RDC Aviation

DESIGN AND ENGINEERING

Spirit Airlines | February 16, 2022

Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE) is kicking the summer vacation season into high gear for Rochester travelers looking to fly south. Today the airline announced it will add Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) to its growing route map, launching convenient, nonstop service to Orlando and Myrtle Beach in June 2022. "We can't wait to welcome Rochester area residents onboard our bright, yellow planes and offer them More Go to exciting vac...

AIRPORT MANAGEMENT

Delta Air Lines | February 11, 2021

Delta Air Lines is growing its facial recognition technology to domestic flights at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, as per Fox News. Delta previously introduced the technology in 2018 at its base camp at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Detroit is one of its hubs, acquired when Delta bought Northwest Airlines in 2008. Facial recognition isn't required nor for everybody. Given in association the Transportation Security Administration (...

AIR TRANSPORT

Embraer | November 15, 2022

The Brazilian National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) approved financing to Embraer S.A. (B3: EMBR3, NYSE: ERJ) for producing and exporting commercial aircraft manufactured by the company. The operation, in the order of R$ 2.2 billion (US$ 400 million), will be carried out through the BNDES Exim Pre-shipment, a direct bank credit line to produce national goods destined for export. BNDES operation reinforces the US$ 650 million revolving credit funding recently announced by Embr...

AEROSPACE

Stratolaunch | October 06, 2022

Stratolaunch, LLC is pleased to announce they have been added to the Test Resource Management Center's (TRMC) Integration Innovation Inc. (i3) team to demonstrate the SkyRange airborne test assets capability by tracking the first Talon-A hypersonic flight.The SkyRange program is developing, operating, and integrating advanced sensors and capabilities for a fleet of air-vehicle systems that will support hypersonic test and evaluation. The program's test architecture includes both MQ-9 Rea...