Embedded AvionicsBoeing B-52 CONECT Upgrade Successful Boeing successfully completed an evaluation flight of the B-52 Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) interphone system earlier this month, according to the manufacturer. The six-hour flight from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.,…
CommercialJapan Airlines to Deploy Thales IFE System Japan Airlines has taken delivery of the first of five Boeing 767-300ER Domestic aircraft with the Thales TopSeries In-Flight Entertainment System onboard, the companies announced Friday. The aircraft has a total of…
CommercialAir China Introduces Thales IFE in Fleet Air China introduced into revenue service the first of its 15 Boeing 777s equipped with the Thales TopSeries in-flight entertainment systems onboard, Thales announced Friday. The aircraft has a total of 311…
CommercialBoeing Demonstrates UAS Communications Boeing on Tuesday said it demonstrated its newest narrowband communications relay aboard two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) -- an Insitu ScanEagle and a portable AeroVironment Puma All Environment (AE). According to Boeing,…
CommercialRockwell Collins on MAV6 Airship Project The U.S. Air Force awarded the $86.2 million Blue Devil Block II development contract to MAV6, of Alexandria, Va., a defense technology company, who chose Rockwell Collins to equip the airship with…
ATM ModernizationARINC Awarded Eurocontrol Contract ARINC was awarded the contract to provide Eurocontrol with a test system to validate the functioning of VDL Mode 2 (VDL2) avionics in a multi-frequency environment. ARINC’s validation system will be installed…
CommercialLockheed Martin Develops Rugged Stalker UAS Lockheed Martin developed a ruggedized version of its Stalker Unmanned Air System (UAS), called the Stalker eXtreme Endurance (XE) UAS. The company said the Stalker XE system has a flight endurance time…
CommercialAAI UAS, AME Unmanned Systems Form Alliance AME Unmanned Systems, a ChandlerMay company, and AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), an operating unit of Textron Systems, have entered into a strategic alliance agreement regarding unmanned systems development, the companies announced…