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…
Embedded AvionicsThalesRaytheonSystems Radar to Boost French Air Defense Operators using the ThalesRaytheonSystems Grand Master 400 radar. Photo: ThalesRaytheonSystems [Avionics Today 12-12-2014] The French defense procurement agency, Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA), has awarded a contract to ThalesRaytheonSystems to supply the…
CommercialAmerican Airlines Grows Gogo IFC Across Regional Fleet American Eagle Embraer 175 regional jet rendering. Photo: American Airlines [Avionics Today 12-12-2014] American Airlines and Gogo have announced a contract whereby the aviation connectivity provider will deliver in-flight Wi-Fi services to…
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),…