ATM ModernizationNew Rockwell Collins Mode S Transponder Variant Could Help Meet 2020 ADS-B Compliance Rockwell Collins said it will soon offer a new variant of its TDR-94/95D Mode S transponder. The company said its aim is to help aircraft owners comply with the FAA’s 2020 ADS-B…
ConnectivityCobham, Avionica Teaming for Inmarsat Communication for BizAv Cobham Satcom and Avionica are teaming to provide “the industry’s smallest and lightest” Inmarsat solution for simultaneous cockpit and cabin communication for business jets, Cobham said. The new joint solution combines Cobham’s…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Gets $337M in Contracts for Modernized Sensors Lockheed Martin has received orders worth $337 million to modernize Boeing Apaches, Lockheed Martin said. The company is to provide modernized target acquisition designation sight/pilot night-vision sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) systems and services to…
Regulation30 ADS-B Questions You Should Know How to Answer As the business and general aviation industry gathers in Las Vegas for the annual NBAA business aviation conference and exhibition the week of Oct. 9, the FAA estimates that there are still…
ATM ModernizationNATS Simulations Show Room for Improvement in Runway Throughput NATS hosted a series of simulations as part of the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) 2020 program, NATS said. These simulations, NATS said, have shown that airport operations at some of…
CommercialGerman Hobby Drone Pilots Must be Licensed New unmanned aircraft system rules are now effective in Germany as of Oct. 1. The nation's air traffic control agency, DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung, say drones now must be marked with their specific…
Business & GAStellar Labs Holds Series A Round for Rockwell Collins Collaboration Stellar Labs has raised $26.3 million in Series A equity financing, the company said. The Silicon Valley-based tech firm had previously received funding from Rockwell Collins and other equity rounds. Stellar Labs…
Embedded AvionicsAirbus to Flight Test Onboard Visual Flight Aid Next Week, Could be used for Urban Mobility Airbus Helicopters plans next week to flight test an experimental onboard image processing management system intended to support automatic helicopter approaches and landings in degraded visual conditions and sense-and-avoid capabilities for unmanned…