Embedded AvionicsNavair’s Super Hornet IRST Sensor Pod Approved for LIRP Aircrew of the F/A 18 Super Hornet carrying the Navy’s (IRST) system. Photo: Navair [Avionics Today 12-05-2014] The Navy’s Infrared Search and Track (IRST) system received Milestone C acquisition approval, authorizing Low-Rate…
Business & GAGreen Skies Ahead: Airbus Partners with EFT to Promote Aviation Biofuel Research [Avionics Today 12-05-2014] Airbus Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Emerging Fuels Technology (EFT) to promote EFT in the commercialization of technologies to produce sustainable fuels for aviation. Sustainable…
CommercialAir France Partners With Orange, GEE to Make the Business Case for Connectivity [Avionics Today 12-05-2014] Air France has recently announced its intent to enter into a three-month In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) trial on short and medium haul routes through French telecommunications provider Orange — who…
ATM ModernizationHong Kong Ready to Begin Operating New ADS-B Stations [Avionics Today 12-3-2014] The Civil Aviation Department (CAD) of Hong Kong is approaching operational status for a new network of eight Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) ground stations in the Hong Kong flight…
ATM ModernizationHughes, Honeywell Expanding PBN Deployment at Myanmar Airports [Avionics Today 12-3-2014] Hughes Aerospace and Honeywell Aerospace have announced a partnership with Myanmar's Department of Civil Aviation to bring Performance Based Navigation (PBN) procedures to the nation's busiest airports. In recent…
CommercialNTSB Completes Boeing 787 Investigation, Issues New Certification Recommendations [Avionics Today 12-3-2014] The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded its investigation into a lithium-ion battery that caught fire onboard a parked Boeing 787 in 2013. According to the agency's accident investigators,…
CommercialLockheed Martin CFO Talks Navigating F-35 Program [Avionics Today 12-04-2014] Speaking at the Credit Suisse Global Industrials Conference, Bruce Tanner, executive vice president and CFO at Lockheed Martin noted the progress put forth in the last year behind the…
Embedded AvionicsAir Force Elects Exelis to Upgrade Strategic Automated Command Control System USAF personnel working on the SACSS system at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, U.S. Photo: U.S. Air Force, Senior Airman Montse Belleau [Avionics Today 12-04-2014] The United States Air Force has…