MilitaryDOD to Take More Control of F-35 Program Management The U.S. Defense Department (DOD) wants more control over the F-35 Lightning II, and it aims to accomplish that by restructuring the joint strike fighter program, according to Pentagon officials. Pentagon acquisition…
Embedded AvionicsFAA Tasks Leidos with GPS-augmenting WAAS Satellite for $117M The FAA has awarded Leidos a task order to develop the seventh-generation geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellite used for the FAA wide area augmentation system (WAAS). The task order has a four-year development…
MilitaryUS Military's Vertical Lift Plans Necessitate More Advanced Drones Aside from developing a revolutionary new family of rotorcraft, the U.S. Army’s ongoing Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program includes building a next-generation unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that will fly in formation with…
Embedded AvionicsThe Double-Edged Sword of Automation With Applied Avionics' Steve Edwards Steve Edwards, Applied Avionics’ VP of product development, has done a lot of things in engineering. He jokes that he has “a lot of blood on [his] hands.” He worked on surveillance…
MilitaryThe Latest on US Military Aircraft ADS-B Security Concerns ADS-B signals on the military side can include classified aircraft position data. On the commercial side, that could be sensitive, valuable financial data. Breaches of one or many aircraft simultaneously might compromise…
CommercialAllegiant Adds Five New US Regional Routes Budget airline Allegiant is launching five new nonstop routes — one full-time and four seasonal — which the company said are all unique to Allegiant. The year-round route is to Nashville International Airport (BNA)…
CommercialThe World's First Airline Blockchain is Born Huafu Enterprise Holdings is going to publish the world’s first aerospace blockchain application, the Airline and Life Networking Token (ALLN). Due to a new partnership between Huafu and Far Eastern Air Transport,…
MilitaryIntel's Show Drones Have Military Brass Worried During the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, a flock of 1,200 commercial drones made by Intel formed a giant snowboarder then swarmed in sync to form various other…