CommercialEsterline CMA-5024 Testing Complete on 737NG Esterline Avionics Systems has completed ground and flight tests of its satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS)-capable CMA-5024 GPS/SBAS landing system sensor unit (GLSSU) on Boeing 737 next-generation aircraft with the goal of obtaining…
Embedded AvionicsHarris Payload Integrated into Lockheed Martin GPS III Space Vehicle Lockheed Martin has integrated the fifth of ten Harris Corporation-produced advanced navigation payloads into its corresponding space vehicle (SV) as contracted for the U.S. Air Force GPS III satellite program. The GPS…
ATM ModernizationOperators Continue FANS 1/A Upgrades for North Atlantic Routes It all started years ago with a push by airlines to increase traffic across the North Atlantic by using avionics upgrades and regulatory approval to reduce the vertical and lateral separation of…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Won't Bid to Keep Producing F-35 Sensor, GPS III After Solid Q1 Northrop Grumman opened its fiscal year 2018 with solid results, driven by improved operating performance, lower taxes and a pension benefit and an upgraded earnings outlook for the year. Northrop Grumman officials…
Embedded AvionicsFAA Tasks Intelsat with Navigation Satellite WAAS Payload The FAA has awarded Intelsat, along with a team of other companies, a new task order to develop and operate a satellite payload to aid aircraft navigation without dependence on ground-based infrastructure, particularly precision…
Embedded AvionicsFAA Tasks Leidos with GPS-augmenting WAAS Satellite for $117M The FAA has awarded Leidos a task order to develop the seventh-generation geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellite used for the FAA wide area augmentation system (WAAS). The task order has a four-year development…
Military‘Dragon Lady’ Pilots Get Wrist-Mounted Nav by Garmin The U.S. Air Force has selected the Garmin D2 Charlie watch for inclusion in the toolkits of Lockheed U-2 “Dragon Lady” reconnaissance aircraft pilots. The D2 Charlie features GPS and wide-area augmentation…
Embedded AvionicsPerformance-Based Navigation as a Redundancy for GPS What do you do if you're in the air and your GPS goes out? Eurocontrol, with the help of the European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE), is working on a…
MilitaryF-35 Ahead of Schedule in Ground Collision Avoidance The F-35 program is ahead of the curve this time, beating its schedule by five years. The joint strike fighter program announced that it has approved the implementation of anti-collision software, which…
MilitaryGPS-Based Precision Landing Can Help US Navy Drones, Fighters The U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has been designed to land itself, using Raytheon’s Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS), Raytheon said. The Navy hopes to use the MQ-25…