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…
CommercialRockwell Collins Hits Avionics Repair Milestone Rockwell Collins, as part of the F-22 Communications, Navigation and Identification (CNI) Depot Partnering Activation team, achieved two program milestones that will enable Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WRALC) to become the…
Business & GAUniversal-Equipped Dash 7 Completes Mission A de Havilland DHC-7 equipped with an avionics suite from Universal Avionics Systems Corp., of Tucson, Ariz., completed an environmental research mission in Antarctica. The Dash 7, operated by British Antarctic Survey…
Business & GABoeing Names New Insitu CEO Boeing subsidiary Insitu, of Bingen, Wash., named Steve Morrow Insitu president and CEO. Morrow succeeds CEO Steve Sliwa. Morrow most recently served as director of Boeing's Stand-off Strike unit, leading long-range weapons…