Crew rest areas have typically comprised dedicated seating in the first or business class cabins, or main-deck bunks. Now, Timco, in conjunction with Austrian Airlines, has developed a crew rest solution that doesn't sacrifice valuable passenger revenue space.

When Goodrich Corp.'s Information, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Division occupied its Chelmsford, Mass., location in April 2004, facilities manager Ken Deardon soon realized that the building, in which airborne surveillance equipment is produced for military applications, was hemorrhaging cash in energy costs.

Honeywell Aerospace expects by the end of the first quarter to complete the initial testing of a fully configured, small turbine, helicopter engine being developed as a technology demonstrator under the U.S. Army's Small Heavy Fuel Engine (SHFE) program.