CommercialBrazilian Black Hawks to Receive Avionics Upgrades The Brazilian Air Force fleet will begin receiving support from Pacific Avionics for its fleet of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, the company said Monday. (Brazilian AF Major Solano - Black…
CommercialOEMs Compete to Develop Navy's First UCLASS Aircraft The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) issued four $15 million Preliminary Design Review (PDR) contracts to Boeing, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman seeking to develop a carrier-based unmanned aircraft system…
CommercialPoll: Americans Support UAS for Search and Rescue Missions The majority of Americans support the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for search and rescue and border patrol missions, but also have privacy concerns with the use of UAS by local…
ATM ModernizationVietnam Airport Deploys New Air Traffic System Air Traffic controllers at Ho Chi Minh City International Airport in Vietnam began using a new advanced surface movement guidance and control system (A-SMGCS) recently, the A3000 from Saab subsidiary HITT. …
CommercialLAN Begins Flight Testing New Thales IFE System South American carrier LAN Airlines recently began testing a new in-flight connectivity system from Thales on an Airbus A320. The system, TopSeries AVA, is being flight tested on an Airbus…
ATM ModernizationFAA to Launch NASA's Delay Reducing Air Traffic Software NASA recently presented the prototype software to FAA for a tool designed to help air traffic controllers reduce delays. The software, called the Precision Departure Release Capability (PDRC), has automation features…
CommercialAUVSI Unmanned Systems 2013: Countdown to Integration Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) manufacturers, government officials and major aerospace company executives were focused on the future of the unmanned industry, and the safe integration of UAS into the National Airspace System…
CommercialGlobal Eagle, Chinasatcom Sign In-Flight Infrastructure Agreement Satellite-based Wi-Fi provider Global Eagle signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly develop the necessary infrastructure to support Chinese airlines, as they begin to increase access to in-flight Wi-Fi for commercial…