ATM ModernizationRaytheon, Lockheed Look to Get Ahead of Huge NAS Contract Raytheon and Lockheed Martin are teaming up to chase a contract to update U.S. National Airspace infrastructure with new, multipurpose radars. In an attempt to both modernize the national airspace system (NAS)…
UnmannedGerman Detect-and-Avoid Drone Radar Passes Flight Test HENSOLDT's detect-and-avoid radar system has completed successful testing, the company revealed Wednesday. The German sensor provider developed a radar system that it says provides unmanned vehicles with "early warning of any threat of…
ATM ModernizationRaytheon Enabling Urban Air Traffic with Skyler Radar Companies including Amazon, Uber and UPS are relying on the assumption that in the near future they will be able to safely fly aircraft through densely populated cities. Whether ferrying people or…
Embedded AvionicsNorthrop Vanguard Radar Puts Focus on Modular Panels Northrop Grumman has revealed its new modular, user-definable Vanguard radar, built on an open architecture to be scalable based on size, weight and power requirements. The Vanguard is comprised of small radar…
MilitaryF-35 AESA: The Most Advanced Jet's Biggest Antenna Active electronically scanned arrays (AESA) date back more than 20 years, but the F-35’s Northrop Grumman-built AN-APG-81 AESA is unlike any of its predecessors. The AESA is "the biggest antenna on any…
CommercialBVLOS Commercial Drone Flights Launch at Grand Sky Grand Sky Drone Park at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota kicked off the country's first approved beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) large commercial unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flight operations Monday. To mark…
MilitaryUS Customs Wants New Early Warning Radar for P-3 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) this week issued a request for information to industry for market research on new airborne early warning (AEW) radar for some of its P-3 surveillance aircraft typically flown…
CommercialBoeing Invests in Drone Radar with Fortem Boeing is funding the development of advanced radar systems through its HorizonX subsidiary’s investment in Fortem Technologies. Fortem Technologies offers airspace awareness solutions using radar that is low in size, weight and…
ATM ModernizationIndia Upgrading Civil Radar in Northeast Airports Authority of India is installing new surveillance radars at the primary international airport in the country’s northeast. The installation is a part of an ongoing initiative to modernize India’s air navigation…
MilitaryNew Northrop Grumman Radar Completes Maiden Flight Northrop Grumman Corp.’s modular panel-based sensor has completed its first flight, the company said. The flight took place at its test facility in Baltimore. The solution is an open architecture, multi-function surveillance…
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