Lockheed Martin has tapped Harris Corp. to upgrade mission system avionics for the F-35 Lightning II, Harris said. It already supports open systems mission processing technology for the Lockheed Martin F-35 and…
Mitre Corp. is calling for unmanned aircraft system pilots to assist with research, the company said. Mitre’s nonprofit Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD), which conducts research for the FAA, is…
Aireon has launched and deployed the second batch of 10 Iridium Next satellites, the company said. These satellites carry ADS-B payloads. A planned six additional launches in the next 12 months would…
Orbital ATK’s ShotFinder acoustic hostile-fire indication system has completed testing on a fixed-wing aircraft, the company said. Installed on a Cessna Grand Caravan configured for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, the aircraft collected…
In what Bombardier has called a “world’s first,” a C Series full-flight simulator has been upgraded to the highest level of qualification by several aviation authorities. Announced at the Paris Air Show,…
Every airline has multiple factors to consider when establishing a business model around the way they distribute cabin-based in-flight access to the internet for passengers. Does the operation fly regional routes only,…
Eurocontrol’s slot-swapping tool has been deployed by the Network Manager system under the latest release at the end of May, Euroncontrol said. It is available to all European airspace users via the…
Krono-Safe’s Asterios integrated real-time operating system, mixed with Ansys Scade Suite embedded software, gives customers a new first-to-market solution, Ansys said. “To build safer airplanes, while optimizing fleet maintenance and cost, new…