by prime contractor Boeing as part of the GPS IIF contract for 12 next-generation GPS space vehicles. GPS IIF...

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched the fourth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-4 satellite for the U.S. Air Force at 5:38 p.m. EDT today from Space Launch Complex-41. "The ULA team is honored to place another next-generation GPS satellite on orbit for our U.S. Air Force customer," said Jim Sponnick, ULA vice president, Mission Operations. "Today's successful delivery of the GPS...