Business & GA

Boeing Forecasts $240 Billion Demand for Aircraft in India

Dinesh Keskar, senior vice president of Asia Pacific and India Sales, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, announcing the company’s India Current Market Outlook. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 08-14-2015] Boeing projects a demand for 1,740…

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Pilots Report Dramatic Increase in UAS Sightings

Small unmanned aircraft system. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 08-13-2015] Pilot reports of unmanned aircraft have increased dramatically over the past year, from a total of 238 sightings in all of 2014, to…

Business & GA

Elbit Systems Sees Steady Revenue Uptick in 2Q

Elbit Systems MUSIC DIRCM, rendering. Photo: Elbit Systems [Avionics Today 08-13-2015] Elbit Systems reported a 6.7 percent increase in revenues in the second quarter of 2015 over the same period last year. During…

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Myanmar Implements its First PBN Procedures

[Avionics Today 08-12-2015] Operators using Myanmar's two busiest international airports, Mandalay and Yangon, can finally begin using Performance Based Navigation (PBN) practices after the country's civil aviation authority approved and validated their…

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Rockwell Collins Delivers First Gen III F-35 HMDS

F-35 Gen II Helmet Mounted Display System. Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Today 08-12-2015] Rockwell Collins has delivered the first Gen III F-35 Helmet-Mounted Display System (HMDS) for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lighting…

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US Navy Expands Raytheon JPALS Contract

[Avionics Today 08-12-2015] The U.S. Navy has extended Raytheon’s engineering and manufacturing development contract on the Joint Precision Approach Landing Systems (JPALS) program. Raytheon will continue testing and analysis in support of…