Business & GA

Insitu STUAS Completes Review

Insitu, based in Bingen, Wash., said Wednesday that its Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft (STUAS) Integrator program completed a system requirements review by the U.S. Navy in February. The company said the milestone establishes system…

Military

TRACER Radar Completes Flight Tests

Lockheed Martin's Tactical Reconnaissance and Counter-Concealment-Enabled Radar, TRACER, has completed flight testing aboard a Predator B MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial System, the company announced Wednesday. TRACER is a dual-band (UHF and VHF) synthetic-aperture…

Commercial

AMC, AEEC Kick Off in Memphis

Hundreds of avionics maintenance professionals and avionics engineering executives are gathering in Memphis, Tenn., this week to address emerging cockpit and cabin technologies and discuss ongoing maintenance issues at the AMC Open Forum and AEEC General…

Commercial

GOL, GE Sign Services Contract

Brazilian airline GOL Transportes Aereos signed a five-year OnPoint services contract for Boeing 737NGs with GE Aviation. The agreement covers repair services and logistics for all systems provided by GE including various…

Military

Rockwell Collins in Maintenance Contract

Rockwell Collins has signed a maintenance agreement with L-3 Communications to provide avionics service and support for the U.S. Air Force Project Liberty Aircraft program. The contract calls for Rockwell Collins to…

Military

L-3 to Begin LRIP of Navy's EP-E3

L-3 Communications' Platform Integration division has been approved to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the U.S. Navy's EP-3E Spiral 3-configured aircraft, the company announced Friday. The aircraft includes an upgraded intelligence,…

Editor's Note

Editor’s Note: Cost Conundrum

When JetBlue Airways and FAA announced their partnership to equip JetBlue A320s for ADS-B Out capability, subsidized by $4.2 million in federal dollars, the reporters in the peanut gallery wanted to know…

Editor's Note

Industry Scan

COMMERCIAL SESAR Validation The public-private entity charged with developing the Single European Sky vision will conduct 29 validation projects in Europe this year with the aim of introducing “pre-industrial” procedures, policies and…