CommercialThales Announces Flurry of Avionics Contracts easyjet A320. Photo: Thales [Avionics Today 07-11-2016] Thales has revealed it landed contracts for more than 400 Airbus single-aisle aircraft platforms in the last six months for its Flight Management Systems (FMS)…
CommercialUTC Aerospace Sensor Aims to Enhance Global Hawk UAS ISR Global Hawk UAS. Photo: Carla Thomas [Avionics Today 07-11-2016] The U.S. Air Force has awarded UTC Aerospace Systems a contract to support the integration and testing of the MS-177 Multi-Spectral Imaging (MSI)…
CommercialHoneywell, Israel Aerospace Industries to Develop Sense and Avoid Tech for IAI UAS IAI Heron UAS. Photo: SSGT REYNALDO RAMON, USAF [Avionics Today 07-11-2016] Honeywell is partnering with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to jointly develop a sense-and-avoid capability for IAI’s Heron family of Unmanned Aerial…
MilitaryDoD Rolls out Phase II Cost-Cutting Plan for the F-35 F-35 Lightning II. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Avionics Today 07-11-2016] The Department of Defense (DoD) has released two initiatives alongside industry to reduce F-35 Lightning II production and sustainment costs. The first is…
CommercialAnalysts Predict Civil UAS Market Will Explode UAS. Photo: FAA [Avionics Today 07-08-2016] Non-military Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) production will soar from $2.6 billion worldwide in 2016 to $10.9 billion in 2025, a 15.4 percent compound annual growth rate…
MilitaryTextron Launches New Aviation Training Brand [Avionics Today 07-08-2016] Textron has publicly launched a new aviation brand, Textron Airborne Solutions. The new brand, formerly known as Textron Advanced Aviation Training, is developing a live air training business that…
CommercialRockwell Collins Progresses UAS Tech toward Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations Rockwell Collins successfully completed the test flight using The University of Iowa OPL Ferox UAS. Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Today 07-08-2016] Rockwell Collins, in collaboration with The University of Iowa’s Operator Performance…
CommercialA New Boeing ecoDemonstrator Takes Flight [Avionics Today 07-08-2016] Boeing and Embraer have unveiled a new ecoDemonstrator program, which will use an Embraer E170 aircraft as a flying testbed for environmental technologies. The program expands Boeing and Embraer's…