Military Collins Aerospace to Provide Global F-35 Pilot Readiness Center with Dutch Air Force United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace is to provide what the company calls the first global pilot readiness center for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning under an agreement with the Royal Netherlands…
Military Military to Have 2,936 Aircraft with ADS-B (Out) by Jan. 1, Air Force Says The Pentagon will have 2,936 aircraft equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (Out) by the FAA-mandated deadline of Jan. 1, according to the U.S. Air Force, the military service in charge of the…
Air Taxi Embraer Unveils Fixed-Wing Electric Demonstrator Embraer unveiled its fixed-wing, single-engine electric demonstrator aircraft on Aug. 16, as the company seeks to play a part in the reduction of carbon emissions and to become a major force in…
Military Bell 407GXi Receives IFR Certification Required for Navy Trainer Competition About a month after the FAA cleared the Leonardo TH-119 to fly in inclement weather under instrument flight rules (IFR), on Aug. 15 Bell received IFR certification for the 407GXi helicopter, the…
Connectivity US Army Plans Addition of Ka Band for Gray Eagle to Bolster Communications The U.S. Army plans to add Ka-band satellite communications capability for its fleet of General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAVs, the military service said on Aug. 13. General Atomics is to award…
Business & GA Avionics Sales for Business, General Aviation Increase 14 Percent, AEA Says The more than $1.5 billion in sales of avionics for business and general aviation over the first six months of this year represents a 14 percent increase over the first half of…
Military Collins Aerospace to Modernize Pentagon Test Range Systems Collins Aerospace Systems, a division of United Technologies Corp., is set to modernize test range systems for the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army under a $7.6 million Air Force contract vehicle…
ATM Modernization FCC Aims to Streamline Licensing for Small Satellites, Some To Be Used for Aircraft Tracking Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established a new, optional licensing process under Part 25 of FCC regulations for small satellites to speed their fielding for commercial applications—a process that is likely…