MilitaryDOD Demands Authority to Destroy Drones in Restricted Airspace Privately owned drones routinely violate restricted airspace over military bases, ships and airfields. The Pentagon wants more authority to shoot them down, Defense Secretary James Mattis told lawmakers Wednesday. The military can disrupt or…
Business & GAGogo 4G Available on Challenger 300/600-Series Thanks to Bombardier, Duncan Team-Up Bombardier and Duncan Aviation collaboratively received STCs for the Gogo AVANCE L5 system on Challenger 300 and Challenger 600 series aircraft. The 4G Wi-Fi system can be installed new or as a retrofit option at any…
MilitaryF-35 Test Flights Finished, Ready For Ramp-Up The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program has completed the final developmental test flight of the system development and demonstration (SDD) phase of the program. “Completing F-35 SDD flight test is…
CommercialInmarsat's Q1 Performance Buoyed by Aviation and Maritime Segments Inmarsat issued its first quarter fiscal year 2018 performance, and the results were a mixed bag. There were encouraging performances in mobility areas, such as maritime and aviation, but weaker results in…
CommercialAmerican Goes North and South for Regional Jets American Airlines has ordered 30 new regional jets for its subsidiary airlines, comprised half each of Bombardier CRJ900s and Embraer E175s. Both the Bombardiers, which recently underwent a cabin redesign, and the…
RegulationRaytheon To Help New York Develop UTM Corridor The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance selected Raytheon as a key partner in the development of America's first and most advanced unmanned aircraft system-testing airspace corridor in New York. Raytheon's intelligence,…
MilitaryHarris Engineer Seeks 'Zero-Defect' Culture in Supplying F-35 Avionics In 2017, Lockheed Martin awarded a contract to Harris Corp. to provide the computing infrastructure for new panoramic cockpit displays, advanced memory systems and navigation technology for its fifth-generation fighter jet, the…
MilitaryAirbus Helicopters Tests Man-Unmanned Teaming Airbus Helicopters has successfully completed manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) capability tests with its H-145M helicopter and Austrian defense company Schiebel’s S-100 unmanned air system (UAS), the company said April 24. The tests between the H145…