ATM ModernizationFAA, EU Sign NextGen Research Agreement FAA and the European Union formally signed an agreement Thursday to work together on research related to air traffic service to aircraft flying between the United States and Europe. The agreement, signed…
ConnectivityEMS Awarded RC-12 Satcom Contract EMS Defense & Space (D&S), a division of EMS Technologies, received a contract from SAIC to provide an X-band SATCOM antenna system for the RC-12, the U.S. military version of the Super…
CommercialGestair Cargo to Use Lufthansa Nav Charts The Spanish cargo airline Gestair Cargo has selected Lido/RouteManual navigation charts from Lufthansa Systems, the companies announced Thursday. The charts, which are generated from the Lido navigation database, include true-to-scale geographic information such…
MilitaryBAE to Supply V-22 Weapons System Photo courtesy NAVAIR BAE Systems will provide the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) a defensive weapon system for NAVAIR’s V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, under a $14 million contract awarded Tuesday. The system is…
ATM ModernizationNorthrop Grumman in Greece ATM Contract Northrop Grumman's Europe-based air traffic management subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, is providing its Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) for Greece's Thessaloniki International Airport. Under the contract awarded…
ATM ModernizationEditor’s Note: Equipage Tasking The next few months could be formative in specifying the types of onboard equipment aircraft will need to exploit Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) “mid-term” efficiencies planned by 2018. RTCA’s NextGen…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan FAA, JetBlue Announce Partnership Agreement for ADS-B Equipage JetBlue Airways will equip up to 35 of its Airbus A320s with automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) capability, including the ACSS “SafeRoute” suite of ADS-B…
ATM ModernizationPeople R. Michael Smith L-3 Aviation Recorders, based in Sarasota, Fla., named R. Michael Smith president, succeeding Bruce Coffey, who was appointed president of L-3 Display Systems in Alpharetta, Ga. Smith has been…