MilitaryHarris Gets $133M For US, Australian F/A-18 Jammers Harris Corp. has received a $133 million contract to support U.S. Navy and Australian Boeing F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets. The company is to supply electronic jammers to protect that aircraft from…
RegulationCanada's Safety Board Probes Drone-Airplane Collision The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating the collision of an unmanned aircraft system and Beechcraft King Air A100. Marc Garneau, Canada’s minister of transport, called it a "first" for the…
MilitaryUS Navy’s ‘First’ Air-to-Ground Network-Enabled Weapon Reaches Full Operational Capability The U.S. Navy’s Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1 is ready for full operational capability, the service recently declared. All U.S. squadrons are outfitted with the air-to-ground network-enable weapon that can attack stationary…
ConnectivityResearcher Finds Weakness in Wi-Fi Networks KU Leuven said its researchers have discovered weaknesses in a protocol that secures all protected Wi-Fi networks. If exploited by attackers, credit card information, passwords and more could be stolen. According to…
Business & GANew Online Tool Could Make Aircraft Buying, Selling More Transparent Guardian Jet has launched an online asset management/brokerage software that could change the way aircraft are bought and sold, according to the company. Vault 2.0 provides real-time aircraft information and allows for…
CommercialWill Regulators Approve Airbus-Bombardier C Series Partnership? Airbus said Monday that it will acquire a 50% stake in Bombardier’s C Series program, which will potentially have major implications across the commercial aviation industry. Under the agreement, Airbus will provide “procurement,…
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol's Database Can Help Prep for PBN Deployment Eurocontrol said that its communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) dashboard already has 244 users. Since its public release in April, it has gained 84 air navigation service providers, 12 airports, 17 operators…
MilitaryUS Army Gives Lockheed Martin $12M for Sensor Fusion Work The U.S. Army has tapped Lockheed Martin to develop a multi-modal sensor fusion (MMSF) testbed for rotorcraft, Lockheed Martin said. Worth $12 million, the contract is under the Army’s Night Vision and…