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April 26, 2013
The U.S. Air Force issued a $50.6 million contract to Raytheon to provide 19 deployable air traffic control (D-RAPCON) surveillance systems. (Raytheon's D-RAPCON...April 25, 2013
Amid aviation industry and lawmaker protests, FAA's sequestration-related furloughs of air traffic controllers began this week, resulting in flight delays at some of the nation's busiest airports. FAA said this week's furloughs have resulted in more than 5,000 flight delays, which the National Air Traffic Controllers' Association (NATCA) reports is double the amount for the same period in 2012. On...April 25, 2013
Haifa, Israel-based defense electronics manufacturer Elbit Systems and Korean aviation services company Sharp Aviation K have established an avionics maintenance joint venture, Sharp Elbit Systems Aerospace (SESA), in Seoul, South Korea. Elbit will...April 24, 2013
The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) recently implemented the Internet Protocol Bandwidth Expansion (IBPE) upgrade on its airborne strategic command platform, the E-6B Mercury. The upgrade was installed in March during a service life extension program (SLEP) on aircraft 410, part of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron (VQ) 4 at Tinker AIr Force Base, Okla. (E-6B Mercury. Photo...April 24, 2013
Northrop Grumman's Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) waveform completed a successful F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter program flight test, a demonstration that validated eight years of developing an advanced communications link, according to the company. The flight test established...April 23, 2013
United Airlines flew the first precision approach using Honeywell's SmartPath Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) into Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) on Monday. (United Airlines plane using Honeywell's SmartPath. Photo, courtesy of IAH.) The SmartPath...April 22, 2013
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) approved Required Navigation Performance (RNP) to Instrument Landing System (ILS) and public Required Navigation Performance Authorization Required (RNP AR) procedures at Zhangjiajie Airport with the assistance of Quovadis, an Airbus ProSky company. According to Quovadis, RNP to ILS trajectories allows low ILS minima, while providing accurate guidance...April 22, 2013
Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems (AES) signed a multi-year agreement with Panasonic Avionics to provide its EmPower In-Seat Power Systems for installation with Panasonic's In-Flight...April 22, 2013
Honeywell reported sales of aerospace products declined by 1 percent to $2.91 billion, for the first quarter of 2013. The company said the decline was driven by a 1 percent reduction in “commercial businesses primarily driven by higher than normal prior year shipments to commercial airline and BGA original...April 22, 2013
Industry trade group Airlines for America (A4A) is predicting thousands of flight delays due to sequestration-related air traffic control furloughs. The group filed a motion in U.S. Appellate Court Friday to prevent FAA from furloughing air traffic controllers and implementing ground stops that would cause delays of up to four hours at major hub airports across the nation. FAA began...April 22, 2013
Crane CEO Eric C. Fast will retire in 2014, the company said Monday. Fast will be replaced by Max H. Mitchell, current president and chief operating officer of the company. Fast has served as CEO since 2001, after first joining the company in 1999 as president and chief...April 19, 2013
Rockwell Collins Chairman and CEO Clay Jones will retire July 31, the company said in a statement Friday. Jones is expected to be succeeded by current Rockwell Collins President Kelly Ortberg. Jones first joined Rockwell International in 1979, after serving in the U.S. Air Force as a fighter pilot. In...April 19, 2013
Shadin Avionics received FAA technical standard order (TSO) certification for its avionics interface system (AIS-460) of 1553-to-ARINC-429 data conversion units. The AIS-460 has...April 18, 2013
The U.S. Air Force issued a four-year $14.3 million contract to Rockwell Collins to provide sustainment services for the cockpit displays on its fleet of F-22 fighter aircraft. (Photo, courtesy of Rockwell Collins.)...April 18, 2013
During a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on aviation safety on Tuesday, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) requested a decision from FAA by the end of the year on expanding the in-flight use of portable electronic devices (PEDs) on commercial flights. McCaskill has been a strong advocate for the issue in recent months, writing a letter to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta expressing her concern...April 17, 2013
FAA Administrator Michael Huerta on Tuesday gave lawmakers an update on how the agency is handling budget cuts from sequestration and its progress with the ongoing review of Boeing's attempt to return the 787 Dreamliner to commercial service, during the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation's aviation safety hearing. Last month, the automatic spending cuts known as...April 17, 2013
Northrop Grumman recently completed successful demonstrations of its Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) system for the U.S. Air Force's F-16 upgrade program. SABR is capable of generating synthetic aperture radar (SAR) maps, with automatic target cueing ability, similar to the active electronically scanned...April 17, 2013
The U.S. Army's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Management Office (PM UAS) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to promote the development of the next generation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). (UAH President Dr. Robert...April 16, 2013
The Rockwell Collins Ascend Aircraft Information Manager (AIM) system, recently certified for the Cessna Citation XLS+, has been installed on its first aircraft. AIM is a secure data transfer system for Pro Line Fusion, Pro Line 21 and Pro Line 4-equipped aircraft. (Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion on the Citation XLS. Photo...April 16, 2013
Gogo subsidiary Aircell has completed the acquisition of LiveTV LLC's Airfone business unit. The acquisition includes LiveTV's 1 MHz air-to-ground spectrum license, and the Airfone in-flight communications service, network infrastructure and operational...
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