CommercialUnited Reaches In-Flight Wi-Fi Milestone United Airlines launched its 100th in-flight Wi-Fi-equipped aircraft and plans on having nearly 200 aircraft equipped with the service by the end of 2013, the carrier said Monday. The in-flight…
Business & GAFAA Issues Special Certification for Nighthawk IV UAS FAA has issued a special airworthiness certificate for the Nighthawk IV unmanned aircraft system (UAS), a micro UAS produced by Applied Research Associates (ARA). [ARA's Nighthawk IV UAS. Photo, courtesy…
CommercialCundiff Named Astronautics President Astronautics Corporation of America, based in Milwaukee, named Chad Cundiff president, succeeding Michael Russek who is retiring. Cundiff has more than 20 years of executive, managerial and professional experience in aerospace.…
CommercialAer Lingus Launches In-Flight Connectivity Service Ireland national carrier Aer Lingus is launching in-flight Wi-Fi connectivity service on its fleet of Airbus A330 aircraft with AeroMobile. [Aer Lingus A330. Photo, courtesy of Aer Lingus.] AeroMobile,…
ATM ModernizationKazkhstan to Receive Lockheed Air Traffic Management Training Lockheed Martin on Friday announced plans to deploy three air traffic management training and simulation systems for the air navigation services provider of Kazakhstan, Kazeronavigatsia. The three systems will be installed at…
ATM ModernizationSenate: NextGen Put on Hold Altogether Due to Shutdown The government shutdown enters its 14th day Monday, three days after the Senate commerce committee released a report detailing the shutdown's negative impact on FAA and other critical federal agencies. According…
Embedded AvionicsF-35 Program Scraps Alternate Helmet Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program has scrapped an alternate helmet testing program in favor of "exclusively" focusing on developing the Rockwell Collins Elbit Systems of America Vision Systems Generation 2 (Gen 2) helmet…
CommercialRockwell Collins Reveals EVS-3000 Vision System Rockwell Collins on Friday introduced EVS-3000 enhanced vision system (EVS), which it calls the "most advanced and highest fidelity" EVS in the commercial aviation market. [EVS-3000. Photo, courtesy of Rockwell…