Military

Raytheon 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…

Commercial

GE 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 Modernization

Editor’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 Modernization

Industry 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 Modernization

People

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…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

March 5-8 Heli-Expo 2011, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. Contact the Helicopter Association International, phone 703-683-4646 or visit www.heliexpo.com. 8-10 ATC Global 2011, Amsterdam RAI Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Visit www.atcevents.com.…

Business & GA

Turbine, 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 Modernization

Issues 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…