MilitaryBoeing Awarded Navy T-45 Contract Option Boeing was awarded a $10.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to exercise the option for the procurement of hardware and support associated with the T-45 Required Avionics Modernization Program. This procurement…
CommercialSTARLite Vision Miniaturized Active Electronically-Scanned Array (AESA) radar gives the U.S. Army a wide-area, near-all-weather surveillance sensor for the Grey Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) and the tethered aerostat Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS).…
Business & GASynthetic Vision The key argument for synthetic vision systems (SVS) has always been safety. The technology, which delivers real-time, color 3-D imagery of the terrain outside the aircraft to the pilot, is broadly praised…
ATM ModernizationNew Products iPad App Flight Display Systems, based in Alpharetta, Ga., introduced and installed an Android software application for use with its Select Cabin Management System (CMS). The application allows passengers to control all…
Editor's NotePerspectives: ATM Automation As traffic levels in civil aviation continue to increase, the possibility of keeping up with capacity in Air Traffic Management (ATM) by simply applying “more of the same” is faltering. The antidote,…
ATM ModernizationEditor’s Note: UAS Integration With FAA expected to issue a proposed rule this summer that would govern operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS), work is picking up on a…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan BUSINESS/GA iPad2 Flight Test Jeppesen announced in March that it completed rapid decompression testing of an Apple iPad 2 tablet computer. The test was completed to an altitude of 51,000 feet, proving…
ATM ModernizationPeople Monte Belger Metron Aviation, of Dulles, Va., appointed Monte Belger vice president of Industry Relations. Belger most recently served as vice president of transportation system solutions for Lockheed Martin. Belger worked for…