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Thales 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…

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ADS-B Used For In-Trail Procedures

Avionics manufacturers are participating in oceanic in-trail procedures (ITP) trials in the United States and Europe using automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) aircraft position reporting. In presentations at the AEEC General Session in…

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Metron Aviation Achieves ISO Certification

Metron Aviation, based in Dulles, Va., achieved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008 certification for providing advanced research, concept engineering, air traffic management, software development, environmental analysis and commercial product solutions to…

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Editor'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…

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Industry 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…

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People

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…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Lighting

With the first generation of light-emitting diode (LED) technology proving its value on the flight deck and in the cabin, manufacturers of aircraft lighting systems are developing second-generation systems that throw off…

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Calendar

April 6-7 RTCA Spring Symposium, “Bringing NextGen Into Focus,” Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C. For information, visit www.aviationtoday.com/symposium. 7-10 Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) International Convention and Trade Show, Gaylord Palms Resort &…