Business & GA

Cover Story: ADS-B On The Ground

FAA’s NextGen program to modernize the National Airspace System (NAS) took a great leap forward in late August with the selection of an industry team led by ITT Corp. to provide the…

Commercial

Rockwell Collins HGS

German regional airline Eurowing selected Rockwell Collins' HGS-4200 Head-Up Guidance System (HGS) for its fleet of CRJ700s. Deliveries began in September 2007. Rockwell Collins said the HGS expands the operational capability of…

Commercial

Sensis in China

China will deploy Sensis Corp.’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport, both located in central China. Sensis, Syracuse, N.Y., said the Air Traffic…

Commercial

Sensis in Dubai, Australia

Sensis Corp., Syracuse, N.Y., said Dubai World Central International Airport will deploy the company’s multilateration surveillance system, Multistatic Dependent Surveillance (MDS), for ground surveillance. Under construction south of Dubai in the United…

Commercial

SWIM Alliance Formed

A group of aerospace companies, including Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Harris Corp., formed an alliance to help advance the transformation of FAA’s System Wide Information Management (SWIM) initiative. The alliance was introduced…

Military

Boeing, Northrop Grumman Partner

Boeing and Northrop Grumman are partnering to develop a new airborne electronic attack capability for U.S. Air Force B-52H aircraft. The companies say the proposed B-52H Core Component Jammer (CCJ) program will…

Business & GA

Eclipse Speed Record

Very Light Jet manufacturer Eclipse Aviation, Albuquerque, N.M., said its Eclipse 500 set a National Aeronautic Association speed record for jet aircraft weighing 10,000 pounds or less. The Eclipse 500 beat the…

Commercial

Guardian System Hits Milestone

Northrop Grumman said its Guardian Counter-Man Portable Air Defense System (C-MANPADS), which is installed on nine wide-body aircraft flying in commercial revenue service, achieved 12,000 on-aircraft operational hours. The company began Phase…