CommercialAeroVironment to Develop MALE UAS for DARPA The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a $2.3 million contract to AeroVironment to develop a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that can operate from small ships providing…
CommercialMQ-8C Completes First Flight Northrop Grumman's MQ-8C unmanned helicopter completed its first flight at the Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, Calif., last week. The flight, operated by a ground-based team from the U.S. Navy and…
CommercialSimulating Flight The engineering required to design, build, operate and maintain modern aircraft is no less than a monumental feat. Hardware, software and integration challenges have been solved by many hours of effort from…
ATM ModernizationNextGen SwiftBroadband Safety Services Satellite-based communications is a vital part of airspace modernization initiatives around the world, notably NextGen in the United States and SESAR in Europe. Satellite service provider Inmarsat recently was granted approval for…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Data Acquisition Teledyne Controls manufactures a range of data acquisition units covering the commercial, regional, military and business aircraft markets. Like it has in many other industries, “big data” has taken hold in aviation.…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Airborne Server PMA Kontron received FAA Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) on its next-generation ACE Flight 600 general purpose airborne server. According to the company, this milestone signifies that the airborne server meets…
Business & GAPerspectives: FCC Interference Approach Since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its “National Broadband Plan” in 2010, the agency has been aggressively trying to make more spectrum available for broadband. Besides exploring various allocation and auction…
ATM ModernizationPeople Bill Darbe Satcom Direct, of Satellite Beach, Fla., named Bill Darbe its director of dealer programs. Darbe will be responsible for implementing aftermarket dealer programs to support the introduction of Satcom Direct’s…