Commercial

Spirit Selects Exelis for Surveillance

[Avionics Today March 4, 2014] Spirit Airlines has selected the Exelis aircraft surveillance solution, Sypmhony OpsVue, to provide visual tracking of its aircraft fleet while on the ground.   The Spirit fleet…

ATM Modernization

Europe to Deploy Initial SESAR ATM Structure

Eurocontrol has announced a decision to move forward with establishing six Centralized Services (CS) centers, achieving a major milestone in the  Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) program.    The decision was…

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…