ATM Modernization

Rockwell Collins Sees First Quarter 2016 Decline

Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion rotorcraft flight deck. Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Today 01-25-2016] Rockwell Collins reported sales in the first quarter of fiscal year 2016 were $1.1 billion, a 5 percent…

Commercial

NOAA to use Raytheon UAV to Track Storms from the Inside Out

Coyote(R) Unmanned Air System (UAS). Photo: Raytheon [Avionics Today 01-25-2016] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will use Raytheon’s Coyote Unmanned Air System (UAS) for hurricane tracking and modeling, giving researchers a…

Commercial

FAA Approves GlobalRanger RFID Solution

[Avionics Today 01-25-2016] GlobeRanger has received a letter of Operational Suitability from the FAA AFS 300 Aircraft Maintenance Division for its aviation Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solution. The GlobeRanger Aviation RFID system…

Business & GA

SEC Qualifies XTI’s Aircraft Program Crowdfunding Investments

Rendering of XTI’s TriFan 600 aircraft. Photo: XTI Aircraft Company [Avionics Today 01-22-2016] The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has qualified the XTI Aircraft Company’s (XTI) crowdfunding campaign under Regulation A+, which…

Business & GA

Praxair, GE form Joint Venture for GE9X and LEAP Engines

[Avionics Today 01-22-2016] GE Aviation and Praxair Surface Technologies have entered into a definitive agreement to form a joint venture for the development, support and application of specialized coatings tailored for GE…