CommercialMobile Airline Services Need Improvements, Poll Says Airlines and operators have increased their mobile air travel services in recent years, but the majority of airline passengers are not yet ready to start buying airline tickets from their smartphones, according…
Embedded AvionicsNorthrop Grumman Awarded STC for Air Claw Photo courtesy Northop Grumman FAA issued a multiuse supplemental type certificate (STC) to Northrop Grumman's Air Claw, Quest KODIAK 100-based short take-off and landing aircraft. The multiuse STC validates the quality of design and integration…
CommercialAeroVironment Wins $20 Million Order for Raven UAS Upgrades The U.S. Army is upgrading its fleet of RQ-11B Raven unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) through a new $20 million order for Mantis i23 gimbaled sensor payloads from AeroVironment. (AeroVironment's RQ-11B…
Business & GAAircell Releases ATG 2000 Gogo subsidiary Aircell unveiled a new equipment package providing Internet and voice service for business jets Monday, ATG 2000. The new package provides Internet and voice services for light jets and…
CommercialPerspectives: CMHP Considerations Coming soon, all airlines will use the Internet and FAA’s enhanced, secure-connection Common Message Handling Protocol (CMHP) to access FAA for all National Airspace System (NAS) subsystems, including the National Airspace Data…
CommercialAstronics Buys AeroSat for $12 Million Avionics manufacturer Astronics Corp., in an effort to increase its aircraft electronics business, on Tuesday announced its $12 million acquisition of aircraft antenna systems provider AeroSat. The acquisition will help expand…
ATM ModernizationGeneral Dynamics Awarded NextGen Task Order Aerospace and defense technology provider General Dynamics (GD) has received a $12 million task order from FAA to provide support to the agency's NextGen Integration and Evaluation Capability (NIEC) under the System…
Business & GAEditor's Note: Safe Flying It’s a tough job being a pilot, and if industry reports and forecasts are to be believed, it’s about to get tougher. There’s growing demand for experienced and trained pilots to satisfy…