Commercial

AV Awarded Puma UAS Contract

AeroVironment (AV), of Monrovia, Calif., received a $35.3 million contract delivery order for digital Puma All Environment (AE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), spares and training services. The equipment and services were procured under…

Business & GA

KSU Avionics Program Earns Accreditation

Kansas State University's avionics program has been accredited by the National Center for Aerospace and Transportation Technologies, the university announced Wednesday. The accreditation means the program, offered at K-State Salina, meets or exceeds…

Commercial

Editor's Note: Airshow Revisited

It didn’t bode well that I arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport simultaneously with several other flights from who knows where. Because of that unfortunate coincidence, I had more than an hour to…

Military

CAE Wins C-5 Trainer Contracts

CAE was awarded a $10 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to upgrade two C-5 Galaxy weapon systems trainers (WST). The contract includes options to upgrade additional C-5 WSTs as well…

Commercial

American Airlines Uses Naverus RNP

An American Airlines flight on Aug. 26 became the first-ever U.S. flight to use a publicly available, commercial designed Required Navigation Performance approach, according to GE Aviation and its Naverus subsidiary. American Airlines 737 NG…

ATM Modernization

Northrop Grumman Wins Korean ATC Contract

Northrop Grumman's Europe-based air traffic management subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, has been awarded a contract by Korea's Public Procurement Service to provide an air traffic communication system for air-ground communication…

ATM Modernization

Norway ANSP Selects Sensis Equipment

Avinor AS, Norway's Air Navigation Service Provider, selected Sensis Corp.'s multilateration and VeeLo NextGen vehicle locators for Bergen Airport, Flesland, to provide surveillance of the runways, taxiways and stand areas along with…

ATM Modernization

Metron Launches ATFM System for Airlines

Metron Aviation, based in Dulles, Va., released Metron Harmony for Airlines, a system that integrates a real-time and predictive view of air traffic conditions with airport surface operations to improve on-time performance, reduce tarmac delays, lower…