Embedded AvionicsElbit Systems Wins Two Awards to Supply DIRCM Self-Protection Systems Elbit Systems MUSIC DIRCM, rendering. Photo: Elbit Systems [Avionics Today 08-04-2015] Elbit Systems has won two contracts for its Music family of Directed Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) airborne multi-spectral self-protection systems. The first…
Embedded AvionicsUS Marine Corps Declares F-35B Operational [Avionics Today 08-03-2015] The U.S. Marine Corps' F-35B Lightning II aircraft has reached Initial Operational Capability (IOC) after seven weeks of at-sea testing aboard an aircraft carrier. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121…
ATM ModernizationPace and UTC Aerospace Introduce EFB App to Up Fuel Efficiency Pacelab Flight Profile Optimizer for iPad. Photo: Pace [Avionics Today 08-03-2015] Aerospace software provider Pace has teamed up with UTC Aerospace Systems to provide pilots with a fuel efficiency application available on…
ATM ModernizationErickson’s S-64 Aircrane to Receive Avionics Upgrades Erickson S-64 Aircrane. Photo: Erickson [Avionics Today 08-03-2015] Erickson is introducing newly designed and certified avionics upgrades for the S-64 Aircrane to improve situational awareness for aircraft pilots. The company has installed…
ATM ModernizationLockheed Martin Launches Tech to Ease UAS, Manned Communications Rendering of NASA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) integration in the National Airspace System (NAS). Photo: NASA [Avionics Today 08-03-2015] Lockheed Martin has deployed the first components of an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)…
CommercialUS Airlines See Record Quarterly Profits [Avionics Today 07-29-2015] U.S.-based commercial airlines have been seeing encouragingly high quarterly revenue spikes. With many, such as United Airlines and Alaska Air, reporting record numbers for the second quarter 2015, alongside…
Editor's NoteNew Family of Portable ADTS Instruments for Compliant Pitot-Static Testing from GE The new ADTS500 Series from the Druck product line of GE Measurement & Control introduces Bluetooth® technology with a remote touch/swipe screen, hand terminal to provide an easy-to-use, compliant, portable and…