CommercialNorthrop Grumman Demonstrates X-47B Software The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman completed a test of the ship-based software and systems to allow the X-47B unmanned air vehicle to operate from the deck of an aircraft carrier. The…
MilitaryCAE Awarded Military Simulator Contracts CAE on Tuesday announced a series of military contract awards, totaling $120 million. The contracts include one from the U.S. Navy to develop two MH-60R helicopter simulators, a contract from Boeing to…
CommercialQ&A: Honeywell Defense and Space Honeywell Defense and Space President Mike Madsen The FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) has dominated the headlines for the commercial side of the air traffic management. The program, which will…
ATM ModernizationDSNA, Thales Sign ATM MoU French air navigation services provider DSNA and Thales have partnered to develop the French component of the 4-FLIGHT air traffic management system. The 4-FLIGHT program was launched in 2008 by DSNA and…
Business & GACurtiss-Wright Signs Contract from AgustaWestland Curtiss-Wright Controls, of Charlotte, N.C., signed a contract with AgustaWestland to create a custom vibration management system (VMS) computer for its rotorcraft technology validation program (RTVP) demonstrator. Curtiss-Wright said the VMS computer…
MilitaryBoeing Awarded B-1 Modification Contract Boeing was awarded a $99.5 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to integrate three major modifications on the B-1 Lancer bomber fleet. This contract is for the first lot of modification…
CommercialADS-B Equipage It has been said that those of us who fly within the United States enjoy what is certainly the safest and most accessible airspace system in the world. At the same time,…
CommercialProduct Focus: Data Acquisition Changes to flight data safety systems typically come about slowly. They are the product of lengthy deliberations by regulatory and standards making bodies and industry. Even the data from the “black boxes”…
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