Embedded AvionicsRoyal Netherlands Air Force Contracts Rockwell Collins to Manage Avionics Repairs Pilatus PC-7 of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 07-16-2015] The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has selected Intertrade, a Rockwell Collins company that provides used aircraft and engine…
Business & GAAurora’s Orion Sets UAV Flight Record [Avionics Today 07-16-2015] Aurora Flight Sciences received official notification from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) on July 1 that its Orion aircraft set the world record for duration of flight for a…
CommercialUAS Technology, Regulation Present Barriers to Small Business [Avionics Today 07-16-2015] With the FAA well on its way to publishing a final rule on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) integration into the National Airspace System (NAS), small businesses are calling for…
ATM ModernizationSatcom Direct FlightDeck Freedom Fetches FANS for Legacy Aircraft [Avionics Today 07-16-2015] Satcom Direct’s FlightDeck Freedom now supports aircraft equipped with Rockwell Collins CMU-1000 datalink systems as well as aircraft equipped with a Universal Avionics UniLink UL-800/801 Communications Management Unit (CMU)…
CommercialBell Boeing Delivers Japan’s V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor V-22 Osprey. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 07-15-2015] The United States Navy has awarded Bell Boeing, a strategic alliance between Bell Helicopter and Boeing, a contract to deliver five Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey…
CommercialIBS Delivers Components to Lockheed Martin’s F-35 [Avionics Today 07-15-2015] IBC Advanced Alloys has delivered its first completed Beralcast azimuth gimbal housing components to Lockheed Martin for the F-35 Lightning II Electro Optical Targeting System (EOTS). Lockheed Martin F-35.…
ATM ModernizationSolar Impulse II Stalls Out in Hawaii [Avionics Today 07-15-2015] The round-the-world flight of Solar Impulse II, a completely solar powered aircraft, has been suspended until early spring 2016 due to irreparable damage to the aircraft’s batteries, which overheated…
CommercialLufthansa Technik CEO Ready for Expansion to Puerto Rico [Avionics Today 07-15-2015] Lufthansa Technik will begin maintenance work on its first aircraft from Spirit Airlines at its newly opened location in Puerto Rico on July 21. According to Lufthansa Technik (LHT)…