Business & GA

ViaSat Earns FAA Certification for Ka-Band Mobile Satellite System

ViaSat’s VR-12 Ka-band satellite antenna system has passed industry standard DO-160G testing to earn FAA and international certification covering electrical and electronic equipment installed on commercial aircraft. The certification also applies to…

Commercial

SOCOM Selects Insitu for MEAUS Contract

The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has awarded Boeing subsidiary Insitu a 26-month Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MEUAS) Intelligence Gathering, Target Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) contract. The contract calls for Insitu to…

Commercial

Thales Expands Avionics Portfolio with Visionix

Thales announced the expansion of its avionics offerings with its new company Thales Visionix. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thales, and the result of Thales’ acquisition of the Helmet Mounted…

ATM Modernization

SITA to Deploy CPDLC Infrastructure in Portugal

Air navigation service provider NAV Portugal has partnered with air transport communications provider SITA to implement the data link infrastructure required to comply with the EU Regulations for the Single European Sky,…

ATM Modernization

FAA Certifies ITT's V-MAT System

FAA has certified the ITT Exelis vehicle movement area transmitter (V-MAT) device as fully compliant with its standards. V-MAT is a device that permits ground vehicles operating on the airport surface to…