Editor's NoteEditor’s note: Selling NextGen There has been a subtle, but distinct, shift in the tone of the conversation about the FAA’s NextGen. I’m not sure if it’s the approaching 2020 or 2025 deadlines or if it’s…
Editor's NoteIndustry scan Commercial No Disruption to GPS Any confusion regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) stance on GPS interference was made clear when FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski told reporters that the agency would under…
CommercialRaytheon, Metron, AirDat in Weather Partnership Raytheon has teamed with AirDat LLC, of Lakewood, Colo., and Metron Aviation, of Dulles, Va., to provide a weather system for FAA's Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) weather programs. The companies said the…
Business & GANavy Tests Bio-Fuel-Powered AV-8B Harrier Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) in China Lake, Calif., performed the first bio-fuel flight test in AV-8B Harrier #88 last week in the upper Mojave Desert, the Navy said Friday. After preliminary…
Business & GAVivaAerobus Selects Flight Focus EFB Flight Focus, based in Singapore, will install its Class 3 electronic flight bag, the Flight Focus PLATFORM, onto the fleet of Mexican airline VivaAerobus, the companies announced Wednesday. Flight Focus said the EFB…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Awarded Navy Contract Lockheed Martin was awarded a $16.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy for six spare AN/AAQ-30 target sight systems (TSS) for the AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter, the Navy announced Tuesday. The TSS…
MilitaryBAE Awarded Countermeasures Work BAE Systems received its first Full Rate Production contract, worth $36.7 million, for its ALE-55 Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures subsystem from U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), the company announced Wednesday. "This…
CommercialArmy Places Raven UAS Order AeroVironment, based in Monrovia, Calif., received a $6.9 million order from the U.S. Air Force under an existing contract with the U.S. Army for new digital Raven small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and…