Business & GA

ARINC, Honeywell Sign GX Aviation Agreement

Honeywell has signed an agreement with ARINC Direct to bring Inmarsat's GX Aviation Kz-band solution to the business aviation market. GX Aviation, scheduled to be available in early 2015, will utilize Ka-band…

Commercial

Global Eagle Entertainment Acquires IFE Services Limited

Global Eagle Entertainment, the parent company of Row 44, acquired Travel Entertainment Group Equity Limited, the U.K.-based parent company of IFE Services Limited from GCP Capital Partners LLP for about $36 million…

Embedded Avionics

Northrop Grumman Awarded STC for Air Claw

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…

ATM Modernization

FAA Names New Assistant Administrator for NextGen

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.)…

Commercial

U.S. Army Places Order for Raven UAS

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),…

Commercial

NAVAIR Team Tests GPS Jamming on UAV

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…