CommercialBoston Engineering to Advance US Air Force UAV Motor Control Capabilities A US Air Force "Reaper" drone takes off at Creech Air Force base in June 2014. Photo: US Air Force/Senior Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo [Avionics Today 08-31-2015] Boston Engineering has won a…
CommercialAirCom Pacific Gains Momentum in IFEC Regional Business Hong Kong Airlines signed an agreement earlier this summer at the Paris Air Show with AirCom Pacific to install IFEC systems on-board Hong Kong Airlines aircraft. Photo: Aero Icarus (Wikimedia) [Avionics Magazine…
Business & GACessna Launches Citation Latitude Deliveries Deliveries of Cessna’s Citation Latitude midsize jet have begun. Photo: Cessna [Avionics Today 08-28-2015] Cessna Aircraft has announced the first deliveries of its newest midsize jet, the Cessna Citation Latitude. Among the…
ATM ModernizationStar Navigation, Spaceon Strike Agreement for Aircraft Tracking Solution [Avionics Today 08-28-2015] Star Navigation Systems and Chengdu Spaceon Technology have struck a formal Cooperation Agreement (CA) to work on a joint tracking product. The formal agreement follows a preliminary framework agreement…
ATM ModernizationKongsberg and Avinor Air Navigation Ink Agreement to Launch Remote ATC Towers Rendering of remote ATC tower. Photo: Kongsberg Defense Systems [Avionics Today 08-28-2015] Norway’s Kongsberg Defense Systems and Avinor Air Navigation Services have entered into an agreement for the supply of remote Air…
Embedded AvionicsLockheed Martin Wins Contract to Modify F-35A CTOL Air System The F-35A Lightning II. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Avionics Today 08-28-2015] The Naval Air Systems Command is awarding Lockheed Martin an $89 million modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the F-35A.…
ATM ModernizationAnalyst, Boeing Confident in Chinese Market [Avionics Today 08-27-2015] While stock market volatility and currency devaluation in China have economists biting their nails, the country’s aviation industry still looks to be on the up in the long term.…
CommercialBoeing Firms Up 777X Configuration Boeing’s 777X aircraft. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 08-27-2015] Boeing has completed the firm configuration milestone for the 777-9, the first member of the 777X family to be developed. Boeing worked with airline…