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…

Commercial

ARINC, LOT Polish Airlines in Data Link Contract

LOT Polish Airlines have chosen ARINC’s GLOBALink ACARS data link program to provide the airline data for its new Boeing 787 Dreamliners. LOT Polish Airlines is the flag carrier of Poland and…

Business & GA

UTC to Supply Camera Payload for Saab Skeldar UAS

UTC Aerospace Systems has received a contract to supply Cloud Cap Technology TASE400 stabilized camera payloads for maritime operations on Saab's Skeldar unmanned aerial system (UAS). The company said units supplied by…

Business & GA

IFE Revenue Forecast to Double by 2020

Increasing demand for air transport is expected to lend momentum to the global in-flight entertainment and connectivity market as airlines try to differentiate and gain a competitive advantage, according to an analysis…

Military

Lockheed Martin Showcases Transformer UAS

Lockheed Martin and Piasecki Aircraft are in phase three of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract to develop a prototype of what could be the next generation of unmanned military…

Commercial

AeroVironment Flies Solar-Powered Version of Puma UAS

AeroVironment recently completed a nine-hour test flight with a solar-powered variant of its Puma small unmanned aircraft system (UAS).    The Puma was equipped with Gallium Arsenide efficiency solar cells from Alta…

Embedded Avionics

Korean Apaches to Receive Night Vision Upgrades

South Korea's fleet of AH-64E Apache military attack helicopters are receiving night vision upgrades, under terms of a $223 million contract with Lockheed Martin.    (Lockheed's M-TADS/PNVS system. Photo, courtesy of Lockheed…