ATM ModernizationAirbus Approves Communications Retrofit for A380s Airbus has formed a new joint agreement with Panasonic Avionics and Lufthansa Technik to retrofit all in-service A380s with broadband connectivity and mobile phone services. Under the agreement, the first of…
Embedded AvionicsTaiwan F-16s to Receive Gigabit Ethernet Switch The Taiwan Air Force is the first of what could be several nations to receive an upgrade from Lockheed Martin that will add Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) technology to its fleet of F-16…
Business & GALufthansa Technik Becomes ALTA Member Lufthansa Technik has become the newest member of the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), the latest step for the Deutsche Lufthansa group subsidiary's goal of expanding its presence in…
Business & GAGogo Raises 2013 Guidance, Eyes International Expansion Gogo is raising its 2013 high-end outlook to $325 million and is looking to expand its network to more foreign carriers, following a big third quarter earnings report, the Itasca, Ill.-based in-flight…
Embedded AvionicsBoeing to Modify F/A-18E/F and EA-18G Boeing has received an $8.3 million contract to provide the replacement or refurbishment of production life limit tooling for the U.S. Navy fleet of F/A-18E/F and EA-18G fighter jets. The Navy…
Embedded AvionicsLockheed Martin to Upgrade F-22 Training Systems The U.S. Air Force issued a $19.7 million option exercise (P0050) to an exiting cost-plus-fixed fee contract to retrofit fielded mission training centers with out-the-window visual systems upgrades and night vision goggles…
ATM ModernizationGerman Air Force Launches New Air Defense Radar The German Air Force has entered its new long-range air defense radar system, the Ground Master 400 (GM 400), into service. Produced by ThalesRaytheonSystems, a transatlantic joint venture between Thales and Raythoen,…
Business & GAUltraMain Systems Looks to Help Carriers Go Paperless Albuquerque, N.M.-based aviation software provider Ultramain Systems (USI) has announced a new service, Ultramain efbSolutions, designed to assist airlines in transitioning from paper-based flight manuals to paperless cockpits featuring electronic flight bags…
CommercialLockheed Martin Reveals SR-72 Hypersonic Strike Aircraft Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works, the aerospace and defense manufacturer's advanced technology solutions division, revealed its latest hypersonic strike aircraft project this week, the SR-72. [Computer rendering of SR-72. Photo, courtesy…
CommercialFAA Releases Roadmap to UAS Integration The FAA is on track to develop the airworthiness standards and certification requirements necessary to integrate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS) by its targeted goal of 2015,…