Rich Abott, Author at Avionics International

AI & Autonomy

Boeing Expanding Effort To Autonomously Inspect Aircraft - July 28

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Using small third-party drones for high-resolution imaging and its own artificial intelligence-based software algorithms, Boeing is expanding an effort to speed the inspection of military aircraft exteriors and increase readiness while…

Editor's Note

Sikorsky Receives GE’s New T901 Engines For Integration On Black Hawk - July 28

Sikorsky has received the first two GE Aerospace T901 new Army helicopter engines that will be integrated onto the UH-60M Black Hawk to support modernization efforts, the companies said on Thursday. The…

Editor's Note

Marine Corps Commandant Says MQ-9 Has Cloaking Pod

The commandant of the Marine Corps Tuesday said the service’s MQ-9 Reaper drones have an electronic warfare pod that makes it “mostly undetectable” to opponent radars. “What they bring with them is…

Military

Vice President of Kansas Company Pleads Guilty to Crimes Related to Scheme to Illegally Export U.S. Avionics Equipment to Russia and Russian End Users - July 11, U.S. Justice Department

Douglas Edward Robertson, 56, of Olathe, Kansas, the former vice president of KanRus Trading Company Inc., pleaded guilty today for his role in a years-long conspiracy to circumvent U.S. export laws by…

Editor's Note

GE Teams with NASA on Hybrid-electric Passport Engine - AIN, June 20

GE Aerospace is working with NASA to modify the company’s Passport 20 engine with hybrid-electric components to test under the NASA Hybrid thermally Efficient Core project that aims to reduce fuel burn,…

Editor's Note

MagniX Enters Energy Storage Race with Samson Batteries - AIN, June 25

MagniX, a U.S. electric propulsion systems developer, revealed plans to produce the new lithium-ion Samson range of batteries for aviation applications, AIN reported. The new batteries are expected to deliver an energy…

Editor's Note

Airbus Study: Fleet Upgrades Motivated by Sustainability, SAF - AIN, June 25

An Airbus business unit commissioned a study that found 79 percent of senior U.S. business executives from companies that lease or own private jets see sustainability and sustainable fuels as a top…

Military

Army Plans To Field More Than 1,000 Switchblade 600 Attack Drones For Replicator

The Army plans to buy and field more than a thousand Switchblade 600 loitering munitions over the next year for the Pentagon’s Replicator initiative, a senior service official has said. Gen. James…

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AI & Autonomy

Boeing Expanding Effort To Autonomously Inspect Aircraft - July 28

Editor's Note

Sikorsky Receives GE’s New T901 Engines For Integration On Black Hawk - July 28

Editor's Note

Marine Corps Commandant Says MQ-9 Has Cloaking Pod

Military

Vice President of Kansas Company Pleads Guilty to Crimes Related to Scheme to Illegally Export U.S. Avionics Equipment to Russia and Russian End Users - July 11, U.S. Justice Department

Editor's Note

GE Teams with NASA on Hybrid-electric Passport Engine - AIN, June 20

Editor's Note

MagniX Enters Energy Storage Race with Samson Batteries - AIN, June 25

Editor's Note

Airbus Study: Fleet Upgrades Motivated by Sustainability, SAF - AIN, June 25

Military

Army Plans To Field More Than 1,000 Switchblade 600 Attack Drones For Replicator