Business & GAIPFD for Helicopters Honeywell announced the development of an integrated primary flight display (IPFD) for helicopters aimed at improving situational awareness and reducing pilot workload. The synthetic vision technology development process is expected to last…
MilitaryMilitary 737 Derivative Boeing delivered the first of three modified C-40C transport aircraft to the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) in February. The 932nd and 375th Airlift Wings will use the aircraft, a derivative…
ATM ModernizationNav Canada Milestone A Nav Canada-designed system reached an oceanic air traffic milestone in February, with the system now tracking more than 1,000 daily flights across the North Atlantic from North America to Europe. Nav…
Business & GASmiths to Open India Development Center Joining the growing list of aviation and aerospace companies entering the India market, Smiths Aerospace and Indian partner HCL Technologies will open a development center in Chennai, India. Under an agreement signed…
ATM ModernizationEurope Tackles SSR Code Crunch Eurocontrol has launched the Centralized SSR Code Assignment and Management System (CCAMS) implementation project to deal with current and future shortages of secondary surveillance radar (SSR) codes used by air traffic control.…
CommercialTeledyne Supplies Flight-Data Units Teledyne Controls said it signed an agreement with aircraft leasing company CIT Aerospace to become the standard supplier of Digital Flight Data Acquisition Units (DFDAUs) for its new Boeing aircraft deliveries. Teledyne’s…
MilitaryUK Orders Targeting Pod Lockheed Martin received a contract from the U.K. Ministry of Defense to supply the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) system for the Harrier GR9 aircraft. The Sniper ATP permits pilots to detect…
MilitaryBAE Names Military Avionics Manager BAE Systems named Clark Freise vice president and general manager of its defense avionics business area, based in Johnson City, N.Y. Freise previously served as deputy general manager of Information Dominance Systems…