Commercial

Air Strato Completes First Take-off And Landing

The Air Strato electrically powered unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has completed its first takeoff and landing. Designed by European aerospace company ARCA Space, the Air Strato completed a short flight reaching an…

ATM Modernization

SESAR Appoints New Director

Florian Guillermet has been appointed the new deputy executive director of the SESAR Joint Undertaking (JU).  Guillermet will oversee future air traffic management programs for SESAR.

Commercial

Northrop Grumman Acquires Qantas Defence

Northrop Grumman's Australian subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Australia Pty Limited, has completed its acquisition of Australian aerospace and defense company Qantas Defence Services.    The acquisition will allow Northrop Grumman to expand its…

Business & GA

Rolls-Royce Reveals UltraFan, Advance Engine Plans

Photo courtesy of Rolls-Royce   [Avionics Today Feb. 27, 2014] Rolls-Royce shared details about its next generation engine designs, which the company believes could be ready within the next 10 years.    Building…

Embedded Avionics

Flight Management Systems Wanted for Super Pumas

[Avionics Today Feb. 27, 2014] Super Puma operators are in need of new Flight Management Systems (FMS) to replace their legacy systems, and Universal Avionics believes it has the solution to fulfill…

Business & GA

Airbus Helicopter Network Gets Precision Aviation Services

[Avionics Today Feb. 27, 2014] Airbus Helicopters added Precision Aviation Services (PAS) to its authorized service center network, the two companies announced during the Heli-Expo 2014 show.    PAS is the first Atlanta,…

Business & GA

Europe Certifies Esterline FMS on Airbus EC175

Photo courtesy of Esterline [Avionics Today Feb. 27, 2014] The Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) CMA-9000 Flight Management System (FMS) and CMA-5024 have earned European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification on the EC175 helicopter. …

Business & GA

Universal Introduces MD Explorer Display Control

[Avionics Today Feb. 26, 2014] Universal Avionics has unveiled the cursor control for the display system on its new avionics package for the Next Generation MD Explorer flight deck.  The display control is…

Business & GA

Pacific Aerospace Selects FreeFlight RA-4500

[Avionics Today Feb. 26, 2014] Pacific Aerospace selected the FreeFlight Systems RA-4500 radar altimeter system for its P-750 XSTOL short-takeoff and landing aircraft.  The selection comes following the FAA's recent announcement mandating all…