by Dino D'Amore | Aug 15, 2018 | Maintenance, Zone: Europe
Recaro Aircraft Seating is planning a major expansion of its headquarters in Schwaebisch Hall. In view of meeting the company’s steady growth requirements, it has acquired land and buildings valued in the multi-millions. Over the next few years, Recaro will be...
by Dino D'Amore | Aug 15, 2018 | Maintenance, Zone: Europe
Magnetic MRO has launched another unmanned RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Tool Control system, resulting in two advanced Tool Gates and one RFID Kiosk in total throughout its facilities in Tallinn, Estonia. The project is designed and upgraded for fully...
by Dino D'Amore | Aug 15, 2018 | Editorial Comment, Maintenance
Regional airline maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider, Rheinland Air Service (RAS) has agreed to acquire Contact Air Technik MRO facility at Saarbrücken Airport. “We are excited to add an experienced workforce and a state of the art maintenance facility to...
by Dino D'Amore | Aug 14, 2018 | People, Zone: Americas
Boeing has named Brendan Curran president of Boeing AvionX, an organization formed last year to pursue the development and production of avionics and electronics systems. Brendan Curran will lead Boeing AvionX, an organization formed last year to pursue the...
by Dino D'Amore | Aug 14, 2018 | Technology, Zone: Middle East/Africa
At the annual Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, Ruben Santamara of IOActive, claims to have been able to access aircraft from the ground by hacking into the satellite communications network which provides aircraft with passenger Wi-Fi through to weather...