Military

Hermes Debuts Heavy Fuel Engine

Elbit Systems Ltd., based in Haifa, Israel, said its Hermes90 UAV completed its heavy fuel engine (HFE) debut flight. Elbit said the new engine uses heavy fuel, a Kerosene-based diesel fuel used in…

Military

Raytheon Conducts Flight Tests For DCGS

Raytheon said Monday it established initial operational capability and conducted flight tests for a communications component for the U.S. Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS). The company said the intercom communications…

Commercial

British Airways, OnAir Launch In-Flight Web

British Airways and OnAir this week will launch in-flight connectivity services aboard the airline's business-class service on Airbus A318s between London and New York. OnAir, a joint venture between Airbus and SITA, said…

Military

Honeywell Awarded Navy Contract

Honeywell was awarded a $30.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide additional 46 Block II micro aerial vehicle systems for the Navy (40) and the United Kingdom (6), with associated…

Military

ViaSat Wins Navy Terminal Work

ViaSat has been awarded two additional orders valued at more than $10 million for Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) terminals and spare components from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. The…

Commercial

FAA Approves Honeywell's Smartpath

FAA approved Honeywell’s Smartpath Precision Landing System, a ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) that supports precision approaches and landings and transmits digital guidance signals to aircraft. The first U.S.-approved system is located in Memphis,…

Military

Raytheon Awarded ATFLIR Contract

Raytheon was awarded a $42 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide 14 infrared advanced targeting forward looking pod systems (ATFLIR) and spares to the Swiss air force. The systems will…

Business & GA

Aspen MFD Receives FAA TSO

Aspen Avionics, based in Albuquerque, N.M., said its EFD500 Multi-Function Display (MFD), EFD1000 MFD and EWR50 Evolution Weather Receiver received FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO) Authorization. The MFDs are built on the same…