Business & GANew Option for NextGen Avionics Financing General Aviation (GA) pilots and operators received increased access to financing options for upgrading their aircraft with avionics mandated by the FAA’s NextGen airspace modernization program with a new partnership between NextGen…
CommercialRockwell Collins to Establish Chinese Flight Sim JV Rockwell Collins has a final agreement with Beijing Bluesky Aviation Technology to establish a joint venture flight simulation company. LeAnn Ridgeway, vice president and general manager, Simulation and Training Solutions for…
CommercialSagem to Develop Sperwer Drones for French Army Sagem has been awarded a contract to develop five additional Sperwer tactical drones to be deployed by the French army. Sperwer tactical drone system. Photo, courtesy of Sagem. The…
MilitaryRaytheon Names Kennedy New CEO Raytheon has named Thomas Kennedy as its new CEO, to succeed William Swanson who will step down from the post March 31, 2014. Thomas Kennedy will take over as CEO…
Embedded AvionicsElbit to Provide IAF Hercules Avionics Upgrades Elbit Systems has been awarded a $15 million contract from Israel's Ministry of Defense to provide avionics upgrades for the Israeli Air Force's (IAF) fleet of C-130 military transport aircraft. Under…
Embedded AvionicsNorthrop Continues MAGIC Nav Systems Development Northrop Grumman announced an award for a phase three navigation system related contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to continue improving geo-registration accuracy for positioning and pointing applications for the…
ATM ModernizationParis Deploys Point Merge Approach Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport has deployed a new high altitude arrival procedure, Point Merge, to integrate inbound flights and increase the number of flights that air traffic controllers can manage simultaneously. …
Embedded AvionicsS-61 Completes First Flight With Cobham Upgrades Sikorsky has completed the maiden test flight of the modernized version of its S-61T helicopter with upgraded avionics from Cobham. The upgrades were provided by the U.K. manufacturer's Texas-based subsidiary Cobham…