Embedded AvionicsFleet Replacement Program Bid in the Works for UK Police Following Probe Following a revealing, government-led investigation in to the current state of the National Police Air Service (NPAS), which serves England and Wales, NPAS could soon be on the market for new aircraft.…
MilitaryAirbus Can Focus on Avionics Tests as NH90 Prototype 2 Takes Off Airbus Helicopters is “convinced” it can deliver NHIndustries NH90 Sea Lions to the German Navy on schedule. The program has a “demanding timetable,” Airbus said, but the second prototype just reached a…
Embedded AvionicsFlightcell, AKV Test Integrated Comms/Engine Trend Monitoring Solution The Flightcell International DZMx and the AKV Inc. ETM1000 engine trend monitoring system have been successfully integrated to offer another way to both export and keep track of data concerning engine usage.…
MilitaryUS Marine Corps Fields Northrop Grumman Mission Computer Upgrades The U.S. Marine Corps is flying with next-generation mission computers from Northrop Grumman. Aircraft under the H-1 upgrade program have been outfitted with the technology as the Marine Corps recently fielded the…
MilitaryUS Army Taps L3 for Manned/Unmanned Teaming Communication, Data Links The U.S. Army has tapped L3 Technologies to enable communications and data teaming between manned and unmanned aircraft. According to the company, the Army has awarded it multiple contracts totaling $97 million,…
MilitaryUS Army Gives Lockheed Martin $12M for Sensor Fusion Work The U.S. Army has tapped Lockheed Martin to develop a multi-modal sensor fusion (MMSF) testbed for rotorcraft, Lockheed Martin said. Worth $12 million, the contract is under the Army’s Night Vision and…
Embedded AvionicsAirbus to Flight Test Onboard Visual Flight Aid Next Week, Could be used for Urban Mobility Airbus Helicopters plans next week to flight test an experimental onboard image processing management system intended to support automatic helicopter approaches and landings in degraded visual conditions and sense-and-avoid capabilities for unmanned…
MilitaryFirst Upgraded MK21B Takes First Flight At Leonardo’s facility in Yeovil, England, the first upgraded MK21B Super Lynx for the Brazilian navy took its first flight, Leonardo said. This is the first of eight aircraft that are set…
CommercialNorwegian EMS Operator Becomes First Civilian to Receive Airbus Aircraft/Avionics Combo A Norwegian air ambulance operator is the first civil customer to take delivery of an Airbus Helicopters H135 equipped with a Helionix avionics suite, the manufacturer said. Norsk Luftambulanse AS (NOLAS) plans…
MilitarySikorsky Presidential Helicopter Replacement Takes Maiden Flight The Sikorsky VH-92A has completed its first flight, Lockheed Martin said. The configured test aircraft is part of the Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program. “This first flight of the VH-92A configured test aircraft…