Business & GATurbine, Traditional After years on the drawing board, the Robinson Helicopter Co. (RHC) R66 Turbine in October 2010 was granted FAA certification. The latest in Robinson’s phenomenally successful line of single-engine helicopters, it is…
ATM ModernizationIssues in ATM Demand for air travel is returning, and passenger traffic is expected to double in the coming decades. In the United States, Europe and elsewhere, a fundamental shift is taking place in air-traffic…
ATM ModernizationProduct Focus: Antennas For most passengers, in-flight entertainment has morphed from looking out the window to watching on-demand movies, playing video games or connecting to the Internet. The shift in in-flight behavior is prompting many…
ATM ModernizationNew Products EO/IR Sensor Payload Schiebel Aircraft GmbH, of Vienna, Austria, and Wescam L-3 Communications, of Burlington, Ontario, announced the first flight of a Camcopter S-100 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with the Wescam MX-10…
MilitaryRaytheon Awarded Targeting System Contract Raytheon was awarded a $50 million contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver 50 AAS-44C(V) Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems for use on the MH-60R and MH-60S helicopters. Deliveries are expected to begin in 2011…
CommercialGE Aviation on Boeing's Tanker Team GE Aviation will provide flight management systems (FMS) for Boeing's recently awarded KC-46A U.S. Air Force (USAF) refueling tanker program, the companies announced Monday. GE Aviation, based in Cincinnati, will provide its TrueCourse FMS and other…
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…