ATM ModernizationDelayed Delivery of En-route CPDLC Messages Fixed, FAA Says The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said this week that it has fixed a lateness in the delivery of en-route use of controller-to-pilot data link communications (en-route CPDLC) messages–a tardiness that occurred twice…
MilitaryL2 Aviation to Install ADS-B Upgrades for U.S. Air Force KC-10 Tankers Collins Aerospace has awarded L2 Aviation a subcontract for installations of Mode 5 Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) upgrades for the U.S. Air Force's fleet of 58 Boeing KC-10 Extender tanker aircraft, the…
Business & GABombardier Looks Forward to Certification of Combined Vision System LAS VEGAS – David Coleal, the president of Bombardier Aviation, said on Oct. 21 that Bombardier is looking forward to the certification of the "first true combined vision system" developed solely for…
MilitaryCollins Aerospace to Provide Global F-35 Pilot Readiness Center with Dutch Air Force United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace is to provide what the company calls the first global pilot readiness center for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning under an agreement with the Royal Netherlands…
CommercialMore Details Emerge on X-59's 4K Cockpit Screen, Environmental System The cockpit of NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) demonstrator aircraft will use a 4K monitor as its primary forward looking field of view for pilots, according to new system supplier details…
CommercialCollins Aerospace Has a New Avionics Chief Steve Timm is the new president of avionics at Collins Aerospace, taking over for Kent Statler, who will retire after 32 years with the avionics manufacturer that merged with UTC Aerospace Systems…
Embedded AvionicsCollins Aerospace Looks to Future Vertical Lift as Opportunity for Vehicle Management Computer NASHVILLE — Representatives of Collins Aerospace Systems believe that the company's Vehicle Management Computer may benefit the Army Future Vertical Lift program, the company said during the Army Aviation Association of America's…
CommercialNew Collins Electric Aircraft Lab Has High Voltage Goals A new $50 million high-voltage lab, “The Grid,” being built by Collins Aerospace in Rockford, Illinois will serve as the design and testing center for developing a 1-megawatt (MW) motor, motor controller…
Business & GASupersonic Flight Unlocked by Real-Time Boom Predictions Crucial to the industry's ability to bring supersonic civil aviation back in a palatable fashion is the fact that modern technology allows the real-time prediction of how sound waves will reach the ground,…
CommercialUTC's Hybrid-Electric Regional Plane Promises 30 Percent Fuel Savings United Technologies Corp. has selected regional turboprops as its inroad to the electric transportation market, and it says its hybrid-electric solution could achieve a 30 percent fuel savings. UTC is developing a…