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Congress Resumes FAA Reauthorization Effort Long-awaited FAA reauthorization legislation that provides $70 billion to the agency over four years through fiscal 2012, including funding for the NextGen air-traffic control modernization, was progressing…

ATM Modernization

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Rusty Roberts Rusty Roberts was named director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) Aerospace, Transportation and Advanced Systems (ATAS) laboratory. The laboratory is one of two units based at the Cobb…

ATM Modernization

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April 1-4 Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) 52nd Annual International Convention and Trade Show. Gaylord Texas Resort and Convention Center, Dallas. Contact AEA, phone 816-347-8400 or visit www.aea.net. May 3-6 Army Aviation Association…

Military

Intelligence Upgrade

Just how valuable the intelligence gathered by the RC-12 Guardrail aircraft is to U.S. Army ground commanders is rarely disclosed. The ground-based Guardrail system uses airborne receivers to collect signals intelligence (SIGINT)…

Business & GA

Gulfstream Receives ADS-C Approval

Gulfstream Aerospace received FAA authorization to use Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Contract (ADS-C) for oceanic and remote area waypoint reporting, becoming the first purpose-built business-jet manufacturer to do so. ADS-C allows an air traffic controller to…

Commercial

KID-Systeme Equipment on A350

KID-Systeme, based in Buxtehude, Germany, will supply cabin surveillance equipment for the Airbus A350 XWB family, the company announced Tuesday. The system will include a cockpit door surveillance system (CDSS) and a…

Military

Elbit Wins Korea Contract

Elbit Systems Ltd., based in Haifa, Israel, was awarded a contract to supply advanced helmet mounted systems for the Korean Army's Korean Utility Helicopter (KUH) program. Under the contract, Elbit Systems will…

Commercial

OnAir Reaches 10,000th Flight

OnAir, based in Geneva, Switzerland, said its Mobile OnAir in-flight connectivity system hit its 10,000th flight in commercial operation. The 10,000th flight was a TAP flight from Lisbon to Munich. Since December…