Military Sikorsky Working to Resolve Flight Test Data Link Issues for OPV As Sikorsky continues flight testing of its S-70 Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) Black Hawk in West Palm Beach, Fl., the company said this week that Sikorsky and L3Harris are resolving data link…
Commercial Homeland Security, DoD, Transportation Officials Focus on Aviation Cyber Security The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Pentagon, and the Department of Transportation (DOT) have been working since May to implement the cyber security goals of the National Strategy for Aviation Security,…
Military Raytheon to Integrate Hand-Held Devices on Black Hawks Raytheon has received a $48 million U.S. Army contract to integrate and qualify hand-held devices into platform-mounted WiFi systems secured up to the Secret level, the company said on Oct. 7. Such…
Business & GA Business Aviation Ramping Up ADS-B, but 5,500 Aircraft May Fail to Meet Deadline While the FAA is likely to limit significantly the number of exemptions granted for flights of aircraft without Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (Out) after Jan. 1 next year, nearly 5,500 business aviation aircraft…
Commercial Light Commercial Helicopter Market Fertile for Health Usage Monitoring Systems Lower costs for health usage and monitoring systems (HUMS) make the commercial light helicopter market a fertile field for HUMS makers, like Vermont-based Green Power Mountain Systems (GPMS), Honeywell, and Collins Aerospace.…
Commercial Raytheon Showcases Cyber Anomaly Detection System for Aircraft Raytheon has developed a Cyber Anomaly Detection System (CADS) for aircraft that carry the MIL-STD-1553 data bus, and its commercial counterpart, ARINC-429, company executives said during an Oct. 3 briefing to discuss…
Military L3Harris Touts F/A-18 Avionics Experience After Contract Wins On Oct. 1, L3Harris touted its experience building avionics systems for the U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets a day after the company secured avionics supplier contracts for the aircraft. On…
Commercial Avionics a Significant Part of Airbus Helicopters' Business GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – The world of avionics was a wholly different realm–one of steam gauges–when Vought Helicopters started operations in 1969 with just 17 Alouette II and III helicopters and 43…