Content Archive: July 2011
Aircraft
Lockheed Martin Delivers Unmanned K-Max Helicopter for Evaluation
Lockheed Martin flew a K-Max helicopter to NAS Patuxent River to start an evaluation that will result in an 
Aircraft
Future Unclear for DAE Capital as It Scraps Orders
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise has declined to confirm or deny reports that its leasing arm, DAE Capital, has cancelled all remaining airliner orders with Airb
Environment
Lawyers Do Battle Over Europe’s Emissions Trading Scheme
Lawyers acting for European Union states have begun their defense of the application of its emissions trading scheme (ETS) to non-European airlines in resp
Aircraft
FAA Endorses Iridium Datalink for Oceanic Air Traffic Control
The FAA has endorsed use of the Iridium satellite data service for air traffic control (ATC) communications in oceanic airspace, providing airlines and bus
Aircraft
Strong Aircraft Orders Seen Driving Aluminum Demand
The flurry of new airliner orders in the first half of 2011, coupled with rising demand from other industries, has proved to be a boon to aluminum supplier
ATC
FAA Appoints Former Counsel To Lead Air Traffic Organization
Nearly three months after Henry “Hank” Krakowski was forced out as head of the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO), the agency named acting head David Gri
Aircraft
Honda Founder’s Dream Takes Flight at Greensboro Plant
Honda Aircraft president and CEO Michimasa Fujino welcomed members of the media on Tuesday to a rare open house at the company’s new production facility at
Aircraft
Thai Prince Aircraft Seized by Germans in Debt Dispute
A German bankruptcy administrator has seized a private Boeing 737 used by Thailand Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn as part of a long-running dispute betwe
