CommercialSeptentrio, FreeFlight Form Strategic Partnership FreeFlight Systems, of Waco, Texas, announced a strategic partnership with Septentrio Satellite Navigation, of Leuven, Belgium, to develop new GPS/SBAS receivers for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), required navigation performance (RNP) and LPV applications.…
CommercialAeroflex Gears Up for IPO Aeroflex Holding Corp., the parent company of test equipment manufacturer Aeroflex Inc., said last week it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed…
ATM ModernizationFAA Expands Air Traffic Education Program FAA said Monday added five colleges and universities to its Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI), bringing the total number of participating schools to 36 to help help recruit candidates for terminal…
MilitaryB-2 Radar Modernization Completes Phase Northrop Grumman said Tuesday it successfully completed the system development and demonstration (SDD) phase of the B-2 Radar Modernization Program (RMP) for the U.S. Air Force. SDD includes the design, development, test…
ATM ModernizationThales Awarded Watchkeeper Contract The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded Thales U.K. the initial three-year support contract for the Watchkeeper Unmanned Air System (UAS) program. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed. Thales…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: Multi Surveillance Air traffic surveillance beyond radar will surely rely on the GPS-based position reports of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), but likely also on the transponder replies of multilateration (MLat) and its application as…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan ADS-B Ground Station Roll-Out Progresses Toward September Milestone Half of the planned radio sites for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) “essential” services have been built under Segment 1 of the FAA contract, which…
ATM ModernizationPeople Larry Alexandre Sagem Avionics, Grand Prairie, Texas, appointed Larry Alexandre CEO. He succeeds Jean Baudin, who moved to a corporate position within Sagem. Alexandre has held a variety of leadership positions in…
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