RegulationWill FAA's New Rule Expand Use of Enhanced Vision Systems? The FAA’s final rule for the use of enhanced flight vision systems (EFVS) were meant to streamline certification — something the agency is trying to do in general. But the final rule…
CommercialNASA Creates Industry Day to Talk Drone/NAS Integration with Academia, Industry NASA is further calling on the industry to help with unmanned aircraft system (UAS) integration into the U.S. national airspace system (NAS). The agency is hosting an industry day at the end…
MilitaryUSAF Wants to Keep Rockwell Collins Around for KC-10 Work Rockwell Collins completed a six-year U.S. Air Force contract for McDonnell Douglas KC-10 upgrades in June. The following month, L3 Technologies tapped Rockwell Collins for Air Force KC-10 repair work. The Air…
CommercialNewest Airbus Widebody On Track to Type Certification With Latest Milestone Airbus’ A350-1000 is on track to be EASA-certificated before the end of the month. The manufacturer said this newest member of the widebody family has successfully completed its functional and reliability testing.…
MilitaryUS Marine Corps Fields Northrop Grumman Mission Computer Upgrades The U.S. Marine Corps is flying with next-generation mission computers from Northrop Grumman. Aircraft under the H-1 upgrade program have been outfitted with the technology as the Marine Corps recently fielded the…
MilitaryDrones to Get New AI Algorithms Under Project Maven The Defense Department's artificial intelligence (AI) development program is set to deliver its first round of algorithms in December to be deployed for warfighting operational sensors, according to project lead Lt. Gen.…
MilitaryItalian-Built Lockheed Martin F-35B Reaches Critical Milestone in Recent ‘First’ Italy’s Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II final assembly and check out (FACO) facility in Cameri has delivered eight F-35As. Lockheed Martin said four currently reside at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona…
MilitaryUS Navy to Procure $7M Worth of ADS-B for T-6s The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (Navair) wants more ADS-B kits for T-6 training aircraft. The Navy would receive 251 kits, while the Army would receive four. Textron Aviation Defense is now…