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Sale of 5 KC-390s for Portugal to Bring $1 Billion in Sales, Embraer Says

The sale of five Embraer KC-390s to Portugal is to bring Embraer about $1 billion in revenue, the company said in a 2019 third quarter earnings call on Nov. 12. "This contract…

ATM Modernization

Delayed Delivery of En-route CPDLC Messages Fixed, FAA Says

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said this week that it has fixed a lateness in the delivery of en-route use of controller-to-pilot data link communications (en-route CPDLC) messages–a tardiness that occurred twice…

Air Taxi

Evergy Inspects 150 Miles of Power Lines with True BVLOS Drone Flights

The Kansas Department of Transportation, working with Iris Automation and Evergy Power, successfully completed the first beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operation using only onboard detect-and-avoid systems. This marks the first FAA-authorized…

Air Taxi

How Major Helicopter Manufacturers Are Preparing for the Urban Air Mobility Market

The development of electric and hybrid VTOL (eVTOL) aircraft around the world promises to usher in a new era of aerial mobility, changing the cost of access to vertical flight and potentially…

Military

Airbus Helicopters’ Redesigned VSR700 Unmanned Helicopter Makes Maiden Flight

Airbus Helicopters’ unmanned VSR700 demonstrator performed its first flight under a new configuration at a drone test center near Aix-en-Provence, taking off and landing several times while tethered to the ground. Its…

Embedded Avionics

Astronics Embeds 64-bit Processing, Ethernet in New NG Avionics I/O Systems

Astronics Ballard is embedding an open architecture with a 64-bit processing foundation and Ethernet backbone across its next generation of NG avionics input/output (I/O) computers. The New York-based manufacturer unveiled the…

Military

L2 Aviation to Install ADS-B Upgrades for U.S. Air Force KC-10 Tankers

Collins Aerospace has awarded L2 Aviation a subcontract for installations of Mode 5 Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) upgrades for the U.S. Air Force's fleet of 58 Boeing KC-10 Extender tanker aircraft, the…

Commercial

Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee Approves Changes to Ease L-Band Satcom, IP Communications

The Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) of the SAE Industry Technologies Consortia's ARINC Industry Activities (ARINC-IA) program recently approved data link standards changes to ease avionics interfaces with newer L-Band satellite and…

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Sale of 5 KC-390s for Portugal to Bring $1 Billion in Sales, Embraer Says

ATM Modernization

Delayed Delivery of En-route CPDLC Messages Fixed, FAA Says

Air Taxi

Evergy Inspects 150 Miles of Power Lines with True BVLOS Drone Flights

Air Taxi

How Major Helicopter Manufacturers Are Preparing for the Urban Air Mobility Market

Military

Airbus Helicopters’ Redesigned VSR700 Unmanned Helicopter Makes Maiden Flight

Embedded Avionics

Astronics Embeds 64-bit Processing, Ethernet in New NG Avionics I/O Systems

Military

L2 Aviation to Install ADS-B Upgrades for U.S. Air Force KC-10 Tankers

Commercial

Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee Approves Changes to Ease L-Band Satcom, IP Communications