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Goodrich held a ribbon‑cutting ceremony on June 28th, to mark the opening of its new facility in Brea, Calif. The new 105,000 ft² facility is part of Goodrich’s Sensors and Integrated Systems business, and employs approximately 260 people in high tech disciplines including engineering, manufacturing, and administrative functions. The Brea site will provide rescue hoists,

Boeing signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation to jointly work to establish advanced aviation training programs and training practices in accordance with globally recognized standards. Under the terms of the memorandum, Boeing Flight Services and Indonesian officials will seek opportunities to develop flight, technician, dispatch and air traffic control training.

PPG Industries’ aerospace transparencies group has begun full-scale commercial production of OPTICOR advanced transparency material at its Sylmar facility. The company transferred pilot operations from the PPG Glass Business and Discovery Center near Pittsburgh to expand production of the high-performance plastic for lightweight aircraft windows. PPG created Opticor advanced transparency material and expanded its availability

A J Walter Aviation’s new campus will see the development of a significant global HQ and logistics centre close to Gatwick Airport in the UK. The site is on a footprint of over 60 acres and will provide a purpose-built HQ office and storage facilities for AJW’s extensive range of Airbus and Boeing components, engines

Fokker Services announced the successful certification of the integrated Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) for the Fokker 100 and Fokker 70 aircraft. With the integrated GNSS system Fokker operators will be able to obtain a more accurate aircraft track keeping performance allowing for shorter approaches and lower decision heights, saving time and fuel, lowering carbon

IFE Services has been selected by Thomson Airways to develop the in-flight entertainment user interface for the airline’s new fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Due to start long-haul flying on 1st May 2013, the fleet of 8 Dreamliners will have the latest audio visual on-demand (AVOD) in-flight entertainment system installed. IFE Services, one of the

Wheeltug announced the successful installation and test of the first in-wheel WheelTug system in Prague on a Germania 737-700. During testing, pilots were able to push the plane back, and taxi without waiting for a tug or powering up the engines. Pilots were able to move the plane through motors in the nosewheel powered solely