CommercialBAE Systems Satcom for UAS Test Proves Successful British engineers have demonstrated the use of Ka-band satellite communications (Satcom) to transfer large amounts of data between unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), BAE Systems said Tuesday. [Taranis, a prototype unmanned…
Embedded AvionicsNorthrop Grumman Seeks Open Architecture for Black Hawk Currently, the average U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters is 23 years old with on-board systems that operate independently of one another. The U.S. Army is looking to upgrade its fleet of UH-60L…
CommercialTransaero Expands In-flight Connectivity Russian carrier Transaero is expanding its in-flight connectivity service to more aircraft, announcing plans Thursday to make the service available on 30 aircraft by the beginning of 2014. Currently the airline…
Business & GAHoneywell Brings Synthetic Vision to Epic 2.0 On the 10-year anniversary of the original Primus Epic platform, Honeywell unveiled an upgraded "Epic 2.0" version with access to the aerospace and defense manufacturer's SmartView synthetic vision system, among other new…
CommercialEASA Pursues In-flight Mobile Calling Policy The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is looking to certify in-flight cell phone calls, the agency said Wednesday along with announcing the approval of the use of personal electronic devices (PED) during…
CommercialEasyJet Systems to Detect Volcanic Ash U.K.-based discount carrier EasyJet is looking to equip some of its aircraft with a volcanic ash detection system by the end of next year, the carrier said Wednesday. [During testing,…
Business & GAJeppesen Upgrades EFB for iPad Jeppesen has upgraded its FliteDeck Pro electronic flight bag (EFB) iPad solution to begin automatically displaying airport taxi diagrams based on user-configured speed settings, the Boeing Digital Aviation subsidiary said Wednesday. …
Embedded AvionicsTaiwan F-16s to Receive Gigabit Ethernet Switch The Taiwan Air Force is the first of what could be several nations to receive an upgrade from Lockheed Martin that will add Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) technology to its fleet of F-16…