Business & GA

Honeywell Sees Flat Aircraft Demand in 2012

Honeywell is forecasting relatively flat growth in business jet deliveries in the next year, with the market still dampened by the sluggish global economy and slower-than-projected demand. In its highly anticipated forecast…

Business & GA

AgustaWestland Selects Pro Line Fusion for AW609

AgustaWestland has selected the Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics suite for its AW609 TitltRotor, marking the first European customer for Pro Line Fusion and the first announced forward-fit application of Rockwell Collins’…

Commercial

Rockwell Collins in COMAC Joint Venture

Rockwell Collins and China Electronics Technology Avionics Co. (CETCA) have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture (JV) to develop and manufacture the communication and navigation systems for the Commercial Aircraft…

Commercial

Insitu to Integrate Kestrel Software into UASs

Sentient, based in Melbourne, Australia, signed a long-term licensing agreement with Boeing subsidiary Insitu to integrate Kestrel land and maritime automated detection software systems into Insitu’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Currently deployed…

ATM Modernization

R³ Engineering Tests ADS-B Functionality on UAS

R³ Engineering, based in Lusby, Md., said Wednesday it executed an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) based, fully autonomous collision avoidance sequence, performed by a sense and avoid system installed on an unmanned…

Military

Raytheon to Upgrade Army Airborne Radios

Raytheon was awarded $51 million to build more airborne radios and continue to modernize future radios for the U.S. Army. The modernization effort includes Phase 3 of the Mobile User Objective Service/Cryptographic…

Commercial

inNigeria to Install FLYHT AFIRS

FLYHT Aerospace Solutions, based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, signed a contract with inNigeria for its Automated Information Reporting System (AFIRS) 228 on five McDonnell Douglas MD-83s. The airline will use AFIRS to…