Cobham has been awarded a $46 million contract from the U.S. Navy to manufacture the AN/ALQ-99 Low Band Transmitter-Antenna Group for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps EA-6B and E/A-18G electronic warfare aircraft. The…
FAA on Thursday released the long-awaited Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out final rule, outlining avionics equipage performance requirements by 2020. FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood briefed the media in a morning teleconference, touting…
Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen, based in Englewood, Colo., introduced Flight Tracking, a flight planning capability that allows operators to view aircraft position reports within the JetPlan.com and JetPlanner applications. Flight Tracking is a part of…
Boeing said Wednesday it successfully flew its ScanEagle Compressed Carriage (SECC) unmanned airborne system (UAS) at a testing facility in eastern Oregon on May 12. The 75-minute flight evaluated the aircraft's airworthiness…
Sweden's Saab has received a two-year order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to develop an avionics system for the Swedish Armed Forces' Gripen aircraft. The order means that work will…
AeroVironment (AV), based in Monrovia, Calif., announced Tuesday that the first aircraft developed under the Global Observer Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program completed ground tests in preparation for flight testing. The joint…
The Boeing X-51A WaveRider unmanned aerial vehicle will make its first hypersonic flight test attempt from Edwards Air Force Base on Tuesday, the airframer announced last week. The UAV, which will be…
Germany-based Kontron AG, through its U.S. subsidiary, acquired AP Labs Group, of San Diego, the companies announced Friday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Kontron said the acquisition is designed to…