http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 2:05:11 EDT Esterline CMC Electronics has been awarded a contract by Borsigh to supply its TacView Portable Mission Display for the U.S. Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command Real Time Information in the Cockpit (RTIC) Full Rate Production (FRP) program. The contract covers dual installations of the TacView... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/topstories/TacView-Display-Selected-by-National-Guard_79465.html Mon, 17 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Cobham has introduced the AVIATOR S satcom terminal and antenna system, aimed at the air transport market. The company said the development of the AVIATOR S series system was driven by the latest specifications formulated by the Air Transport Air-to-Ground-Communications working group (ARINC 781), along... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/topstories/Cobham-Introduces-New-Satcom-System-for-Air-Transport_79488.html Mon, 17 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Lockheed Martin on the first day of the 2013 Paris Air Show signed an agreement with Quebec-based CAE, designating the flight training company as a preferred in-country provider of F-35 training support.    The memorandum of understanding builds on the... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/topstories/Paris-Lockheed-CAE-form-F-35-Lightning-II-Training-Alliance_79508.html Mon, 17 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Airbus completed the maiden flight on Friday with its new twin-engine wide-body aircraft, the A350 XWB. The first flight was completed about two weeks ahead of the airframe manufacturer's deadline, lasting four hours before landing at France's Toulouse-Blagnac Airport.      (Airbus... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/topstories/Airbus-Completes-A350-XWB-Maiden-Flight_79496.html Fri, 14 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Park Air Systems, Northrop Grumman's U.K.-based air traffic management subsidiary, has a new agreement with Dutch Caribbean Air Navigation Service Provider (DC-ANSP) to build a ground-to-air communications system for the Curacao Flight Information Region. ... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/topstories/Northrop-Grumman-to-Build-Caribbean-Ground-to-Air-Communications-System_79497.html Fri, 14 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, received a $90.6 million contract to provide Saudi Arabia with LONGBOW Fire Control Radars (FCR) for the AH-64 Apaches... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/topstories/Saudi-Arabia-Selects-LONGBOW-FCRs-for-Apaches_79487.html Thu, 13 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected at Le Bourget airfield next week for the 50th annual International Paris Airshow, bringing together commercial and military aircraft and technology displays. Avionics Magazine has a preview of what to expect next week from some of the biggest companies in the... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/topstories/Paris-Air-Show-2013-Preview_79489.html Thu, 13 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on Wednesday conducted the first east coast flight with Insitu's RQ-21A unmanned aircraft system (UAS) at its Patuxent River, Md., base.      (RQ-21A takes its first flight from Webster Field Annex, an outlying field to Naval Air Station Patuxent River... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/topstories/NAVAIR-Advances-RQ-21A-Flight-Testing_79490.html Thu, 13 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT FAA is proposing a new landing procedure for operators using aircraft equipped with Enhanced Flight Vision Systems (EFVS), in an effort to increase access and throughput at airports when low visibility conditions are present.    The agency published a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding EFVS... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/topstories/FAA-Proposes-New-Landings-Aided-by-Flight-Vision-Systems_79491.html Thu, 13 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT Quicksilver's GT-500 aircraft will receive some surveillance upgrades beginning this fall, the result of the manufacturer's new partnership with Jacksonville, Fla.-based aerial intelligence company IDENT.      (IDENT/Quicksilver Mosquito GT-500 Patrolling the Mexican Border. Photo, courtesy of... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/topstories/IDENT-Quicksilver-Partner-for-GT-500-Surveillance-Upgrades_79477.html Wed, 12 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT