CommercialUTC Given New Requirements to Complete Rockwell Collins Acquisition United Technologies Corp. will be required to divest Rockwell Collins’ pneumatic ice protection systems and trimmable horizontal stabilizer actuators (THSAs) businesses to complete its $30 billion acquisition of the avionics maker. The…
MilitaryDEVELOPING: Marine Corps F-35 Crashes in South Carolina An F-35B crashed on Little Barnwell Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina on Friday. This is the first reported crash of an F-35. The Beaufort County Sheriff’s office released a statement noting…
ATM ModernizationEurope’s Aircraft Data Link Service Network is Improving In August, the number of times aircraft flying in European airspace lost connectivity with data-link ground stations dropped to the lowest number since the stations were first implemented. Data reported by the Single…
CommercialCathay Pacific CEO Talks A350-1000's Longest Route Cathay Pacific has begun flying the longest nonstop route in its global network between Washington D.C. and Hong Kong using the first Airbus A350-1000 that has entered service within its fleet. Clocking…
MilitaryNew Crew Mission Station Being Evaluated for Black Hawks The U.S. Army is evaluating a new crew mission station (CMS) for its fleet of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Developed in collaboration with Core Avionics & Industrial Inc. (Core AVI), the Army…
ConnectivityInmarsat, Panasonic to Develop New GX Aviation Terminal Inmarsat and Panasonic Avionics have agreed on a strategic collaboration, for an initial 10-year period, enabling them to combine services to offer broadband in-flight connectivity (IFC) paired with solutions and services to…
CommercialUTC Expects to Close Rockwell Collins Acquisition by October United Technologies Corporation (UTC) CEO Greg Hayes admits that his company’s $30 billion acquisition of Rockwell Collins is taking longer than expected, but the company should officially finish the acquisition process by…
MilitaryMercury Unveils New Board for AI and Machine-Learning Applications Mercury Systems' new computer processing blade has enough processing power and memory storage to support future machine-learning and artificial-intelligence (AI) applications on military avionics. Unveiled at the Air Force Association's 2018 Air, Space…