The Chinese Aeronautical Radio Electronics Research Institute (CARERI) selected Barco’s 15.4-inch display head for integration into the cockpit of COMAC’s C919 commercial airliner series. The first display heads are scheduled for delivery…
AeroVironment introduced a series of enhancements to its RQ-20A Puma AE small unmanned aircraft system that include new features and capabilities. Enhancements include the advanced propulsion system and smart battery technology; precision…
Photo courtesy Northop Grumman FAA issued a multiuse supplemental type certificate (STC) to Northrop Grumman's Air Claw, Quest KODIAK 100-based short take-off and landing aircraft. The multiuse STC validates the quality of design and integration…
Sequestration and its impacts on the defense industry are here to stay and will dampen defense spending in the near term, according to Rockwell Collins President and CEO Kelly Ortberg. In announcing…
FAA on Thursday named retired Air Force Major General Edward L. Bolton Jr. as the new assistant administrator for NextGen, Avionics Magazine has learned. (Edward L. Bolton Jr. Photo, courtesy of Department of Defense.)…
AeroVironment received a $13.5 million order from the United States Army. The order – the final portion of a contract valued at $59.6 million – includes RQ-11B Raven unmanned aircraft systems (UAS),…
Researchers from Harvard have teamed up with Aurora Flight Sciences to use their optionally piloted aircraft (OPA), the Centaur, to measure carbon isotopes on melting permafrost in Alaska. The research team is…
The Navy’s Communications and GPS Navigation Program Office (PMW/A 170) mounted a Small Antenna System on an Aerostar UAV then placed it in a room lined with signal-absorbent material, where it was…