Editor's Note

‘Sunny’ Days in Paris

The champagne corks have been popped, billion-dollar deals signed and aircraft orders have been finalized. Another Paris Air Show in the books. And after all of that, the aviation industry is celebrating…

Editor's Note

Industry Scan

AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Grizzle Tapped for ATO FAA’s Chief Counsel David Grizzle has been tapped to lead the agency’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO), Administrator Randy Babbitt announced July 7. Grizzle will replace…

Commercial

Sharing the Sky

The payoff of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for military, law enforcement and scientific missions is constrained by the airspace they can share with manned aircraft. As of May 2011, one Broad Area…

Business & GA

Q&A: Honeywell Defense and Space

After a decade of fighting overseas wars, the U.S. defense industry is undergoing some downsizing. Pentagon officials have declared the need for belt-tightening as it draws down troops from Afghanistan and Iraq.…

Commercial

Sensor Payloads

There is no shortage of diversity in the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) market. There are UASs the size of Boeing 737s and handheld systems that weigh less than a pound. Most of…

Editor's Note

People

Mike Opheim Satcom Direct, of Satellite Beach, Fla., named Mike Opheim vice president of business aviation sales. Opheim brings with him nearly 30 years of experience in business aviation, with most of…

Editor's Note

Calendar

August 16-19 Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Unmanned Systems North America, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. Visit www.auvsi.org. 16-21 MAKS 2011 International Aviation & Space Salon, Zhukovsky, Moscow Region,…

Embedded Avionics

BAE to Provide Flight Controls for KC-390

Embraer and the Brazilian air force selected BAE Systems to provide flight control electronics for the KC-390. Under the contract, BAE Systems will supply flight control computers and actuator control electronics. “This…