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 & 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…
Business & GAProduct Focus: High-Speed 1553: Technology Advances Boost Performance While faster processing, smaller packaging and software innovations have helped push the introduction of Mil-Std-1553 products with more capabilities, cost-effective methods of achieving breakthrough data rate increases while using the same data…
Business & GAADS-B Builds Momentum, But Issues Remain The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) program for a nationwide network of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) ground stations was formally launched by Administrator Marion Blakey in early May. Since that time, agency officials…
Business & GAUAV: Manned and Unmanned Aircraft: Can They Coexist? With the emergence of air vehicles like Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk, General Atomics' Predator and the NASA/AeroVironment Pathfinder, the reality of unmanned aircraft is clear. Today, unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) or, to…
CommercialAmerican Airlines M&E: Offering It All While the maintenance operations of most U.S. airlines are cherry picking repair and overhaul specialties and outsourcing all other work, American Airlines Maintenance and Engineering (M&E) is increasing its range of aircraft…