CommercialInsitu to Integrate Kestrel Software into UASs Sentient, based in Melbourne, Australia, signed a long-term licensing agreement with Boeing subsidiary Insitu to integrate Kestrel land and maritime automated detection software systems into Insitu’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Currently deployed…
ATM ModernizationR³ Engineering Tests ADS-B Functionality on UAS R³ Engineering, based in Lusby, Md., said Wednesday it executed an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) based, fully autonomous collision avoidance sequence, performed by a sense and avoid system installed on an unmanned…
CommercialObama, Romney Address Sequestration With less than two weeks remaining until the presidential election, the candidates addressed the issue of sequestration on Monday, saying they both would like to see that scenario avoided, but offered little…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman Delivers Second BACN Global Hawk to U.S. Air Force Northrop Grumman delivered a second Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) equipped with the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) to the U.S. Air Force. The BACN uses a suite of computers and…
Business & GARockwell Collins Tests Touch-Screen PFDs on Pro Line Fusion Rockwell Collins on Wednesday said it began flight testing for its latest configuration of Pro Line Fusion avionics suite, featuring touch-screen primary flight displays. The tests are taking place on the company’s…
MilitaryRaytheon to Upgrade Army Airborne Radios Raytheon was awarded $51 million to build more airborne radios and continue to modernize future radios for the U.S. Army. The modernization effort includes Phase 3 of the Mobile User Objective Service/Cryptographic…
CommercialinNigeria to Install FLYHT AFIRS FLYHT Aerospace Solutions, based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, signed a contract with inNigeria for its Automated Information Reporting System (AFIRS) 228 on five McDonnell Douglas MD-83s. The airline will use AFIRS to…
CommercialElbit to Provide Apache Block III Mission Processor Upgrade Boeing has awarded Elbit Systems of America a five-year $17.5 million contract to redesign and upgrade the AH-64D mission processor for the U.S. Army fleet of Apache Block III helicopters. The Block…
MilitaryLockheed Martin, DCMA Complete C-5M Super Galaxy Production Flight Lockheed Martin and the Defense Contract Management Agency have completed the first C-5M Super Galaxy production joint acceptance flight. The joint acceptance flight is expected to reduce total delivery time by two…
Editor's NoteDRF Luftrettung Using EFBs on Ambulance Aircraft German medical aircraft operator DRF Luftrettung has begun using tablet PCs in the cockpits of its air ambulance jets. The operator uses tablet PCs that contain all route, approach and departure charts,…