ATM Modernization

Speed Up ATM Modernizations, Boeing, CANSO Say

Boeing and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization (CANSO) on Wednesday called for the aviation industry to speed up the pace of air traffic management modernizations by taking advantage of existing aircraft…

Military

Northrop Grumman, PSS Sign Sensor Integration Agreement

Northrop Grumman has signed a teaming agreement with Persistent Surveillance Systems (PSS), of Dayton, Ohio, to integrate and support PSS's family of sensors into commercial derivative special mission aircraft to include wide…

Commercial

Insitu to Supply ScanEagle to the Netherlands

Insitu, based in Bingen, Wash., signed a contract to deliver its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to the Netherlands to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) for the Ministry of Defense (MOD). The Netherlands…

Military

ARINC Completes Work on C-130H for Indonesia

ARINC completed an extensive Programmed Depot Maintenance (PDM) project on a C-130H Hercules transport aircraft for the Indonesian Air Force, the company said Monday. Following months of significant structural and systems repair…

Military

Northrop Grumman Awarded LAIRCM Contract

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $334 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) systems and support. LAIRCM systems automatically detect a missile launch,…

Commercial

Boeing Phantom Eye Conducts Medium-Speed Taxi Test

Boeing's Phantom Eye high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle has conducted its first medium-speed taxi test. The hydrogen-powered aircraft is designed for persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and communications.…

Military

Navy's eCASS Completed Critical Design Review

The Navy said its electronic Consolidated Automated Support System (eCASS), aviation-support equipment took a major step forward this month, completing its Critical Design Review (CDR). The automatic test system is designed to…