Editor's Note

NextGen Troubled?

FAA’s multibillion-dollar Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) has had its share of setbacks in the last few months. From the departure of the FAA’s top official to numerous government reports questioning…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

AIA: Sluggish Economy, Defense Cuts to Hit Aerospace Industry Despite a sluggish overall economy and major cuts looming in the defense sector, the U.S. aerospace industry saw its eighth straight year of…

Business & GA

Slow Ascent

The business aviation industry is bracing for what is forecast to be another slower-than-expected year in 2012, as the national economy struggles to come out of a recession. For the most part,…

Business & GA

Raytheon Awarded U.S. Air Force ADS-B Contract

Raytheon has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force to integrate Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) capability into its suite of APX-119 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders to…

Business & GA

Garmin Unveils Trainer App for GTN 750

Garmin released a trainer app for its GTN 750 GPS/Nav/Comm system for the iPad 2. This trainer, downloadable from the iTunes Store, simulates the behavior of the GTN 750 system interface and…

Commercial

Raytheon Awarded Navy Sonar Contract

Raytheon was awarded an $80.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide 25 AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) systems for the Royal Australian Navy's MH-60R helicopters. The AN/AQS-22 is…