Business & GA

EASA Approves Aspen's H-Series PFDs for R44s

EASA issued a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) to Aspen Avionics for the installation of Evolution H-Series Primary Flight Displays (PFD) in Robinson R44 I and II helicopters.    The STC will allow…

Editor's Note

Sequestered Airspace

Will FAA close 149 air traffic control towers? Considering the number of last-minute sequestration decisions that have occurred over the last six months, your guess is as good as mine. Sequestration took…

Embedded Avionics

Persistence On Patrol

Wide Area Persistent Surveillance (WAPS) systems that image city-size fields of view and instantly search through terabytes of data are moving from combat deployments to commercial services. Vigilant Stare team members Sierra…

ATM Modernization

Aireon, Nav Canada Finalize ATM Contract

Satellite-based global air traffic surveillance provider Aireon finalized a long-term commercial data services contract with Canada's civil air navigation service operator Nav Canada. Aireon is a joint venture between Nav Canada and…

ATM Modernization

Congress Passes Bill to End FAA Furloughs

Congress passed the Reducing Flight Delays Act, a bill that gives FAA authority to use surplus Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funds and other funds to end sequestration-related furloughs of its 47,000 employees.…

ATM Modernization

Raytheon to Provide D-RAPCON Systems for U.S. Air Force

The U.S. Air Force issued a $50.6 million contract to Raytheon to provide 19 deployable air traffic control (D-RAPCON) surveillance systems.      (Raytheon's D-RAPCON. Photo, courtesy of Raytheon.)   Raytheon will…

ATM Modernization

Government, Industry React to Furlough-Fueled Flight Delays

Amid aviation industry and lawmaker protests, FAA's sequestration-related furloughs of air traffic controllers began this week, resulting in flight delays at some of the nation's busiest airports.  FAA said this week's furloughs…