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US Air Force Researching New FMS, Displays for C-130s

[Avionics Magazine 01-11-2017] The U.S. Air Force is considering an expanded effort to upgrade the avionics featured on a fleet of C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft. According to a new Request for…

Commercial

DOD Launches Swarm of Micro-Drones from Super Hornets

The Pentagon has successfully demonstrated one of the world's largest micro-drone swarms, the U.S. Defense Department said. Last October, 103 Perdix drones were launched from three Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets at China…

Business & GA

Gulfstream Claims City-Pair Speed Records

A Gulfstream G650ER, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. said, made the trip from John Glenn Columbus International Airport in Ohio to Pudong International Airport in Shanghai in 14 hours and 35 minutes. 

Embedded Avionics

Galileo Almost Ready for Aircraft GNSS

  [Avionics Magazine 01-10-2017] The European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA) announced the declaration of Galileo Initial Services in December, officially moving the European Global Satellite Navigation System from a testing…