MilitaryNew HUD Completes First Flight on AC-130J A new head-up display (HUD), the LiteHUD, has completed its first flight on a U.S. Special Operations Command AC-130J aircraft. That flight was followed by flights completed onboard Textron’s Scorpion fighter jet…
MilitaryBoeing-Bombardier Conflict Could Prevent Canadian F-18 Purchase As Canada considers a major investment in new fighter jets, the nation’s prime minister says that investment will not go to Boeing if the OEM continues pursuing a lawsuit against Bombardier.…
ConnectivityAeron Funding Flight-Logging Blockchain Development Through Bitcoin, Ethereum Following a successful presale, aviation blockchain company Aeron said it is ready for its ARN tokens to go on sale for the public. Worth 50 cents each, tokens allow buyers to support…
Embedded AvionicsSUNY Professor's Patented Flight-Tracking System Could Replace Black Boxes Junaid Zubairi, a computer and information sciences professor at the State University of New York at Fredonia, has received a U.S. patent for his flight data tracker. It was designed by Zubairi…
CommercialFrom Pilot to Co-President of Verizon's Skyward: Jonathan Evans Talks Drones FAA records show that more than 80,000 individual unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have been registered for commercial and government operations since August 2016. With some companies flying fleets of drones, operations software…
MilitaryOrbital ATK to Become a Northrop Grumman Business for $9B In another multi-billion-dollar aerospace acquisition, Northrop Grumman is set to buy Orbital ATK, Northrop Grumman said. For $9.2 billion, the acquisition is expected to close in the first half of next year.…
MilitaryInzpire to Deliver Tablet-Based Mission System to Indonesian Air Force The Indonesian air force is set to use Inzpire’s Geco Air tablet-based mission system, Inzpire said. With help from Indonesian partner PT Kadomas Aviasindo, Inzpire’s product is to be used on a…
ATM ModernizationFAA Loads Mobile ATC Tower on C-17 to Support Hurricane Recovery in US Virgin Islands The FAA is supporting Hurricane Irma recovery with a fully staffed mobile ATC tower in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the FAA said. The tower is located at Cyril E. King International Airport…