CommercialQatar’s First Boeing 787 Features OnAir In-Flight Connectivity Qatar Airways’ first flight with its Boeing 787 Dreamliner featured inflight Wi-Fi Internet and mobile phone connectivity provided by OnAir. The airline has a total of 60 Dreamliners on order, all of…
CommercialGarmin to Supply Avionics for Northrop Grumman's Firebird Northrop Grumman selected Garmin to supply the avionics suite for the new Firebird, an optionally-piloted vehicle (OPV) designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The Firebird is equipped with a tailored…
Embedded AvionicsITT Exelis Completes AIDEWS Testing ITT Exelis said it successfully completed electromagnetic compatibility testing of its Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite (AIDEWS) at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The AIDES system provides situational awareness and protection…
Business & GAPiper Incorporates G1000 in Seminole, Archer Models Piper Aircraft is incorporating the Garmin G1000 avionics suite into new twin-engine Piper Seminole and single-engine Piper Archer aircraft models available in 2013. Launch customer for the new Garmin G1000-equipped Pipers is…
ATM ModernizationSaab Sensis to Provide TBO Support for NextGen Institute Saab Sensis has been selected as the air traffic control Decision Support Tool (DST) developer subject matter expert (SME) for the NextGen Institute’s Trajectory-Based Operations (TBO) research. The NextGen Institute selected Saab…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman Demonstrates UAS Wireless Technology Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy said Thursday they completed its first shore-based trials of a new wireless, handheld device called a Control Display Unit (CDU) on the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air…
CommercialRaytheon, Air Force Using Ground-Based Sense and Avoid Systems for UAS The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon said Thursday they have conducted concept evaluation demonstrations that show existing air traffic control equipment could be modified to safely track the presence of nearby unmanned…
CommercialThales to Acquire Sysgo AG Thales on Thursday said it will pay an undisclosed sum to acquire Sysgo AG, the German supplier of operating system products, middleware, and software services for the real-time and embedded market. Thales…
Embedded AvionicsBoeing Develops Simulation Trainer for F-15E, FA-18E Boeing is developing a simulation technology that places pilots at odds against real aircraft and computer-generated enemy threats simultaneously. The technology is being developed under a $6.3 million, three-year contract with the…
CommercialGogo Launches ATG-4 Network on Delta, US Airways, Virgin America In-flight connectivity provider Gogo has launched its next generation ATG-4 network on Delta Air Lines, US Airways and Virgin America aircraft. ATG-4 delivers a peak speed of 9.8Mbps, tripling the peak speed…