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…
ConnectivityChina to Spend Billions on In-Flight Connectivity Initiatives The government of Guangzhou City and Bluefocus IFEC Technology are set to jointly establish the “Belt and Road” in-flight internet fund with a capital injection of 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion). Also…
Embedded AvionicsThales Develops, Verifies Autocode Generator Using AdaCore Tool Thales has developed and verified a qualified autocode generator for critical airborne software. To do it, the company used AdaCore’s GNAT Pro Ada environment. The development process for the autocode generator has…
ConnectivityAirplane Internet Service Providers Leap to New Generations Gogo announced Tuesday the completion of the first successful test flight of its next-generation air-to-ground (ATG) in-flight internet network. The Chicago-based company is part of a competitive field of airplane internet service…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Tests Nav Tech that Doesn't Use GPS Signals Recent flight tests completed by Northrop Grumman show that military aircraft and airborne weapons systems could soon guide themselves to targets without GPS signals. According to the company, this capability could be…
Connectivity50Mbps In-Flight Connectivity Could be Available Within a Year Yahsat, the United Arab Emirates-based satellite operator, today announced the successful trial of a 50 mbps in-flight connection. The result of a partnership between Yahsat, du, Etihad Airways Engineering, Hughes Network Systems…
MilitaryUS Army Taps L3 for Manned/Unmanned Teaming Communication, Data Links The U.S. Army has tapped L3 Technologies to enable communications and data teaming between manned and unmanned aircraft. According to the company, the Army has awarded it multiple contracts totaling $97 million,…
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