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Senate Forms Unmanned Aerial Systems Caucus

U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) formed a unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) caucus, in hopes of educating lawmakers and staff about the capabilities of the systems. The Senate Unmanned…

Commercial

Interjet Selects T³CAS for A320s

Mexican carrier Interjet has selected the ACSS T³CAS integrated surveillance system for six Airbus A320s. Phoenix-based ACSS is a joint venture of Thales and L-3 Communications. Thales said its T³CAS integrated surveillance…

Embedded Avionics

Utah AirMed Selects Becker Avionics Digital Audio System

The University of Utah AirMed program has selected the Becker Avionics DVCS6100 digital audio system for its new EC145 air medical helicopter. Becker said the AirMed program selected its multi-channel audio and…

Commercial

BAE Systems to Help Develop US Air Force DDR

Raytheon has selected BAE Systems to assist in developing dismount detection radar (DDR) for the U.S. Air Force. BAE Systems said it would lead the development of the DDR command, control, processing,…

Editor's Note

NextGen Institute Presents Challenges, Potential of NextGen

The NextGen Institute’s annual public meeting brought together top government and industry aviation leaders to discuss the progress of FAA’s implementation of NextGen, and the challenges that lie ahead, though speakers could…

Commercial

Raytheon, U.S. Air Force Complete Test Flights of MALD-J

The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon recently completed four successful test flights of the Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer (MALD-J). Raytheon’s MALD-J adds radar-jamming capability to the basic MALD platform, an air-launched…