Embedded AvionicsParis: Lockheed, CAE form F-35 Lightning II Training Alliance Lockheed Martin on the first day of the 2013 Paris Air Show signed an agreement with Quebec-based CAE, designating the flight training company as a preferred in-country provider of F-35 training support. …
ATM ModernizationNorthrop Grumman to Build Caribbean Ground-to-Air Communications System Park Air Systems, Northrop Grumman's U.K.-based air traffic management subsidiary, has a new agreement with Dutch Caribbean Air Navigation Service Provider (DC-ANSP) to build a ground-to-air communications system for the Curacao Flight Information Region. …
CommercialAirbus Completes A350 XWB Maiden Flight Airbus completed the maiden flight on Friday with its new twin-engine wide-body aircraft, the A350 XWB. The first flight was completed about two weeks ahead of the airframe manufacturer's deadline, lasting four hours…
Embedded AvionicsSaudi Arabia Selects LONGBOW FCRs for Apaches The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, received a $90.6 million contract to provide Saudi Arabia with LONGBOW Fire Control Radars (FCR) for the AH-64…
Business & GAParis Air Show 2013 Preview Hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected at Le Bourget airfield next week for the 50th annual International Paris Airshow, bringing together commercial and military aircraft and technology displays. Avionics Magazine has…
CommercialNAVAIR Advances RQ-21A Flight Testing The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on Wednesday conducted the first east coast flight with Insitu's RQ-21A unmanned aircraft system (UAS) at its Patuxent River, Md., base. (RQ-21A takes its…
CommercialFAA Proposes New Landings Aided by Flight Vision Systems FAA is proposing a new landing procedure for operators using aircraft equipped with Enhanced Flight Vision Systems (EFVS), in an effort to increase access and throughput at airports when low visibility conditions…
Editor's NoteIDENT, Quicksilver Partner for GT-500 Surveillance Upgrades Quicksilver's GT-500 aircraft will receive some surveillance upgrades beginning this fall, the result of the manufacturer's new partnership with Jacksonville, Fla.-based aerial intelligence company IDENT. (IDENT/Quicksilver Mosquito GT-500 Patrolling the…