CommercialOnAir CEO Expects 2013 to Be Big Year in Connectivity Passenger connects onboard Emirates' A380 via OnAir airborne connectivity system. OnAir, a key service provider in the in-flight connectivity arena, is hoping for a banner year in 2013. Ian Dawkins, CEO, OnAir…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman, Cassidian Complete First Euro Hawk Flight Test Northrop Grumman and EADS subsidiary Cassidian conducted the first successful test flight of the Euro Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The six-hour test flight occurred over Germany’s Manching Air Base, and allowed…
CommercialDelta Launches New iPad App Delta Air Lines released its new Fly Delta iPad app, which allows customers on commercial flights to see exactly where the airplane is and how fast it is traveling. The “glass bottom…
CommercialIFE Services to Provide In-Flight Connectivity for TAM Airlines Brazilian carrier TAM Airlines has selected U.K.-based IFE Services to begin providing in-flight entertainment services in March. IFE said it would be providing audiovisual on-demand (AVOD) and overhead systems across TAM Airlines'…
Business & GACessna's Citation M2 Begins Initial Production Cessna said Thursday it has begun the initial production run of its Citation M2 light business jet, with certification on track for second quarter of 2013. Unit 800 is slated for demonstrator…
CommercialU.S. Air Force, Sandia Test UAS Ability to Track Radioactive Particles The U.S. Air Force is teaming up with engineers from Sandia National Laboratories to test the capabilities of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) equipped with radiation sensors to collect airborne radioactive particles for…
CommercialBritish Airways Selects Honeywell’s NextGen System for 747s British Airways has selected Honeywell’s Next Generation flight management system to boost navigation database capacity for its fleet of Boeing 747s. Honeywell said its NextGen system reduces the need for step climbing…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman Selects Telephonics Radar for Fire Scout UAV Northrop Grumman issued a $33 million contract to Telephonics Corp. to develop a multimode maritime radar system for the U.S.Navy’s fleet of MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial vehicles…