ATM ModernizationFAA Issues Furlough Notices, Congress Reacts FAA sent furlough notices to the majority of its 47,000 employees on Tuesday to adjust its operating budget following the automatic federal spending cuts known as sequestration that were enacted last week.…
CommercialFBI Investigates Unmanned Aircraft Flying Over NYC The FBI is investigating an unmanned aircraft sighting, reported by a pilot for Italian carrier Alitalia on Monday while approaching John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. According to a statement…
ATM ModernizationAAI Selects Honeywell’s SmartPath to Increase Air Traffic at Chennai Airport The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has selected Honeywell’s SmartPath ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) as part of a pilot project to launch satellite-based approaches and landings at Chennai International Airport. The pilot…
Business & GASikorksy Selects L-3 Avionics for H-60, S-70i Sikorsky is awarding a five-year follow-on contract to L-3 Aviation Products to equip its H-60 and S-70i helicopter platforms with the GH-3001 Electronic Standby Instrument System (ESIS), Stormscope WX-500 Lightning Detection System…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman Closes California Facility, Consolidates ‘Centers of Excellence’ Northrop Grumman announced plans to close its information systems facility in Dominguez Hills, Calif. and designate five centers of design and integration excellence in support of its aerospace systems business. The California…
CommercialRockwell Collins: ‘Sequestration is a Major Setback' Rockwell Collins anticipated sequestration by adjusting infrastructure and reducing operating costs for its fiscal year 2013 budget, but the Iowa-based aerospace and defense manufacturer is disappointed to see that the government was…
ATM ModernizationHuerta: Air Traffic Controllers Will Be Furloughed Under Sequestration FAA Administrator Michael Huerta told the House Subcommittee on Aviation on Wednesday his agency cannot avoid furloughing its employees under its $600 million in automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect this…
CommercialL-3 Link Updates A380 Simulator L-3 Link’s Crawley, U.K.-based operation has updated a Lufthansa flight training A380 simulator to the latest Airbus 1.3 product baseline. The updates focused on the simulator’s aircraft systems, avionics and flight aero…