Military

Preferred Payloads

While armed Predators and Reapers make headlines hunting terrorists and insurgents, other unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) quietly fight what was formerly known as the Global War On Terror with Intelligence, Surveillance and…

Military

French Tigers In Afghanistan

Since last summer, the French Army Aviation Légère de l’Armée de Terre (ALAT) has taken the first step to adding a new rotary recce and strike capacity to its forces now operating…

Commercial

Product Focus: Databus

With digital flight control systems on aircraft like the under-development Airbus A350XWB becoming more prevalent, commercial manufacturers are beginning to follow the path laid by the military in using 1553 databus technology,…

ATM Modernization

New Products

PMA Granted For ‘NxtMail’ Server International Communications Group (ICG), based in Newport News, Va., received FAA Parts Manufacturing Approval (PMA) for its NxtMail Server. NxtMail permits users with WiFi-capable smartphones to access…

Military

EA-18G Growler to Begin Full Rate Production

Boeing's EA-18G Growler was approved to advance into Full Rate Production (FRP), allowing the St. Louis-based program to begin manufacturing about 20 aircraft per year. The EA-18G achieved Initial Operational Capability as…

Military

Boeing Wins B-1 Software Contract

Boeing received a $23 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for Phase 2 of the B-1 Laptop Controlled Targeting Pod software upgrade. The upgrade will add additional capability to the B-1…

Military

RADA Electronic Wins Lockheed Martin Contract

RADA Electronic Industries, based in Netanya, Israel, was awarded a $2.6 million contract from Lockheed Martin to provide Ground Debriefing Systems for airborne digital video recordings, as part of Lockheed Martin's F-16 Block 52 Foreign Military Sales…

Business & GA

Rockwell Collins Buys Air Routing International

Rockwell Collins announced plans Tuesday to acquire AR Group, Inc., and its affiliated companies including Air Routing International, a provider of trip support services for business aircraft flight operations. Terms of the…