ATM ModernizationBoeing Awarded GPS Constellation Contract Extension Boeing will continue modernizing the GPS satellite constellation for up to five more years, extending the company's role in the vital military and civilian navigation network. The U.S. Air Force, which operates…
Business & GAGAMA Sees General Aviation Industry as a 'Mixed Bag' The multi-billion dollar general aviation industry had increases in aircraft shipments and declines in airplane billings in 2012, results that the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) called a “mixed bag." According to…
CommercialBoeing Prepares Phantom Eye UAS for Second Flight Boeing said its liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is progressing towards a second flight, following the completion of a successful taxi test at Edwards Air Force Base last week.…
CommercialCrane to Provide Landing Gear Upgrades for MA60s Chinese airborne equipment supplier Chengdu CAIC Electronics (CAIC) selected Crane Aerospace to provide landing gear indication system upgrades on a fleet of MA60 turboprop aircraft for AVIC Xi’an Aircraft Industry group (AVIC…
CommercialDuncan Aviation Expands in Northwest Lincoln, Neb.-based Duncan Aviation and partner Flightcraft have opened a new avionics repair facility in Portland, Ore. The new shop is Duncan’s 30th satellite facility in the United States. The facility will…
Embedded AvionicsRockwell Collins Signs Agreement with Tata Power Strategic Rockwell Collins and Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division, a system integrator in the Indian defense industry, signed teaming agreement as part of their pursuit of the Indian Air Force Software Defined Radio…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman Flies New Software, Hardware on Global Hawk Northrop Grumman flew a RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft for the first time using open architecture-based command and control software and hardware developed by the company, moving the company one step closer…
ATM ModernizationPorter Airlines Deploys Universal FMSs on Q400 Fleet Canada’s Porter Airlines has deployed Universal Avionics’ UNS-1Ew Flight Management Systems (FMS), which provides Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV)-capability for its all-Bombardier-Q400 operation. Porter replaced UNS-1E FMSs with dual Universal WAAS/SBAS-…