CommercialSouthwest Airlines to Equip Fleet with RNP Capability Southwest Airlines is equipping its entire fleet for Required Navigation Performance (RNP). The Dallas-based carrier said it will retrofit its current fleet of 490 Boeing 737s and specify RNP-capable equipment for future…
Business & GAMITRE Develops UAS Transceiver MITRE Corp. said it developed a Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) Beacon radio for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) designed to facilitate the safe introduction of unmanned aircraft into the national airspace system.…
Business & GALockheed Martin Wins UAV Controller Contract Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract for system design and development of the Future Combat Systems Centralized Controller Device (CCD) for unmanned air and ground vehicles. The contract was awarded by Science…
CommercialFAA, Airline Officials Update RNP, RNAV Progress Performance-based navigation procedures are saving the airline industry millions of dollars in fuel, cutting emissions and increasing efficiency, industry officials say. At a press conference Tuesday at Reagan National Airport in Washington,…
MilitaryBoeing Wins Helmet-Cueing Contract Boeing won a $69 million contract for 321 additional Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS) for the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard. Under the terms of the contract, Boeing will equip…
CommercialAir Berlin Orders TCAS 3000 Air Berlin has specified the TCAS 3000 Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance system from ACSS for its 85 Boeing 737NG aircraft on order, the German airline said. Financial terms of the deal…
MilitaryGeneral Atomics Wins UAV Pact General Atomics Aeronautical Systems of San Diego was awarded $59 million from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture, test and deliver four Predator B Reaper MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicles. The contract also…
MilitaryRockwell Supplies Pakistani C-130s Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will provide five C-130 avionics Group "B" kits for the Pakistan Air Force under a $6.5 million contract with the U.S. Air Force. Under the contract, the…