CARY – Privately held Lord Corp is celebrating what is being called the “largest” deal in the company’s history: A contract to build a cockpit control module for Boeing’s big-selling 737 Max jetliner.

The 737 Max is the fastest selling airplane in Boeing's history. The aircraft offer quieter engines and more fuel efficient features than older variants of the 737 family. Boeing has a deal with a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Charlotte-based reporter Ted Reed covers airlines and airline labor. As airlines prepare to return the Boeing BA 737 Max to ...

American F-16 Fighting Falcons are getting a new cockpit management unit (CMU) from Avalex as part of the U.S. Air Force’s mobile user objective system (MUOS) program to upgrade the so-called Viper.

A new retrospective on the history of fighter jet cockpit controls moves through 65 years of analog, and later digital, evolution. Thanks to the computer processor and display technologies, pilots can ...

“Just as was envisioned more than a decade ago, pilots in the F-47 6th-gen stealth fighter can operate the flight path, mission scope, and sensor payload, from the cockpit of an F-47.” That single ...