Embedded Avionics Rockwell Collins Reports on Project Missouri Radio Test [Avionics Today April 23, 2014] Rockwell Collins released a statement about the use of its TacNet Tactical Radio (TTR) in Project Missouri, a series of flight tests at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.…
Commercial Flyht's AFIRS Achieves 1 Million Flights [Avionics Today April 23, 2014] Canadian avionics manufacturer Flyht’s Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS) has achieved 1 million flights onboard aircraft. The AFIRS system was first introduced in 2005, and has been…
Commercial Bombardier Launches Aerospace Research Consortium [Avionics Today April 22, 2014] Bombardier has launched the Consortium for Aerospace Research and Innovation in Canada (CARIC), an initiative aimed at uniting the Canadian aerospace industry, university and research institution leaders to…
Business & GA Sikorsky Flies Optionally Piloted Black Hawk [Avionics Today April 22, 2014] Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced a successful flight test of an optionally piloted Black Hawk Helicopter, part of the manufacturer's ongoing work with the U.S. Army to provide autonomous…
Commercial From Drones to ADS-B: the Future of Avionics Awaits Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), or simply drones, are becoming more of a buzzword worldwide. Be it for its wide range of possible uses, controversies around privacy concerns, or…
ATM Modernization The Modern Bizjet Question: Upgrade, or Replace? Although in the U.S. NextGen is still six years away and European mandates are speculated to be less-than-firm, long-range jet providers like Gulfstream, Dassault and Cessna are equipping their new production aircraft…
Commercial QF16: Unmanned Viper Takes Flight A pilotless F-16 during flight. Photo: Boeing The U.S. Air Force expects the unmanned QF-16 to challenge fighter pilots and air defenders with a Full-Scale Aerial Target (FSAT) representative of a…
ATM Modernization Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Decoded: A look at product solutions One core airspace modernization technology, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), is a top priority in worldwide mandates with upgrade deadlines fast approaching for Europe and the United States. As a technology that will…