Commercial

Boeing Completes X-48C Test Flight

Boeing completed a successful test flight of their remotely piloted X-48C blended wing body aircraft on Tuesday at Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert. The X-48C is a scale model…

Commercial

Insitu Completes First Flight for RQ-21A UAS

Insitu recently completed the first test flight of the RQ-21A unmanned aircraft system (UAS), the company announced Monday.  (RQ-21A UAS) The test flight occurred at an Insitu facility in Oregon as part…

Military

BAE to Provide Avionics Upgrades for South Korea’s F-16s

BAE Systems will provide avionics upgrades for South Korea’s fleet of F-16 aircraft, the company announced Monday. The upgrades will include systems engineering and integration, software and electronics engineering, obsolescence management and…

Commercial

Elbit 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 Modernization

FAA 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…

Commercial

Airbus 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…