Business & GA

The Future of Unmanned Flight

Just five years ago, the idea of the futuristic aircraft known as Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) dotting our skies seemed more like talk of UFO sightings than future tech, but now, “I…

Business & GA

Time to Rethink UAS in the US

The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) treatment of very small UAS is creating a serious problem. While the agency deserves considerable credit for its hard work on projects to transition to the integration…

ATM Modernization

Panama 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…

Commercial

FAA'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…

Commercial

Mercury 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…

Embedded Avionics

F-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 Avionics

L-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…