Commercial

Northrop Tests Radar Jamming on the Bat

Northrop Grumman completed the first ever demonstration of a Group III (small, tactical) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) equipped with radar jamming technology at the Naval Air Weapons Station in China Lake, Calif.,…

Business & GA

Congress Passes Small Airplane Revitalization Act

Congress approved a bill that updates regulations on Part 23 aircraft components and technology Thursday, Nov. 14. Called the Small Airplane Act of 2013, H.R. 1848, will requires the FAA to implement…

Commercial

Air Nostrium, StandardAero Sign APU Agreement 

Spanish regional carrier Air Nostrium has signed an agreement with Tempe, Ariz. based StandardAero to provide maintenance for its fleet of aircraft equipped with Honeywell GTCP36-150RJ auxiliary power units (APUs).  Under the…

Commercial

BAE 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…

Commercial

Transaero 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…

Commercial

EasyJet 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 & GA

Jeppesen 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.   …