ATM ModernizationGoogle Demos UTM, Talks Connected Aircraft Strategy Google’s Partnership Development Manager Max Coppin occupied the first keynote speaker slot on the last day of the Global Connected Aircraft Summit in Arlington, Virginia, June 9. The topic of conversation was…
CommercialAirbus: Aviation Needs 550,000 Maintenance Engineers by 2036 With the global fleet of in-service commercial aircraft projected to double by 2036, Airbus is projecting the industry will need 550,000 new aircraft maintenance engineers to maintain those new airframes. The airframe…
ATM ModernizationNorway to Deploy New Air Traffic System By 2022 Norway’s air navigation service provider (ANSP), Avinor, has signed a closed framework agreement with Indra to modernize the country’s air traffic management system. The agreement was initiated with the signing of a…
MilitaryAdvanced Hawk Flies for First Time A concept of a future variant of BAE Systems' Hawk trainer aircraft has flown for the first time at the company’s military aircraft facility in Warton, Lancashire. Equipped with a new type…
ConnectivityThe ISP Signal Repeater: Facebook’s Aviation Policy Leader Talks Aquila Facebook wants to use solar powered unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to connect up to 66% of the planet, considered remote areas, with outdated or no internet service at all. June 7 at…
CommercialFAA Certificates Bell Helicopter 505 Bell Helicopter has received FAA certification for its 505 Jet Ranger X, the manufacturer said. This comes just over five months after the aircraft received type certification from Transport Canada. “This is…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman 5th-Gen SABR Selected for US Air Force Northrop Grumman Corp. is set to provide its scalable agile beam radar (SABR) as the active electronically scanned array (AESA) for the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 radar upgrade, the company said. The…
ATM ModernizationNXP Semiconductors Offers Compact Solution for ADS-B NXP Semiconductors now offers what it calls “the industry’s most compact [radio frequency] laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor solution” for the ADS-B market. The LDMOS product, AFV10700H, has more than 700 watts…