MilitaryLockheed Martin Acquires Aculight Lockheed Martin completed its acquisition of Aculight Corp., Bothell, Wash., a manufacturer of laser-based systems for defense and aerospace customers. Financial terms of the transaction, which was announced in late July, were…
Business & GASatcom Solutions The aeronautical satellite communications field, long dominated by Inmarsat, has seen Iridium grow at a rapid rate to become the most widely used network. But the race to restore the Ku-band connectivity…
ATM ModernizationCalendar September 8-11 World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) 29th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, Calif. Contact WAEA, 703-610-9021 or visit www.waea.org. 8-11 Autotestcon Systems Readiness Technology…
CommercialEditor’s Note: While Rome Burned When Boeing interrupted its kickoff briefing at the Farnborough Airshow to announce a $4 billion order from start-up airline FlyDubai, I couldn’t help thinking, "is this really going to happen?" To me,…
ATM ModernizationSurface Safety Everyone has heard the old joke that the most dangerous part of flying is the drive to the airport. But what fewer people realize is that once you reach the airport and…
ATM ModernizationNextGen Now Florida, already the location of an "Airport of the Future" project to demonstrate emerging technologies, has been designated as a testbed to expedite the use of Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)…
ATM ModernizationPeople Ray Miller Universal Avionics, Tucson, Ariz., promoted Ray Miller to vice president and general manager of its Instrument Division, located in Duluth, Ga. In this new position, Miller will oversee engineering design…
CommercialProduct Focus: Test Equipment In one of the largest aircraft test equipment procurement contracts in recent memory, the U.S. Navy was in the process of writing a request for proposals (RFP) to replace the roughly 600…