Business & GASikorsky Flies Optionally Piloted Black Hawk [Avionics Today April 22, 2014] Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced a successful flight test of an optionally piloted Black Hawk Helicopter, part of the manufacturer's ongoing work with the U.S. Army to provide autonomous…
CommercialMercury Systems to Provide UAS Processing Modules [Avionics Today April 21, 2014] Mercury Systems announced a new $3.2 million contract from an undisclosed defense prime contractor to provide signal processing modules for an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) airborne synthetic radar…
ATM ModernizationPanama Opens Modernized ATC Center [Avionics Today April 21, 2014] The Civil Aviation Authority of Panama (AAC) announced the inauguration of a new approach and en-route radar Air Traffic Control (ATC) center that has the capability to manage…
CommercialFAA's First UAS Test Site Opens [Avionics Today April 21, 2014] The FAA announced the first of its six Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) research test sites, North Dakota, is ready to begin testing. North Dakota's Department of Commerce has…
Embedded AvionicsF-35 to Make First U.K. Flight in July [Avionics Today April 18, 2014] This summer's Royal International Air Tattoo show in Fairford will feature the first flight of the F-35 Lightning II, according to an announcement from the U.K. Ministry of Defense…
Embedded AvionicsL-3 TCAS System Selected for KC-46A [Avionics Today April 18, 2014] Boeing has selected the T3CAS Integrated Surveillance System and the FA2100 Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data Recorder (FDR) system as standard avionics for its KC-46A Military…
CommercialThe 2014 AMC/AEEC Conference [Avionics Today April 17, 2014] 2014 marks the 65th year since the Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee meetings first began to convene jointly with the Avionics Maintenance Conference. Since those first meetings, aircraft…
ATM ModernizationSpace-based ADS-B Initial Launch in 2015 [Avionics Today April 17, 2014] The initial launch of Space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is on track for early 2015, with the full 66 satellite constellation network scheduled for full deployment in 2019,…