CommercialGE Aviation Acquires Austin Digital GE Aviation acquired Austin Digital, a privately owned, Texas-based supplier of flight operations data analysis, which is designed to "strengthen GE's services offerings with integrated solutions for aviation customers around the world,"…
MilitaryRaytheon Hits F/A-18E/F Avionics Milestones F/A-18F Super Hornet Raytheon has achieved important milestones on three F/A-18E/F related programs -- for the radars and electronic warfare and targeting systems, the company said Monday. Raytheon recently delivered the 300th…
CommercialMarines Approve Deployment Extension for K-MAX Cargo UAS For the second time this year, the U.S. Marine Corps has approved the deployment extension of K-MAX Cargo UAS, Lockheed Martin said Wednesday. Earlier this year, the Marine Corps requested the aircraft,…
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…
Embedded AvionicsBoeing Integrates Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System on Silent Eagle Boeing's Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System II/hon its F-15 Silent Eagle demonstrator aircraft. Boeing recently validated the integration of the next-generation Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System II/h (JHMCS II/h) on…
Business & GAAstronics Buys Max-Viz Astronics on Tuesday said it will acquire privately-held Max-Viz, a developer and designer of Enhanced Vision Systems (EVS) for fixed and rotary wing aircraft, for $10 million in cash. Additional purchase consideration…