MilitaryBAE 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…
CommercialThales Sells Civil Fixed-Wing Flight Simulation Business to L-3 Thales on Tuesday said it has completed the sale of its civil fixed-wing flight simulation business to L-3 Communications for approximately $130 million. “The business, which is now known as L-3 Link…
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…
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…
CommercialUAVs Flying in the NAS Until recently, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) were strictly used for military and defense applications, but that is quickly changing. The FAA re-authorization bill paves the way for UAVs to fly into new…
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