Business & GAWest Star Aviation Expanding Three U.S. Facilities West Star Aviation is investing $15 million in three of its U.S. facilities this year, as it looks to capitalize on increased demand for its business aviation products. In a statement on Thursday,…
Business & GAVenue CMS Hits Delivery Milestone Rockwell Collins surpassed 250 deliveries of its Venue cabin management and entertainment system for business aircraft, the highest number of HD cabin systems delivered in the business aircraft market segment. Venue, unveiled…
CommercialNOAA Conducts First Ship-Based Unmanned Aircraft Mission The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) conducted its first ship-based unmanned aircraft system (UAS) mission with AeroVironment's Puma UAS. (A Puma Unmanned Aircraft is launched off NOAA ship Nancy Foster.…
Business & GAFlightman Designing EFBs for WestJet's New Regional Subsidiary Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) software developer Flightman has a new contract to provide infrastructure of a Class 2 EFB for WestJet's regional subsidiary, WestJet Encore. Under the contract, Flightman will develop…
CommercialU.S. Navy Launches Unmanned Aircraft From Carrier The U.S. Navy will attempt the first launch of an unmanned aircraft from an aircraft carrier on Tuesday, using Northrop Grumman's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS). (X-47B Unmanned…
CommercialU.S. Air Force to Launch $555 Million Unmanned Modernization Project The U.S. Air Force awarded a $555.6 million contract to Northrop Grumman to modernize its fleet of Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). In a statement, the Department of Defense (DoD)…
ATM ModernizationAirbus to Support PBN Deployment in Central, South America Airbus ProSky has a new agreement with Latin American airline group Avianca and TACA to implement Performance Based Navigation (PBN) procedures at airports in Central and South America. The partnership will…
MilitaryLockheed's JASSM Completes Flight Testing Lockheed Martin completed flight testing of its Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) Extended range for the U.S. Air Force Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) flight testing program. JASSM was successful…