CommercialElbit Systems, Sharp Aviation Establish South Korea-Based Joint Venture Haifa, Israel-based defense electronics manufacturer Elbit Systems and Korean aviation services company Sharp Aviation K have established an avionics maintenance joint venture, Sharp Elbit Systems Aerospace (SESA), in Seoul, South Korea. …
Embedded AvionicsNAVAIR Upgrades E-6B Internet Protocol The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) recently implemented the Internet Protocol Bandwidth Expansion (IBPE) upgrade on its airborne strategic command platform, the E-6B Mercury. The upgrade was installed in March during…
Embedded AvionicsF-35 Data Link Completes Flight Test Northrop Grumman's Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) waveform completed a successful F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter program flight test, a demonstration that validated eight years of developing an advanced communications link,…
ATM ModernizationUnited Flying Honeywell SmartPath Approaches in Houston United Airlines flew the first precision approach using Honeywell's SmartPath Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) into Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) on Monday. (United Airlines plane using Honeywell's SmartPath.…
ATM ModernizationFAA Projects Delays for up to 6,700 Flights Daily, Cites Sequester Industry trade group Airlines for America (A4A) is predicting thousands of flight delays due to sequestration-related air traffic control furloughs. The group filed a motion in U.S. Appellate Court Friday to…
CommercialCrane CEO to Retire Crane CEO Eric C. Fast will retire in 2014, the company said Monday. Fast will be replaced by Max H. Mitchell, current president and chief operating officer of the company. Fast…
Business & GAHoneywell’s First Quarter Aerospace Sales Decline Honeywell reported sales of aerospace products declined by 1 percent to $2.91 billion, for the first quarter of 2013. The company said the decline was driven by a 1 percent reduction in…
CommercialRockwell Collins CEO Clay Jones to Retire Rockwell Collins Chairman and CEO Clay Jones will retire July 31, the company said in a statement Friday. Jones is expected to be succeeded by current Rockwell Collins President Kelly Ortberg. …