ATM Modernization

FAA Authorization Key to NextGen

FAA is ready to demonstrate a "strong business case for our major initiatives," notably the Next Generation Air Transportation System, and that effort would greatly benefit from the reauthorization of the agency's funding, FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt…

Commercial

GE Aviation, HAL in Avionics Repair Contract

GE Aviation and India's Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) signed 30-year contract that covers license to carry out repairs and overhaul of various avionics, instruments and hydraulic products for the Hawk Mk132 aircraft,…

Commercial

Hermes 450, 900 UAS Perform Joint Missions

Elbit Systems, of Haifa, Israel, performed a series of joint flight missions of its Hermes 450 and Hermes® 900 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), the company said Wednesday. The two different UAS were…

ATM Modernization

Thales Awarded Belarus ATM Contract

Thales will provide radar stations for three airports in Belarus, under a contract awarded by the country's air navigation services provider, Belaeronavigatsia. Thales said it will work with its Belarusian partner AGAT…

ATM Modernization

Sensis Awarded Airspace Research Contract

Sensis Corp., of Syracuse, N.Y., was selected by NASA for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) Super Density Operations Airspace Design (SDOAD) project. Sensis will develop airspace definitions, including procedures and routes,…

Business & GA

AgustaWestland Selects Meggitt Display

AgustaWestland selected a secondary flight display (SFD) from U.K.-based Meggitt Avionics for its AW101 medium lift, AW139 medium-sized, multi-role twin-engined and AB212 utility helicopters. Meggitt's iSFD is its third generation solid-state secondary flight…

Commercial

Unmanned UCAS-D Makes First Flight

The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command and Northrop Grumman announced the first flight Feb. 4 of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) aircraft, three and a half years after contract…

Commercial

Panasonic Signs LOI with COMAC

Panasonic Avionics Corp., of Lake Forest, Calif., signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) to provide communications systems for COMAC’s C919 aircraft, the companies said Friday.…