ATM Modernization

Thales Upgrades Radars at Cyprus Airport

Thales said Thursday it has completed the modernization of the terminal area radar system, including a STAR 2000 primary surveillance radar and a co-mounted RSM 970 S Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR),…

Military

Aeroflex Test Set Gets DoD Certification

Aeroflex, of Wichita, Kan., said Wednesday its APM-424(V)5 IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) portable test set received full certification from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) AIMS International Program Office. The tester…

ATM Modernization

Congress Recesses Without Passing FAA Bill

Congress recessed for its August break on Tuesday without extending FAA funds, leaving more than 4,000 FAA employees likely out of work until Congress reconvenes in September. The partial shutdown, which began…

Military

Lockheed Martin Wins Arrowhead Contract

The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $60 million follow-on production contract for the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS), also known as Arrowhead, for the AH-64D Apache attack…

ATM Modernization

FAA Program Puts Controllers in Cockpit

FAA on Monday re-established its Flight Deck Training program, allowing air traffic controllers to ride in aircraft cockpit with commercial pilots and giving them a greater understanding of pilots' experience and workload. …

Commercial

Sharing the Sky

The payoff of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for military, law enforcement and scientific missions is constrained by the airspace they can share with manned aircraft. As of May 2011, one Broad Area…

Business & GA

Q&A: Honeywell Defense and Space

After a decade of fighting overseas wars, the U.S. defense industry is undergoing some downsizing. Pentagon officials have declared the need for belt-tightening as it draws down troops from Afghanistan and Iraq.…

Commercial

Sensor Payloads

There is no shortage of diversity in the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) market. There are UASs the size of Boeing 737s and handheld systems that weigh less than a pound. Most of…

Editor's Note

People

Mike Opheim Satcom Direct, of Satellite Beach, Fla., named Mike Opheim vice president of business aviation sales. Opheim brings with him nearly 30 years of experience in business aviation, with most of…

Editor's Note

Calendar

August 16-19 Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Unmanned Systems North America, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. Visit www.auvsi.org. 16-21 MAKS 2011 International Aviation & Space Salon, Zhukovsky, Moscow Region,…