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…

Editor's Note

TAG Aviation Selects Lufthansa Systems Navigation Data

Switzerland aircraft charter company TAG Aviation signed a five-year contract with Lufthansa Systems to deploy its navigation data on its Airbus Corporate Jet's flight management systems (FMS). Lufthansa Systems updates the navigation…

Business & GA

TAG Aviation Selects Lufthansa Systems Navigation Data

Switzerland aircraft charter company TAG Aviation signed a five-year contract with Lufthansa Systems to deploy its navigation data on its Airbus Corporate Jet's flight management systems (FMS). Lufthansa Systems updates the navigation…

Commercial

Boeing Inks Unmanned Aircraft Teaming Agreement in UAE

Boeing signed a teaming agreement Monday with Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems Investments (ADASI) to support Boeing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the Middle East. (Debbie Rub, vice president of Boeing's military aircraft…

Embedded Avionics

Rockwell Collins to Provide Avionics for New Piaggio MPA

Italian aircraft manufacturer Piaggio Aero selected Rockwell Collins to develop an integrated avionics system for its new multirole patrol aircraft (MPA). (Piaggio Aero MPA, courtesy Rockwell Collins) Piaggio is developing its new…