CommercialNorthrop Grumman Delivers Second BACN Global Hawk to U.S. Air Force Northrop Grumman delivered a second Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) equipped with the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) to the U.S. Air Force. The BACN uses a suite of computers and…
Business & GARockwell Collins Tests Touch-Screen PFDs on Pro Line Fusion Rockwell Collins on Wednesday said it began flight testing for its latest configuration of Pro Line Fusion avionics suite, featuring touch-screen primary flight displays. The tests are taking place on the company’s…
CommercialInsitu to Integrate Kestrel Software into UASs Sentient, based in Melbourne, Australia, signed a long-term licensing agreement with Boeing subsidiary Insitu to integrate Kestrel land and maritime automated detection software systems into Insitu’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Currently deployed…
ATM ModernizationR³ Engineering Tests ADS-B Functionality on UAS R³ Engineering, based in Lusby, Md., said Wednesday it executed an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) based, fully autonomous collision avoidance sequence, performed by a sense and avoid system installed on an unmanned…
MilitaryRaytheon to Upgrade Army Airborne Radios Raytheon was awarded $51 million to build more airborne radios and continue to modernize future radios for the U.S. Army. The modernization effort includes Phase 3 of the Mobile User Objective Service/Cryptographic…
CommercialinNigeria to Install FLYHT AFIRS FLYHT Aerospace Solutions, based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, signed a contract with inNigeria for its Automated Information Reporting System (AFIRS) 228 on five McDonnell Douglas MD-83s. The airline will use AFIRS to…
CommercialElbit to Provide Apache Block III Mission Processor Upgrade Boeing has awarded Elbit Systems of America a five-year $17.5 million contract to redesign and upgrade the AH-64D mission processor for the U.S. Army fleet of Apache Block III helicopters. The Block…
MilitaryLockheed Martin, DCMA Complete C-5M Super Galaxy Production Flight Lockheed Martin and the Defense Contract Management Agency have completed the first C-5M Super Galaxy production joint acceptance flight. The joint acceptance flight is expected to reduce total delivery time by two…