MilitaryWhat Will Electronic Warfare Look Like in 10 Years? Understanding and managing, and if necessary, controlling and denying the electromagnetic spectrum are as critical for national defense as an army, navy, air, or space force. After decades of inattention, that fact…
Embedded AvionicsA CoreAVI Engineer Bringing the Vulkan to Avionics Software In 2005, tired of working as an electrician, Daniel Herring went back to school at the University of Texas at Arlington to obtain a software engineering degree. Thirteen years later, he is…
MilitarySoftware Upgrades Lead to Delay in F-35 Operational Testing Last month the Defense Department independent weapon tester delayed the start of F-35 operational testing by two months while it waits for the newest versions of software to be delivered. Robert…
ConnectivityFlyht, Spectralux Combine AFIRS and FANS Under New Partnership Flyht Aerospace Solutions has partnered with Spectralux to create a streamlined, Iridium satellite-powered air navigation system upgrade option for airlines flying over over the world’s oceanic regions. To create the solution, Flyht integrated its Automated Flight Information Reporting…
CommercialBoeing CEO Talks 'Digital Twin' Era of Aviation Boeing has been able to achieve up to a 40% improvement in first-time quality of the parts and systems it uses to manufacture commercial and military airplanes by using the digital twin…
MilitaryMQ-4C Triton Crashes During California Flight Test One of two MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) crashed yesterday on a Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), Calif., base runway following an inflight mechanical issue and landing gear failure. the Triton experienced…
MilitaryBoeing to Upgrade FA-18, EA-18 With Deployable Flight Recorders Leonardo DRS announced that Boeing has awarded the company a contract to develop upgraded deployable flight incident recorder set (DFIRS) technology for F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft. Work for the contract will be done…
MilitaryF-35C to Use eCASS for Avionics Testing The U.S. Navy’s F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft carrier variant will use Lockheed Martin’s electronic Consolidated Automated Support Systems (eCASS) for avionics testing when it starts entering into…
Embedded AvionicsNASA Selects CoreAVI to Support X-59 Vision System Development NASA has selected Core Avionics & Industrial Inc. (CoreAVI) to support development of the external vision system (XVS) on their X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft. Under the contract, CoreAVI will…
ConnectivityEasyJet, JetBlue Are Expanding Their Data Science Teams The chief executives (CEOs) of EasyJet and JetBlue see major potential in using new technologies and concepts such as artificial intelligence and blockchain to make their organizations increasingly data driven. Both airlines…