CommercialElbit Systems has new Latin American UAS Contract Elbit Systems was awarded a two-year multimillion dollar contract for a mixed fleet of their Hermes 900 and Hermes 450 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from a Latin America customer, the company said Sunday.…
ATM ModernizationFAA Investigates Air Traffic Incident at DCA FAA safety officials are investigating a miscommunication between air traffic controllers (ATC) that lead to three aircraft flying too close to each other near Ronald Reagan Airport on Tuesday. The incident occurred…
CommercialAirbus Activates A350 XWB Flight Deck Airbus has powered up the XWB MSN1 flight deck for the first time for electrical testing on its A350 passenger jet. The France-based manufacturer’s XWB flight deck has six interchangeable displays. The…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: Media Socially It’s been a little more than a decade since I left journalism school. It was 2001, and it was a simpler time — a tweet was a sound a bird made, tablets…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Boeing, Air Force Keeping a Close Eye on KC-46A Tanker Avionics Integrating commercial and military avionics into the U.S. Air Force’s new KC-46A aerial refueling tanker will be a significant challenge, so…
CommercialProving Payloads A Block II Apache Longbow takes off at Dugway’s Michael Army Airfield as a Shadow unmanned aircraft is readied for flight. The aircraft were linked during at the Manned Unmanned System Integration…
CommercialProduct Focus: Sensor Payloads Last year, Northrop Grumman Firebird intelligence-gathering air system successfully used three different high-definition video sensors and an electronics support payload all at the same time. Facing tight budgets and a military operation…
ATM ModernizationAEEC Wrap-Up Hundrends of aviation professionals convened in Anchorage, Alaska, at the AEEC General Session and AMC Open Forum in May to adopt new ARINC standards and discuss maintenance issues. The 612 aviation professionals…