CommercialTelesat to Provide Coverage for Panasonic in Latin America Satellite operator Telesat signed a long-term contract with Panasonic Avionics to provide additional aeronautical broadband service over Latin America. This agreement represents a pre-launch sale for Telesat’s new Anik G1 satellite and…
ATM ModernizationNav Canada Formalizes Participation in Aireon Nav Canada signed an agreement finalizing the terms of its participation in Aireon, a joint venture with Iridium Communications announced in June. The joint venture will be putting automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B)…
Business & GAPiper Incorporates G1000 in Seminole, Archer Models Piper Aircraft is incorporating the Garmin G1000 avionics suite into new twin-engine Piper Seminole and single-engine Piper Archer aircraft models available in 2013. Launch customer for the new Garmin G1000-equipped Pipers is…
CommercialGarmin to Supply Avionics for Northrop Grumman's Firebird Northrop Grumman selected Garmin to supply the avionics suite for the new Firebird, an optionally-piloted vehicle (OPV) designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The Firebird is equipped with a tailored…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman Demonstrates UAS Wireless Technology Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy said Thursday they completed its first shore-based trials of a new wireless, handheld device called a Control Display Unit (CDU) on the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air…
CommercialRaytheon, Air Force Using Ground-Based Sense and Avoid Systems for UAS The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon said Thursday they have conducted concept evaluation demonstrations that show existing air traffic control equipment could be modified to safely track the presence of nearby unmanned…
CommercialThales to Acquire Sysgo AG Thales on Thursday said it will pay an undisclosed sum to acquire Sysgo AG, the German supplier of operating system products, middleware, and software services for the real-time and embedded market. Thales…
CommercialGOL Airlines Selects Rockwell Collins Avionics Brazil’s GOL Airlines has selected the full suite of Rockwell Collins’ advanced avionics, including its GLU-925 Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR) and MultiScan Threat Detection system, for 20 new Boeing 737NGs. Deliveries of GOL’s…