ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: Engineering NextGen With less outside acknowledgement than one might expect, FAA over the second quarter awarded six major contracts for engineering work supporting the Next Generation Air Transportation System. The Systems Engineering 2020 contracts…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Inertial Measurement Unit NovAtel, based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, released an addition to its GNSS/INS SPAN product family, the IMU-LCI. The IMU-LCI inertial measurement unit (IMU) contains a Northrop Grumman sensor that…
Business & GAIndustry Scan Commercial COMAC C919 Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC) in July signed agreements with joint ventures involving GE Aviation and Rockwell Collins to provide avionics for the new C919 family of…
Business & GAPerspectives: Poor Man’s Radar High-tech systems that allow you to hover blind won’t be coming to your helicopter anytime soon. Meanwhile, our critical need remains a few more seconds of good references and a few dozen…
Business & GANetJets to Equip with Aircell Internet System Fractional aircraft ownership company NetJets will equip more than 250 of its midsize and large-cabin aircraft with High-Speed Internet Systems from Aircell, the companies announced Thursday. Installations begin this month. Aircell said…
ATM ModernizationThales Awarded Croatian ATM Contracts Thales said Friday it has signed two contracts to supply and install primary and secondary radar systems at airports in Croatia. Under terms of the contracts, which were signed in May and…
CommercialInsitu Integrator Wins STUAS Contract Boeing subsidiary Insitu, of Bingen, Wash., was awarded the Small Tactical Unmanned Air System (STUAS)/Tier II contract from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) for its Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS). In partnership…
CommercialKansas State Awarded UAV Research Grant Kansas State University received a $2.76 million grant from the U.S. Air Force to develop mission planning, operations and a disaster training center for its unmanned aerial systems program on its Salina, Kan.,…