Embedded AvionicsNorthrop Grumman New Open-Architecture DIRCM Laser Protects Crew and Cargo Northrop Grumman offices. Photo: Northrop Grumman [Avionics Today 11-20-2014] Northrop Grumman’s Laser Systems business unit has announced its new Viper 2.1 laser, featuring a form factor and interface for use on all…
ATM ModernizationNASA and Korea Ink Agreement to Further ATM Technologies Jaiwon Shin, NASA’s associate administrator for Aeronautics Research, and Jaeboong Lee, president of the Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement, signed an agreement Nov. 17, 2014 in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: NASA…
Business & GAAEA Third Quarter Report Indicates Sales Slowdown Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 11-20-2014] Business and General Aviation (GA) avionics sales this summer dropped 5 percent, according to the Aircraft Electronics Association’s (AEA) third-quarter 2014 Avionics Market Report. In the three-month…
Business & GAUK Operators Catch a Break on SERA Rule Changes [Avionics Today 11-20-2014] The United Kingdom’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced that implementation of significant elements of the European Union’s Standardized European Rules of the Air (SERA) has been delayed. As a…
ATM ModernizationPassur Aerospace, Inform GmbH Combined Tech for Enhanced Turn-Management Solutions [Avionics Today 11-20-2014] Passur Aerospace and Inform GmbH are integrating their existing solutions for airline and airport turn management and hub control into a new, combined offering. Passur’s flight, airspace and airport…
Commercial5 Potential Commercial Uses of Unmanned Aircraft Systems [Avionics Today 11-20-2014] As the FAA moves closer to releasing its highly anticipated regulations for small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and the agency's six testing sites throughout the U.S. continue to research…
CommercialLufthansa Technik Puerto Rico Facility to Offer Maintenance, Training The ground breaking at the Lufthansa Puerto Rico overhaul facility. Photo: Lufthansa [Avionics Today 11-19-2014] Lufthansa Technik has begun construction on the company’s new overhaul facility in Puerto Rico. The maintenance division…
ATM ModernizationEurocontrol and EDA Collaborate to Provide SESAR Military Perspective Claude-France Arnould, EDA Chief Executive and Frank Brenner, Director General of Eurocontrol sign the agreement [Avionics Today 11-19-2014] Eurocontrol and the European Defence Agency (EDA) have signed a joint work agreement in…