CommercialRaytheon, Metron, AirDat in Weather Partnership Raytheon has teamed with AirDat LLC, of Lakewood, Colo., and Metron Aviation, of Dulles, Va., to provide a weather system for FAA's Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) weather programs. The companies said the…
Business & GANavy Tests Bio-Fuel-Powered AV-8B Harrier Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) in China Lake, Calif., performed the first bio-fuel flight test in AV-8B Harrier #88 last week in the upper Mojave Desert, the Navy said Friday. After preliminary…
Business & GAVivaAerobus Selects Flight Focus EFB Flight Focus, based in Singapore, will install its Class 3 electronic flight bag, the Flight Focus PLATFORM, onto the fleet of Mexican airline VivaAerobus, the companies announced Wednesday. Flight Focus said the EFB…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Awarded Navy Contract Lockheed Martin was awarded a $16.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy for six spare AN/AAQ-30 target sight systems (TSS) for the AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter, the Navy announced Tuesday. The TSS…
MilitaryBAE Awarded Countermeasures Work BAE Systems received its first Full Rate Production contract, worth $36.7 million, for its ALE-55 Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures subsystem from U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), the company announced Wednesday. "This…
CommercialArmy Places Raven UAS Order AeroVironment, based in Monrovia, Calif., received a $6.9 million order from the U.S. Air Force under an existing contract with the U.S. Army for new digital Raven small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and…
ATM ModernizationHuerta: Globalization Key to NextGen, SESAR Global industry partners must work together to achieve air traffic modernization and harmonization, according to FAA Deputy Administration Michael Huerta. Speaking Friday at the ICAO Global Air Navigation Industry Symposium (GANIS) in Montreal, Huerta said…
Business & GAV-22 Software Upgrade Improves Performance Photo courtesy Naval Air Systems Command A small software tweak is improving the operational performance of the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor, according to tests performed by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). NAVAIR said…
CommercialAstronics Completes In-Seat Power Installation Astronics Corp., based in East Aurora, N.Y., said it has successfully installed and certified its In-Seat Power System. The latest addition to the EmPower line of products, the 1191-3X, provides 110VAC at up to…
CommercialSaab to Supply Avionics for Cassidian's UAS Saab will supply the safety critical avionics equipment for Cassidian's Talarion unmanned aircraft system (UAS), the companies announced Thursday. The order includes design and development of the Aircraft Vehicle Management Computer (AVMC),…