ATM ModernizationRaytheon to Provide Dual Frequency Upgrades for Wide Area Augmentation System The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a new 10-year contract to Raytheon Intelligence & Space that will provide a technical refresh for the Wide-Area Augmentation System (WAAS)—a space-based precision navigation system that…
Business & GAGarmin Unveils a Host of ADS-B-Integrated Solutions With eight months left before the FAA's 2020 ADS-B mandate kicks in, Garmin has unveiled four new ADS-B-compliant avionics solutions. The GTX 335D and 345D are ADS-B transponders that meet global requirements,…
Embedded AvionicsGarmin's GPS 3000 Gets Certified in Europe Garmin's new wide-area/satellite-based augmentation system (WAAS/SBAS) GPS, the GPS 3000, has been certified in Europe. Meeting ADS-B Out requirements and capable of five position updates per second, the remote-mount GPS 3000 is…
ATM ModernizationFAA Contracts NovAtel For WAAS Modernization The FAA has granted NovAtel a contract for 40 ground uplink station signal generators to help modernize its wide-area augmentation system (WAAS) navigation service network. Under the contract, NovAtel will design and…
Embedded AvionicsFAA Tasks Intelsat with Navigation Satellite WAAS Payload The FAA has awarded Intelsat, along with a team of other companies, a new task order to develop and operate a satellite payload to aid aircraft navigation without dependence on ground-based infrastructure, particularly precision…
Embedded AvionicsFAA Tasks Leidos with GPS-augmenting WAAS Satellite for $117M The FAA has awarded Leidos a task order to develop the seventh-generation geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellite used for the FAA wide area augmentation system (WAAS). The task order has a four-year development…
Military‘Dragon Lady’ Pilots Get Wrist-Mounted Nav by Garmin The U.S. Air Force has selected the Garmin D2 Charlie watch for inclusion in the toolkits of Lockheed U-2 “Dragon Lady” reconnaissance aircraft pilots. The D2 Charlie features GPS and wide-area augmentation…
MilitaryPilatus Taps Esterline for PC-21 Avionics for France and Jordan Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. has tapped Esterline Avionics Systems to supply cockpit avionics for the French Air Force’s PC-21s, Esterline said at the Paris Air Show. The company has also received a contract…