ATM ModernizationAireon, Nav Canada Finalize ATM Contract Satellite-based global air traffic surveillance provider Aireon finalized a long-term commercial data services contract with Canada's civil air navigation service operator Nav Canada. Aireon is a joint venture between Nav Canada and…
ATM ModernizationCongress Passes Bill to End FAA Furloughs Congress passed the Reducing Flight Delays Act, a bill that gives FAA authority to use surplus Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funds and other funds to end sequestration-related furloughs of its 47,000 employees.…
ATM ModernizationRaytheon to Provide D-RAPCON Systems for U.S. Air Force The U.S. Air Force issued a $50.6 million contract to Raytheon to provide 19 deployable air traffic control (D-RAPCON) surveillance systems. (Raytheon's D-RAPCON. Photo, courtesy of Raytheon.) Raytheon will…
ATM ModernizationGovernment, Industry React to Furlough-Fueled Flight Delays Amid aviation industry and lawmaker protests, FAA's sequestration-related furloughs of air traffic controllers began this week, resulting in flight delays at some of the nation's busiest airports. FAA said this week's furloughs…
CommercialElbit Systems, Sharp Aviation Establish South Korea-Based Joint Venture Haifa, Israel-based defense electronics manufacturer Elbit Systems and Korean aviation services company Sharp Aviation K have established an avionics maintenance joint venture, Sharp Elbit Systems Aerospace (SESA), in Seoul, South Korea. …
Embedded AvionicsNAVAIR Upgrades E-6B Internet Protocol The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) recently implemented the Internet Protocol Bandwidth Expansion (IBPE) upgrade on its airborne strategic command platform, the E-6B Mercury. The upgrade was installed in March during…
Embedded AvionicsF-35 Data Link Completes Flight Test Northrop Grumman's Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) waveform completed a successful F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter program flight test, a demonstration that validated eight years of developing an advanced communications link,…
ATM ModernizationUnited Flying Honeywell SmartPath Approaches in Houston United Airlines flew the first precision approach using Honeywell's SmartPath Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) into Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) on Monday. (United Airlines plane using Honeywell's SmartPath.…
CommercialCrane CEO to Retire Crane CEO Eric C. Fast will retire in 2014, the company said Monday. Fast will be replaced by Max H. Mitchell, current president and chief operating officer of the company. Fast…
ATM ModernizationRNP Approaches Approved at China's Zhangjiajie Airport The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) approved Required Navigation Performance (RNP) to Instrument Landing System (ILS) and public Required Navigation Performance Authorization Required (RNP AR) procedures at Zhangjiajie Airport with the…
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