CommercialAirbus Engineless Glider Reaches New High Altitude in Argentina Airbus’ Perlan reached a new high altitude during its second season of flight testing, Airbus said. The Airbus Perlan Mission II aims to fly a glider without an engine to the edge…
MilitaryUSAF E-8C Joint STARS Fleet to Receive Radio Terminal Upgrades from Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corp. is set to upgrade its E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) fleet, operated by the U.S. Air Force, Northrop Grumman said. Existing radio terminals are to…
MilitaryDJI Unsure Why US Army Stopped Use of Its Drones A U.S. Army memorandum has directed the stoppage of use of all DJI (Dà-Jiāng Innovations) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) technology within the service, sUAS News reported. The memo, as reported by sUAS…
ConnectivityHoneywell Adds Dispatcher Feature to Airbus EFB Honeywell is adding features to FlySmart with Airbus electronic flight bag (EFB), the company said. Dispatcher View will give dispatchers the same real-time information that the flight crew has. With the new…
Embedded AvionicsIs Rockwell Collins for Sale? United Technologies Corp. might be thinking about acquiring Rockwell Collins, according to a report from Bloomberg citing “people familiar with the matter.” According to the report, the deal is merely being deliberated, and…
Embedded AvionicsAlta Data Technologies' High Density Interface Card Supports Up to 10 Channels Alta Data Technologies has released its high density XMC MIL-STD-1553 interface card, the company said. The XMC-1553 supports up to 10 channels and “offers the highest 1553 channel count ever offered in…
ATM ModernizationOne Million Flights Have Now Used FAA Data Comm The FAA’s Data Comm, a controller-to-cockpit modernization program for domestic U.S. airspace, is now being used on 36,000 flights per week at 55 airports and has cleared a total of one million…
ConnectivitySmartSky Starts Deploying 4G LTE Air-to-Ground Network SmartSky Networks has initiated deployment of its airborne 4G LTE-based air-to-ground network, the company said. The network should provide speed and capacity 10 times greater than the current standard. SmartSky Network also said…