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ATM Modernization

FAA Shutdown Drags Into Sixth Day

FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt Construction and technology contractors for airport infrastructure modernization projects have been told to stay home this week as the partial FAA shutdown enters its sixth day. The agency furloughed more…

Business & GA

TTTech Selected for BAE Flight Computer

TTTech, of Austria, said Tuesday it was selected by BAE Systems to provide commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products, based on the Time-Triggered Protocol (TTP), for flight computers in Embraer's  fly-by-wire system, designed for…

Business & GA

Anderson Air Selects EMS Aspire System

Photo courtesy EMS Aviation Vancouver, British Columbia-based Anderson Air has selected the Aspire 200 LG airborne communications system from EMS Aviation for its Cessna Sovereign aircraft. Anderson Air operates the aircraft for a Canadian company.…

Commercial

Sensor-Equipped Global Hawk Completes Flight

Photo courtesy Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman's RQ-4B Block 40 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) completed its first full system flight with the AN/ZPY-2 Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor. The flight…

ATM Modernization

Airbus to Acquire Metron

Airbus will pay an undisclosed sum to acquire Metron Aviation, of Dulles, Va., a provider of air traffic management products and services. The acqusition is expected to be completed later this year.…

Commercial

Rockwell Collins Awarded KC-10 Contract

The U.S. Air Force awarded Rockwell Collins a $160 million contract to provide systems integration and avionics for the KC-10 Communication, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) Cockpit Modernization Program. Under terms of…

Business & GA

Rockwell Collins Unveils PFD

Rockwell Collins on Monday introduced a first touch-control primary flight displays for business jets and turboprop aircraft. The company, which made the announcement at this week's Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., said…

Commercial

TAM Airlines Extends OnAir Agreement

Airbus and SITA joint venture OnAir said Monday it has extended its agreement with Brazilian airline TAM Airlines to install in-flight connectivity systems on its entire long-haul fleet. According to OnAir, the installations…