Commercial Rockwell Collins in COMAC Joint Venture Rockwell Collins and China Electronics Technology Avionics Co. (CETCA) have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture (JV) to develop and manufacture the communication and navigation systems for the Commercial Aircraft…
Commercial Insitu to Integrate Kestrel Software into UASs Sentient, based in Melbourne, Australia, signed a long-term licensing agreement with Boeing subsidiary Insitu to integrate Kestrel land and maritime automated detection software systems into Insitu’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Currently deployed…
ATM Modernization R³ Engineering Tests ADS-B Functionality on UAS R³ Engineering, based in Lusby, Md., said Wednesday it executed an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) based, fully autonomous collision avoidance sequence, performed by a sense and avoid system installed on an unmanned…
Commercial Obama, Romney Address Sequestration With less than two weeks remaining until the presidential election, the candidates addressed the issue of sequestration on Monday, saying they both would like to see that scenario avoided, but offered little…
Commercial Northrop Grumman Delivers Second BACN Global Hawk to U.S. Air Force Northrop Grumman delivered a second Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) equipped with the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) to the U.S. Air Force. The BACN uses a suite of computers and…
Business & GA Rockwell Collins Tests Touch-Screen PFDs on Pro Line Fusion Rockwell Collins on Wednesday said it began flight testing for its latest configuration of Pro Line Fusion avionics suite, featuring touch-screen primary flight displays. The tests are taking place on the company’s…
Military Raytheon to Upgrade Army Airborne Radios Raytheon was awarded $51 million to build more airborne radios and continue to modernize future radios for the U.S. Army. The modernization effort includes Phase 3 of the Mobile User Objective Service/Cryptographic…
Commercial inNigeria to Install FLYHT AFIRS FLYHT Aerospace Solutions, based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, signed a contract with inNigeria for its Automated Information Reporting System (AFIRS) 228 on five McDonnell Douglas MD-83s. The airline will use AFIRS to…