MilitaryItalian Air Force, Alenia Aermacchi to Develop Praetorian MC-27J The Italian Air Force has signed an agreement with aerospace manufacturer Alenia Aermacchi at the Dubai Airshow to develop a specialized version of the MC-27J tactical airlifter. MC-27J. Photo, courtesy…
CommercialNorthrop Tests Radar Jamming on the Bat Northrop Grumman completed the first ever demonstration of a Group III (small, tactical) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) equipped with radar jamming technology at the Naval Air Weapons Station in China Lake, Calif.,…
Business & GACongress Passes Small Airplane Revitalization Act Congress approved a bill that updates regulations on Part 23 aircraft components and technology Thursday, Nov. 14. Called the Small Airplane Act of 2013, H.R. 1848, will requires the FAA to implement…
CommercialAir Nostrium, StandardAero Sign APU Agreement Spanish regional carrier Air Nostrium has signed an agreement with Tempe, Ariz. based StandardAero to provide maintenance for its fleet of aircraft equipped with Honeywell GTCP36-150RJ auxiliary power units (APUs). Under the…
Embedded AvionicsNorthrop Grumman Seeks Open Architecture for Black Hawk Currently, the average U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters is 23 years old with on-board systems that operate independently of one another. The U.S. Army is looking to upgrade its fleet of UH-60L…
CommercialTransaero Expands In-flight Connectivity Russian carrier Transaero is expanding its in-flight connectivity service to more aircraft, announcing plans Thursday to make the service available on 30 aircraft by the beginning of 2014. Currently the airline…
CommercialBAE Systems Satcom for UAS Test Proves Successful British engineers have demonstrated the use of Ka-band satellite communications (Satcom) to transfer large amounts of data between unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), BAE Systems said Tuesday. [Taranis, a prototype unmanned…
Business & GAHoneywell Brings Synthetic Vision to Epic 2.0 On the 10-year anniversary of the original Primus Epic platform, Honeywell unveiled an upgraded "Epic 2.0" version with access to the aerospace and defense manufacturer's SmartView synthetic vision system, among other new…