CommercialAlaska Air Sees 10 Percent Yearly Bump in Traffic Alaska Airlines has seen an increase in yearly traffic. Photo: Alaska Airlines [Avionics Today 01-06-2016] Alaska Air Group reported December 2015 and year-end operational results for Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, which…
Business & GALockheed Martin Scores US Army Contract to Sustain Apache Systems The Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system, the advanced electro-optical fire control system that AH-64D/E Apache helicopter. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Avionics Today 01-06-2016] The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed…
ATM ModernizationSatellite Brings Aircraft Surveillance to Africa [Avionics Today 01-06-2016] African airlines are seeing growth on the horizon, but the continent still operates with relatively sparse air traffic surveillance. With the South African Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), Air…
Embedded AvionicsUS Air Force Awards Boeing $855 Million Avionics Contract T-38 aircraft. Photo: U.S. Air Force, Chad Bellay [Avionics Today 01-05-2016] The United States Air Force has awarded Boeing an $855 million contract for T-38C avionics component integration and contractor logistics support.…
ATM ModernizationGulf Air Signs Tech Agreement Aimed at Streamlining Airline Operations [Avionics Today 01-05-2016] Gulf Air, Bahrain's national carrier, has signed a technology agreement with Sabre for its AirCentre Flight Plan Manager solution to streamline the airline's operations. Under the renewed agreement, the solution…
Business & GAAirMule VTOL UAS Completes First Autonomous Flight AirMule VTOL UAS. Photo: Tactical Robotics [Avionics Today 01-05-2016] Tactical Robotics’ AirMule Vertical TakeOff and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has successfully completed its first autonomous, untethered flight at the Megiddo…
Business & GANASA’s New Aviation Tech Could Realize Significant Airline Savings Researchers with NASA's Environmentally Responsible Aviation project coordinated wind-tunnel tests of an Active Flow Control system — tiny jets installed on a full-size aircraft vertical tail that blow air — to prove…
CommercialReport Projects 3.4 Percent Commercial Aerospace Growth in 2016 [Avionics Today 01-05-2016] Global commercial aerospace subsector revenues are projected to increase by 3.4 percent in 2016 according to a new report released by Deloitte. Continued demand for new commercial aircraft, new…