MilitaryBoeing Completes AEW&C Systems Integration Boeing said it completed the integration of major subsystems aboard a 737 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft for Australia’s Project Wedgetail. The subsystems include communications, navigation, mission computing, radar and…
Business & GAIntegrated Flight Deck STC Avidyne Corp., Lincoln, Mass., and S-TEC Corp., Mineral Wells, Texas, received a supplemental type certificate from the FAA for installation of the Alliant Integrated Flight Deck on Beechcraft King Air E90- and…
MilitaryFAA Certifies Honeywell Collision Avoidance System Honeywell said its Military Airborne Collision Avoidance System - Formation Rendezvous (MILACAS-FR), selected by Boeing for the C-17 Formation Flying System, has been certified by the FAA for use on all military…
Business & GANippon Cargo Airlines to Use Rockwell Collins Nippon Cargo Airlines will use the Rockwell Collins avionics suite on its six new Boeing 747-400F aircraft. Deliveries are set to begin in October 2007 and run through February 2009. Among the…
CommercialA380 Makes First U.S. Flight The Airbus A380 made its long-delayed U.S. debut on Monday, flying from Frankfurt, Germany, to New York’s JFK Airport. The A380, which suffered two years of production delays and has cost builder…
ATM ModernizationEra Deploys MSS at Czech Airport Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic launched Era Corp.’s Multisensor Surveillance System (MSS) and automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) services at its new Integrated ATC Center in Jenec, near Prague. Era, formerly…
MilitaryRaytheon UAV Gets FAA Approval Raytheon received Experimental Airworthiness Certificates from the FAA for three of its Cobra Unmanned Aircraft Systems, the company said Thursday. The certification, Raytheon said, permits Cobra flight operations in a specified section…
ATM ModernizationFAA Predicts Strong Growth in Aviation U.S. skies are crowded and getting worse, according to a forecast by the FAA, which predicts commercial air carriers will carry a billion passengers by 2015. The FAA predicts 768 million passengers…