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Bat UAV Demonstrates Comm Relay Payload

Northrop Grumman said it demonstrated a communications relay payload for a government customer during multiple flights of its Bat unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The flight tests took place June 23-26 at Naval…

ATM Modernization

Naverus Unveils RNP Availability Forecast Service

Naverus, based in Kent, Wash., introduced a custom Required Navigation Performance (RNP) Availability Forecast system for aircraft operators. Operators who use RNP are required to obtain a RNP availability forecast for intended airports of…

Military

Boeing Delivers F-18 Trainers

Boeing said Wednesday it has delivered upgrades for three F-18 Weapons Tactics and Situational Awareness Training Systems (WTSAT) to the Finnish air force. The airframer said the aircrew trainers offer the capability…

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…