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Business & GA

Global Vision Cockpit Completes Test Flight

Bombardier on Tuesday announced the successful first flight of the Global Vision cockpit on a Global Express XRS aircraft. The more than five hour flight took off and landed at Bombardier's Downsview…

Military

Groups Ink Pact for Eurofighter Typhoons

NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA), Eurofighter GmbH and EUROJET Turbo GmbH last week said they had signed a €9 billion contract production contract for an additional 112 aircraft, including 241…

Military

Raytheon Wins Air Force Contract

Raytheon was awarded a $9.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the Digital Airport Surveillance Radar, a combined Department of Defense and FAA activity to replace existing radar facilities at military…

ATM Modernization

Task Force Will Name Names, Locations

The RTCA NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force by month’s end will deliver to FAA an “actionable” list of recommendations to implement new operational capabilities, including the operators willing to implement them and…

Military

Raytheon to Develop New Airborne Sensor

Raytheon was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy to develop the Advanced Airborne Sensor (AAS), the follow-on to the Littoral Surveillance Radar System (LSRS). Raytheon said the AAS program will equip…

ATM Modernization

Editor’s Note: NowGen Next

In a previous Editor’s Note and in the news section of this magazine, we have reported on the deliberations of the NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force. Earlier this year, the FAA asked…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Industry Moves Toward Wider Use Of Required Navigation Performance Development of Required Navigation Performance (RNP) flight operations has been ongoing for nearly two decades. But despite years of research and study, the…

ATM Modernization

People

Thales Management Changes Thales announced a number of senior management changes within its Aerospace Division. Jean-George Malcor, previously senior vice president of the Aerospace Division, was named senior vice president, with responsibilities…