Commercial

Groups Form Anti-User-Fee Coalition

A group of businesses ranging from agriculture to small business to local governments is banding together against the FAA’s user-fee proposal. The Alliance for Aviation Across America, which includes the National Business…

Commercial

Lion Air to Use Honeywell Avionics

Indonesian airline Lion Air selected Honeywell to provide next-generation weather radar and other avionics systems for up to 60 new Boeing B737NG aircraft. Lion Air selected Honeywell’s RDR-4000 next-generation windshear/weather radar system…

Military

HMDS Flies on JSF

A Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS) made by Rockwell Collins joint venture Vision Systems International (VSI) flew for the first time on an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. VSI, a joint venture…

Military

Navy Awards UAV Pact

The U.S. Navy awarded an $8.4 million contract to Pedigree Technologies, Fargo, N.D., for the research and development of Electro-Optical Radio Frequency and Acoustic Sensors for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle platforms. Work will…

Business & GA

L-3 to Supply Recorders for Phenoms

L-3 Communications Aviation Recorders, a Sarasota, Fla.-based division of L-3 Communications, said it was selected by Embraer to supply Combination Voice & Data Recorder (CVDR), Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data…

ATM Modernization

Naverus Gets FAA OK for RNP Procedures

FAA said it authorized Naverus, Kent, Wash., to be a required navigation performance (RNP) procedure developer, providing airlines, other aircraft operators and airports with design of RNP procedures, integration, quality assurance, flight…

Military

Global Hawk Completes Strength Tests

Northrop Grumman said it completed three significant fuselage and empennage strength tests of the RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance system. The tests were conducted at subcontractor Innovative Engineering Solutions'…