Editor's NoteEditor's Note: Return of the 'Drones' It’s tough to be a manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems these days. Not only are they facing regulatory hurdles to the Congressional mandate to integrate unmanned systems into the National…
CommercialPegasus Airlines Selects Honeywell's IntuVue Radar System Honeywell’s IntuVue 3-D Weather Radar Hazard Display Update V1.0 has been selected by Turkish discount carrier Pegasus Airlines. Pegasus Airlines’ selection of the upgrade brings new features, including hail and lightning prediction…
Business & GAWorkhorse in Glass Carson Helicopters in Perkasie, Pa., rebuilds Sikorsky H-3s and S-61s for the State Department and commercial operators. The company holds 29 STCs for S-61 improvements. Carson Helicopters in Perkasie, Pa., has a…
ATM ModernizationHuerta: Air Traffic Controllers Will Be Furloughed Under Sequestration FAA Administrator Michael Huerta told the House Subcommittee on Aviation on Wednesday his agency cannot avoid furloughing its employees under its $600 million in automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect this…
CommercialChina Eastern Airlines Selects Honeywell Avionics Systems Honeywell has extended its strategic partnership with China Eastern Airlines, signing a series of agreements to provide avionics products for 58 new Boeing 737NGs, scheduled to be delivered over the next five…
CommercialL-3 Link Updates A380 Simulator L-3 Link’s Crawley, U.K.-based operation has updated a Lufthansa flight training A380 simulator to the latest Airbus 1.3 product baseline. The updates focused on the simulator’s aircraft systems, avionics and flight aero…
Business & GAAstronics EVS System Approved for Bell Helicopters in China Astronics’s Max-Viz-1500 enhanced vision system received approval by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for retrofit installation in Bell B206B/206L-4/407 helicopters. “Astronics concurs with Bell Helicopter’s assessment that China will be…
CommercialBoeing’s Phantom Eye Flies Higher, Longer in Second Flight Boeing’s Phantom Eye unmanned aircraft system (UAS) made its second flight Monday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (Boeing Phantom Eye. Photo, courtesy of Boeing.) The liquid-hydrogen powered UAS climbed to an…
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