ATM Modernization

Babbitt Resigns

Michael Huerta FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt resigned on Tuesday, following a weekend arrest in Fairfax, Va., for driving under the influence of alcohol. According to a statement posted to the FAA Website on Tuesday, Babbitt, who…

Business & GA

Lockheed Martin Awarded TSS Contracts

Lockheed Martin received two contracts totaling $30.6 million from the Naval Surface Warfare Center for the Target Sight System (TSS), the fire control system for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Cobra attack…

Embedded Avionics

Elbit Systems Awarded HUD Contract

Elbit Systems of America, was awarded a five-year, $38.5 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Defense Logistics Agency-Ogden for Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) Electronic Module Assemblies (EMA) for all U.S.…

ATM Modernization

Cobham EFIS Awarded STC for LPV Approaches

Cobham’s Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) received FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) amendments for hundreds of aircraft to provide Localizer Precision with Vertical Navigation (LPV) approach capability. Hardware and software required for…

Commercial

Sagem Patroller UAS Completes Flight Tests

Sagem on Thursday said its Patroller long-endurance surveillance unmanned aircraft system (UAS) completed a series of flight tests in France. The tests, which took place at the Istres air force base in…

Embedded Avionics

Keep One Eye Out

Stealthy, smart and sensor-rich, the F-35 Lightning II is the first tactical fighter with an all-round infrared visionics system that enables pilots to see through their own aircraft to track missile threats,…

Commercial

Battery Testing

Aircraft batteries, like the batteries in our personal electronic devices, deteriorate over time and with use. Various tests must be performed to determine if the battery systems are still capable of performing…

Embedded Avionics

Databus

Even as they deploy networks on new aircraft to support high-speed systems, aircraft designers are increasingly looking at Mil-Std-1553 databus technologies to support their mission critical systems. This interest in the old,…