Jessica is Executive Editor of Business & Commercial Aviation magazine. She started as Editor of ShowNews Online, Aviation Week's on-site trade show daily published at the Paris Air Show, NBAA Annual Convention, Singapore Air Show and at other significant aerospace gatherings.
Jessica has worked in television production and management consulting. While not yet a licensed pilot, Ms. Salerno has received flight instruction and has soloed.
Version 3.0 of AIRNC Direct's iPad app is now available. It includes an ARINC Direct website component that allows pilots to schedule documents for upload, and a component that give users access to all of their files on iPads and on the web. Documents can be assigned to a specific leg, aircraft or user, and can also be copied from one location to another. The app is available in the Apple App Store. ARINC Direct www.arinc.com
RUAG Aviation is now authorized to perform the full range of maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade services for the McDonnell Douglas MD 500, 600 and 900 series helicopters. The Maintenance Organisation Exposition (MOE) rating was received earlier this year and supplements the company's established helicopter maintenance and modernization services. RUAG has begun upgrades for MD helicopters including the integration of an advanced avionics suite in an MD 520N and the installation of modern TV broadcasting equipment on an MD 900. RUAG Aviation
Beechcraft Corp. completed a demonstration of a Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System Situational Awareness (SINCGARS SA) Waveform capability, using its AT-6 light attack aircraft in concert with the U.S. Air Force Air National Guard and Georgia Tech Research Institute.
