Editor's NoteNew Family of Portable ADTS Instruments for Compliant Pitot-Static Testing from GE The new ADTS500 Series from the Druck product line of GE Measurement & Control introduces Bluetooth® technology with a remote touch/swipe screen, hand terminal to provide an easy-to-use, compliant, portable and…
CommercialAustralia’s Ferra Engineering to Provide Initial Production for Triton UAS Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton. Photo: Northrop Grumman [Avionics Today 07-31-2015] Northrop Grumman has awarded a contract for the U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) initial production lot to Ferra Engineering,…
Business & GACommsoft Launches Mobile App for MRO IT System [Avionics Today 07-31-2015] Commsoft has launched a mobile application, called Open Aviation Strategic Engineering System (OASES), for pilots and line maintenance engineers in the field. OASES can be accessed through tablets…
CommercialInsitu Wins Contract to Build Six RQ-21A Blackjack UAS for US Navy RQ-21A Blackjack UAS. Photo: Navair [Avionics Today 07-31-2015] Insitu has signed a contract to build six RQ-21A Blackjack systems for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The $78-million Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft…
Business & GABoeing Moves AM&S to New Oklahoma City Facility Mayor Mick Cornett, Commissioner Brian Maughan, President of Boeing Global Services and Support Leanne Caret, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and Boeing Oklahoma City Site Director Jeb Boatman pushed an E-6B aircraft throttle…
Business & GAEmbraer, Bombardier See Delays, Depreciation and Market Softness in Q2 [Avionics Today 07-31-2015] Second quarter 2105 earnings for both biz jet giants, Bombardier and Embraer, have turned up troubled revenues despite an uptick in aircraft sales. Bombardier has been sailing rough seas…
Embedded AvionicsAustralian Air Force Acquires First Boeing Growler Amazon’s rendering of a segregated UAS airspace. Photo: Amazon [Avionics Today 07-30-2015] Boeing and the U.S. Navy have presented the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) with the first EA-18G Growler, equipping the…
ATM ModernizationAmazon Proposes New ATM Model for Commercial UAS Ops [Avionics Today 07-30-2015] Amazon has proposed a new plan for integration of low-altitude small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS) that the company believes will limit incidents with…