Embedded AvionicsUS Navy T-45 Trainers to Receive New Smart Oxygen Concentrators The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded a contract to Cobham Mission Systems for the supply of new GGU-25 oxygen smart concentrators that will be part of a fleet-wide systems upgrade…
ATM ModernizationSatellite Connectivity to Enable New ’Pop-Up UTM’ Service for Drones Inmarsat and Altitude Angel are collaborating on a new approach to surveillance that they describe as ‘Pop-Up UTM’ (Unmanned Traffic Management), which could serve as a catalyst for enabling more beyond visual…
CommercialInmarsat Launches SB-Helo X-Stream High Data Rate Services for Rotorcraft On Nov. 5, at the Vertical Flight Expo and Conference in Farnborough, United Kingdom, Inmarsat debuted its SwiftBroadband Helo (SB-Helo) X-Stream, a new system to allow X-Stream high data rate services in…
ConnectivityCobham's Satcom System to Solve Rotor-Induced Packet Loss Ed. Note: Helicopter data transfer often suffers significant degradation as a result of the overhead rotor blades, but Cobham has a satcom solution aimed at avoiding this difficulty, extending range and reliability…
Military'Team Reaper Australia' Takes Shape as GA-ASI Names 10 MQ-9 Partners General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has named 10 partner companies that will comprise Team Reaper Australia, which will furnish the country's military with either MQ-9A or MQ-9B large UAS. Australia named GA-ASI as…
Embedded AvionicsCobham to Contribute ADS-B Out for T-6A Trainers Cobham will provide ADS-B Out solutions for the T-6A trainer upgrades that Scientific Research Corporation (SRC) is undertaking for the Defense Department. The total contract is worth over $15 million with Cobham's…
ConnectivityCobham Connects Cockpits at Shenzen with Aviator 300D Shenzen Airlines has selected Cobham's Aviator 300D cockpit connectivity solution for its fleet of Airbus A320s. The Chinese airline ordered 77 of the satcom systems, with more potentially to follow, as Shenzen…
Embedded AvionicsVIAVI to Acquire Cobham's Avionics Testing Division VIAVI Solutions will purchase Cobham’s wireless test and measurement and AvComm connectivity branches for $455 million. Both company’s boards have approved the sale, which is expected to close later this year pending…
ConnectivityUnited Airlines’ First SB-S-Equipped B767 Enters Service Evaluation United Airlines has entered into service evaluation its first Boeing B767 aircraft with Inmarsat’s SB-Safety (SB-S), Inmarsat said. This is part of a technology evaluation for the flight deck communications platform. The…
ConnectivityCobham, Avionica Teaming for Inmarsat Communication for BizAv Cobham Satcom and Avionica are teaming to provide “the industry’s smallest and lightest” Inmarsat solution for simultaneous cockpit and cabin communication for business jets, Cobham said. The new joint solution combines Cobham’s…