MilitaryLethal, Versatile, Affordable The next-generation missile to arm United States combat helicopters, tactical jets and UAVs will leverage evolutionary improvements in seeker, fuze and control technology. The Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), now under development by…
CommercialWireless Data Delivers Depending on your background, you might be curious as to what wireless data transmission is and if you need that capability aboard your aircraft. Some people resist technology (late adopters) while others…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Wire & Cable It’s been a decade since wiring problems led to the crashes of TWA Flight 800 and Swissair Flight 111. Years of regulatory work to address shortcomings in aircraft electrical wiring systems has…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Flight Computer Avidyne, of Lincoln, Mass., introduced an attitude-based DFC100 Digital Flight Control System, which was specifically designed for installation in Cirrus SR20s and SR22s with Avidyne’s dual Air Data and Attitude…
CommercialPerspectives: Advancing AIXM FAA, Eurocontrol, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and others, with the assistance of companies such as FedEx and Lufthansa, are developing the Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM),…
CommercialMalcor of Thales Resigns Jean-Georges Malcor, senior vice president at Thales, has resigned, effective Dec. 31, 2009, to accept the CEO position at CGGVeritas, a France-based geophysical equipment and services company. Malcor, who previously was senior vice…
Editor's NoteECS in Licensing Agreement with Boeing ECS, which was acquired this month by Carlisle Companies, entered into a data licensing agreement with Boeing allowing the use of Boeing detail engineering design data to develop Supplemental Type Certificates (STC)…
MilitaryRaytheon Awarded Airborne Sonar Contract Raytheon received an $81.1 million U.S. Navy contract for the AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS), the primary undersea warfare sensor for the Navy's MH-60R multi-mission helicopter. According to Raytheon, the system…
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