Commercial

RADA Confirms Avionics Integrated into IAI Heron UAS

IAI Heron UAS. Photo: Wikimedia [Avionics Today 07-06-2016] RADA, an Israel-based defense electronics contractor, has confirmed that the Heron TP Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) is equipped with several RADA-made avionics units that…

Business & GA

Cessna Inaugurates Citation Latitude in Mexico

Cessna Citation Latitude. Photo: Mexico [Avionics Today 07-05-2016] Cessna has delivered the first Cessna Citation Latitude midsize business jet registered in Mexico. The unnamed customer plans to utilize the aircraft for business…

Commercial

Cobham Inks 10-Year, $900 Million Qantas Contract

QantasLink aircraft. Photo: Wikimedia [Avionics Today 07-05-2016] QantasLink has awarded Cobham a 10-year, $900 million (Australian $1.2 billion) contract to continue provision of airline services to QantasLink, supporting the airline’s fleet of…

Commercial

Boeing Opens New Autonomous Systems Lab 

[Avionics Magazine 07-01-2016]  Boeing has opened a new research laboratory to test hardware and software that will make a new generation of autonomous air, sea and land vehicles work together more effectively…