British European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake has officially opened the Airbus Foundation Discovery Space STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) center in Stevenage next to the Mars Yard test area. Backed and funded by Airbus, the Airbus Foundation and the Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership, the STEM Center will be run in partnership with North Hertfordshire College. Jeppesen and the Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organization (JAA TO) have signed an initial Memorandum of Understanding to determine the potential for co-offering European-based aviation training programs. The agreement will look to integrate JAA TO expertise in multiple fields of aviation safety with Jeppesen’s extensive pilot training, flight dispatch and licensing preparation capabilities.
Textron’s Bell Helicopter announced the completion of the first fully customized aircraft from its new European state-of-the-art Customization and Delivery Center located in Prague. The customer, Air Transport Europe of Slovakia, recently accepted three newly customized Bell 429 EMS-configured aircraft at Bell Helicopter’s delivery center in Prague.L-3 Aviation Products will hold a webinar, “L-3 Lynx, ATAS and the Future of ADS-B,” on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 4:00 PM EST. Discover the features and future enhancements coming to the transponder-sized Lynx NGT-9000. Lynx is much more than a transponder with its touchscreen display, built-in WAAS GPS, ATAS Traffic Alerting, Terrain and much more. Participants will receive a certificate for an ATAS Traffic Alerting System enablement ($667 value).
