ATM ModernizationLockheed Martin F-16V Takes Flight with Fifth Generation Capabilities F-16V. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Avionics Today 10-21-2015] Lockheed Martin’s F-16V fighter aircraft successfully completed its maiden flight earlier this week. The flight marks the first time an F-16 has flown with Northrop…
Business & GAHughes to Power GEE’s High-Power Broadband IFC Service Hughes HT Aero Modem. Photo: GEE [Avionics Today 10-21-2015] Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) has entered into an agreement with Hughes Network Systems, a provider of broadband satellite solutions and services, to use…
Embedded AvionicsGreen Hills Operating System to Modernize National Guard’s C-130 C-130 aircraft. Photo: U.S. Air Force/ Tech Sgt. Erik Gudmundson [Avionics Today 10-21-2015] Georgia Tech Research Institute has selected Green Hills Software’s multicore operating system to modernize the U.S. National Guard’s Tactical…
MilitaryF-35 Lifts Lockheed’s Profits While Budget Constraints Threaten Production [Lockheed Martin 10-21-2015] Current sales of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 have helped to lift profits in recent months, with the company’s aeronautics division seeing an 11 percent uptick in sales during the quarter…
CommercialLufthansa Contracts Inmarsat for 10 Years of Connectivity [Avionics Today 10-20-2015] Inmarsat has signed a contract to provide high-speed In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) services for passengers onboard Lufthansa’s European continental fleet. The contract, which follows the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) announced…
ATM ModernizationAireon to Provide Space-Based ADS-B to Curacao FIR Artist rendering of space-based ADS-B. Photo: Aireon [Avionics Today 10-20-2015] Aireon has signed a data services agreement with the Dutch Caribbean Air Navigation Service Provider (DC-ANSP), the air traffic services provider for…
Business & GAGEE Inaugurates New IFE&C Network Operations GEE’s new Network Operations Center in Chicago. Photo: GEE [Avionics Today 10-20-2015] Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) has unveiled its new Network Operations Center (NOC), which continuously monitors and manages connectivity and content…
Business & GAUTC On Track to Hit Full Year Targets [Avionics Today 10-20-2015] United Technologies Corp. (UTC), which recently announced the $9 billion sale of its Sikorsky Helicopters unit to Lockheed Martin, reported third quarter 2015 results with a six percent decline…