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…
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…
ATM ModernizationSwanwick, NATS Computer Failure Temporarily Grounds Flights [Avionics Today 12-15-2014] Flights are back in the air after a computer failure at National Air Traffic Services (NATS) Swanwick area control center grounded or delayed hundreds of flights across and beyond…
Business & GABoeing Expands Alabama Aerospace Research Center Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 12-12-2014] Boeing has begun construction on a 7,000-square-foot addition to its research and technology center in Huntsville, Ala. Known as the Center for Applied Simulation and Analytics (CASA),…