Military

Raytheon 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…

Business & GA

Astronics 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…

Commercial

X-47B UCAS Demonstrator Completes Flight Test

The Northrop Grumman-built X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completed its historic first flight from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The 36-minute flight – the first for the tailless, strike-fighter-sized…

Business & GA

Curtiss-Wright to Supply ADAUs for Primus Apex

Curtiss-Wright Controls received a contract from Honeywell to provide Advanced Data Acquisition Units (ADAU) for use on its Primus Apex Integrated Flight Deck. The Curtiss-Wright Controls products will provide the conversion of…

Business & GA

Avidyne, MIT to Study ADS-B

Avidyne and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were awarded a $4 million, three-year grant to study Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) under the FAA's Airborne Traffic Situational Awareness with Alerts (TSAA) program.…

ATM Modernization

Europe ANSPs Gear Up for Olympics

Eric Bruneau, director operations of the French Direction Service Navigation Aerienne, and Chris Stadler, head of operations Maastricht UAC, observe operations at the FABEC Olympic cell in Maastricht, the Netherlands. With the London…