Embedded AvionicsSoftware: Avionics About-FACE? In the name of portability, interoperability and economy in military avionics, U.S. Navy and Army aviation honchos, together with a growing number of vendors, have announced a new software standard they wish…
Business & GATraining: Bring Back the Magic What is the best method for training competent, safe airline pilots? This debate rages in an industry preparing for explosive growth in world pilot demand, fleet size and passenger traffic. Boeing’s long-term…
ATM ModernizationPeople Jana Murphy Saab Sensis, based in Syracuse, N.Y., named Jana Murphy chief of its Washington, D.C., operations. Murphy will be responsible for leading the company’s government, legislative and industry affairs. Murphy has…
Editor's NoteNorthrop Grumman, L-3 MAS to Design Polar Hawk UAS for Canada Northrop Grumman and L-3 MAS will produce a variant of the Northrop Grumman-produced Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for Canada for surveillance missions on the country’s arctic territories.…
ATM ModernizationReport: SBAS, GBAS Market Worth $6 Billion Worldwide A new report from ATC Global pegs the emerging global satellite- and ground-based augmentation market at more than $6 billion as the market shifts to more integrated and automated air traffic management…
ATM ModernizationITT Exelis to Provide Flight Tracking Data for ERAU Research Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) and ITT Exelis entered into a licensing agreement for Exelis to provide its real-time, integrated Next Generation flight-tracking data for the university’s academic research and analysis. “The agreement…
Business & GAFTG to Supply Cockpit Control Panels for C919 Firan Technology Group (FTG), based in Toronto, will supply cockpit control panels to SAVIC, based in Shanghai, China, for the C919 aircraft, under terms of a letter of intent (LOI) announced Tuesday.…
Business & GAButler National Awarded STC for Garmin GTN Navigators Butler National, based in Olathe, Kan., received a FAA supplemental type certificate to install the Garmin GTN series of Navigators. The initial installation is for dual GTN 750 Navigators in a Lear 24B.…