CommercialFAA Launches Online Forum for Unmanned Aircraft Privacy Discussion FAA said it will hold an online public engagement forum Wednesday April 3, to allow public comments regarding the privacy policy being drafted to regulate the introduction of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)…
CommercialNPCA Study Advocates for Exploring Civilian, Commercial Use of UAS The integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the national airspace system (NAS) by FAA’s 2015 deadline has the potential to create jobs and new technological applications for the civilian, commercial and…
Embedded AvionicsU.S. Navy Selects Northrop Grumman for CAINS II The U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command selected Northrop Grumman for a $13.2 million contract to provide logistics and support for the AN/ASN-139 Carrier Aircraft Inertial Navigation System (CAINS II). The AN/ASN-139 CAINS…
Business & GAAEA Reports 2012 GA Avionics Sales of Nearly $6.3 Billion The Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) released its first ever avionics market report on Tuesday, showing total avionics sales of nearly $6.3 billion in 2012 for the general aviation industry. AEA said the…
CommercialSouth African Airways Selects Rockwell Collins Avionics for A320s South African Airways (SAA) will deploy a full suite of Rockwell Collins avionics on 20 new Airbus A320s. Rockwell Collins said the African carrier selected communications, surveillance, navigation avionics as well as…
ATM ModernizationAeroflex Adds WAAS LPV Simulation to Portable GPS System Aeroflex announced a new feature for its GPSG-1000 Portable GPS Simulator, the ability to simulate Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) Localizer Performance with Virtual Guidance (LPV) runway approaches. FAA originally introduced WAAS…
ATM ModernizationFreeFlight, Aspen Partner to Develop ADS-B Solutions FreeFlight Systems announced a new partnership with Aspen Avionics to develop automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) systems. The new line of ADS-B systems will be distributed under the Aspen brand. The two companies…
CommercialUS Airways Approves New Cargo Tracking System US Airways has approved a new airborne asset tracking system, the SENTRY FlightSafe system from OnAsset Intelligence (OnAsset). FlightSafe is a cellular-based sensing device that includes sensors for temperature, humidity, pressure and…