Military

MIDS JTRS Receives NSA Certification

The Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS) received National Security Agency (NSA) certification to provide secure distribution of situational awareness and command and control information among airborne warfighters,…

Business & GA

Nextant 400NEXT Completes First Flight

The Rockwell Collins-equipped Phase 1 400NEXT aircraft from Nextant Aerospace completed its first flight, Nextant announced last Thursday. The flight, which took place Feb. 25, completed the aircraft's transition from experimental to production aircraft,…

ATM Modernization

FreeFlight WAAS Receiver in ADS-B Tests

FreeFlight Systems, based in Waco, Texas, said its 1203 Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) GPS receiver has been selected by FAA as part of the automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) testing in Alaska. FreeFlight also…

Commercial

FAA Issues AD on Airbus A320 TCAS Products

FAA issued an airworthiness directive (AD) on Thursday requiring operators of the Airbus A320 family to update software in their traffic collision avoidance systems (TCAS) following two near-mid-air collisions. The directive, effective April…

Military

Presagis Forms Embedded Graphics Division

Presagis, based in Montreal, will form a business unit focused solely on embedded graphics systems, the company announced Tuesday. The new division, which will integrate Presagis's 2009 acquisition of Seaweed Systems, will…

ATM Modernization

FAA Releases NextGen Implementation Plan

FAA on Monday released its NextGen Implementation Plan (NGIP), laying out the agency's progress and goals for implementing new capabilities and new technologies in the mid-term to 2018.  The 2010 plan update supports many…

ATM Modernization

AIRE Program To Be Extended

American and European aviation officials pledged to extend the flight demonstrations conducted under the Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions (AIRE) into regular, daily operations. “We will perform new trials in 2010,…

ATM Modernization

FAA Sees Modest Growth in 2010

The sluggish economy will put the brakes on growth in the U.S. commercial air industry, according to a FAA forecast released Tuesday. FAA’s Annual Aerospace Forecast predicts domestic passenger enplanements will increase…