CommercialRockwell Collins Introduces GPC-3000 UAS Computer Rockwell Collins on Wednesday introduced the GPC-3000 small mission computer at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems (AUVSI) conference in Las Vegas. The GPC-3000 has enough computational horsepower to host a variety…
CommercialBoeing Completes X-48C Test Flight Boeing completed a successful test flight of their remotely piloted X-48C blended wing body aircraft on Tuesday at Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert. The X-48C is a scale model…
Embedded AvionicsBluFi Offers Passenger Airport Tracking System A passenger tracking system from from Amor Group allows airports to better manage flows of people before they board the aircraft. BluFi, the Glasgow, Scotland-based Amor Group’s airport passenger tracking system, combines…
CommercialNLR to Open First Training Center in Europe for UAS Operators The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) of the Netherlands said it has initiated the first training center in Europe for operators of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). In collaboration with the University of Tilburg,…
CommercialInsitu Completes First Flight for RQ-21A UAS Insitu recently completed the first test flight of the RQ-21A unmanned aircraft system (UAS), the company announced Monday. (RQ-21A UAS) The test flight occurred at an Insitu facility in Oregon as part…
MilitaryBAE to Provide Avionics Upgrades for South Korea’s F-16s BAE Systems will provide avionics upgrades for South Korea’s fleet of F-16 aircraft, the company announced Monday. The upgrades will include systems engineering and integration, software and electronics engineering, obsolescence management and…
CommercialThales Sells Civil Fixed-Wing Flight Simulation Business to L-3 Thales on Tuesday said it has completed the sale of its civil fixed-wing flight simulation business to L-3 Communications for approximately $130 million. “The business, which is now known as L-3 Link…
CommercialElbit Systems has new Latin American UAS Contract Elbit Systems was awarded a two-year multimillion dollar contract for a mixed fleet of their Hermes 900 and Hermes 450 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from a Latin America customer, the company said Sunday.…