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…
CommercialEsterline Completes CMC Buy Aerospace company Esterline Corp. completed its $335 million acquistion of Canadian avionics company CMC Electronics, the companies said Thursday. Esterline, Bellevue, Wash., said CMC will continue to run as a stand-alone operation…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman to Begin B-2 Satcom Development The U.S. Air Force approved Northrop Grumman to begin formal development on a new satellite communication system for the B-2 stealth bomber. The system, Northrop Grumman said, will eventually allow the aircraft…
ATM ModernizationNew Look to the OEP The FAA and the Joint Planning and Development Office said they are revamping and expanding their plan for implementing the Next Generation Air Transportation System (Next-Gen), as cost estimates for stakeholders are…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Wins USAF Pact Lockheed Martin Corp. won a $22.1 million contract to provide a replacement unit for a defensive avionics system which identifies, acquires and denies enemy radars and missiles for the B-1 bomber for…
Business & GAEnstrom Helicopter Chooses Chelton EFIS Enstrom Helicopter Corp., Menominee, Mich., said it chose Chelton Flight Systems’ Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) for its Model 480B helicopter program. Enstrom said it will certify the Chelton EFIS as a…
Business & GAL-3, IAC to Develop Flight Data Recorders L-3 Communications Aviation Recorders is teaming with Intelligent Automation Corp. (IAC) to supply cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and enhanced flight data recorder (FDR) products for use in the IAC 1249 SuperHUMS, a…