ATM ModernizationTransport Canada Fuels UAS Use through Eased Regulations [Avionics Today 12-15-2014] With Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAVs) sneaking steadily into commercial use across the globe for large and small businesses alike, Transport Canada is looking to ease the process by relaxing…
ATM ModernizationNASA Tests Software to Improve Flight Efficiency on Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator [Avionics Today 12-16-2014] NASA researchers have begun flight tests of computer software that shows promise in improving flight efficiency and reducing environmental impacts of aircraft, especially on communities around airports. The Airborne…
ATM ModernizationRohde and Schwarz to Provide ATC Communication Tech to the Philippines R&S Series4200 Software Defined Radios. Photos. Rohde and Schwarz [Avionics Today 12-16-2014] Rohde & Schwarz has completed site acceptance testing for its R&S VCS-4G voice communications system at the Laguindingan airport in…
CommercialGlobal Eagle Upgrades WestJet IFE GEE to deliver IFE to WestJet personal devices. Photo: WestJet [Avionics Today 12-15-2014] Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) has announced it will manage Canada’s low-cost carrier WestJet’s in-flight content services. This comes as…
ATM ModernizationSaab ATM and Cambridge Pixel to Integrate Surface Movement Radar at NY Airport Saab ATM selects Cambridge Pixel's RadarView software for SR-3 radar integration at airports. Photo: Cambridge Pixel [Avionics Today 12-15-2014] Saab Air Traffic Management (ATM) has selected Cambridge Pixel's RadarView radar visualization software…
Embedded AvionicsNorthrop Grumman Delivers First Fire Radar Upgrade to F-16 APG-83 SABR Radar system. Photo: Northrop Grumman [Avionics Today 12-15-2014] Northrop Grumman has delivered its first Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) to Lockheed Martin. The APG-83…
ConnectivityLockheed Martin Opens Facility to Accelerate MUOS Secure Radio Terminal and Government Application Development MUOS TRAF antenna. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Avionics Today 12-15-2014] With the United States Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) expected to achieve global communications coverage next year, Lockheed Martin recently established a…
CommercialAircelle to Supply Boeing 777X Titanium Exhaust Systems [Avionics Today 12-15-2014] Aircelle, a branch of the Safran group, will produce titanium exhaust systems for the new Boeing 777X commercial jetliner. This is the nacelle manufacturer’s first major supplier win with…