Business & GABoeing Resumes A160 Tests Boeing touted the successful resumption of test flights of its A160 Hummingbird unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), saying the rotorcraft proved its “versatility through a rigorous flight test program.” Boeing resumed test operations…
MilitaryNorthrop Wins USAF Contract The U.S. Air Force awarded a contract for $99.5 million to Linthicum Heights, Md.-based Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems to provide fire control radar systems to Pakistan. Northrop Grumman will provide 54 radar…
Editor's NoteApple Teams with Airlines Apple Computers is teaming up with six airlines to provide integration between its iPod music player and in-flight entertainment systems. Starting in mid-2007, Apple, Cupertino, Calif., said Air France, Continental, Delta Airlines,…
Business & GAIndustry Scan DARPA, U.S. Air Force Advance Automated Refueling The goal of autonomous air-to-air refueling, a critical enabler for long-range, persistent unmanned strike and surveillance capability, moved closer to reality with the first autonomous…
ATM ModernizationPerspective: FMS Standards Area navigation, or RNAV, is one of the cornerstones of the future air traffic system as envisaged by both the FAA and the Joint Program Development Office's Next Generation Air Transportation System…
Business & GANew Products Cabin Communications Newport News, Va.-based International Communications Group (ICG) has introduced its AeroCom 1100, a cabin telecommunications unit that supplies a package of automated telephone, fax and data services for small and…
Business & GAEditor's Note: E-Loran Time? The need for a backup to GPS as a source of position, navigation and timing (PNT) information has been obvious for years. GPS is key to critical infrastructures and is deeply embedded…
Business & GAAdvertiser Index Aero Instruments Aeroflex Plainview Aeroflite Enterprises (714) 773-4251 Aerospace Optics Inc. AIM Astronautics Corp. of America Aviation Instrument Services Avtech Corp. Ballard Technology Dayton-Granger Data Device Corp. Deutsch ECS EMTEQ Inc. Excalibur…
ATM ModernizationSafety: Slippery Swaps Initially unnoticed by the flightcrew or air traffic control (ATC), an El Al B747–412 (4X–ELS), with 455 persons on board, slipped well below the ILS glideslope (G/S), while on finals to Heathrow…
ATM ModernizationQ&A: Bizjet Market’s Avionics Concerns Corporate aviation, with its deep-pocketed customers and premium on flexibility, has always been a catalyst for innovation in avionics – from cockpit displays to in–flight entertainment to connectivity tools. Operators at the…