RegulationFAA Seeks Public Comment on Safety, Security Risks of Small Drones in U.S. Airspace The FAA on Monday issued a draft rulemaking proposal seeking feedback from the public on ways to limit the public safety and national security risks of operating small drones in the national…
IIOT CyberAIA Releases New Aerospace Cyber Standard The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) has released a risk-based cyber security standard aimed giving companies in the aerospace and defense industry set of baseline security controls that can evolve with changing threats…
UnmannedUS Homeland Security Plans to Test Counter-Drone Systems in 2019 With new legislation opening the door for testing, evaluating and eventually deploying systems to mitigate threats from unmanned aircraft systems that can be purchased commercially, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans…
MilitaryHarris, L3 Technologies to Create a New Merger of Equals Harris Corp. and L3 Technologies announced a blockbuster deal that would create the sixth-largest U.S. defense contractor with about $16 billion in sales and a market capitalization of $33.5 billion, with Harris…
CommercialDo Airports Need to Be Mandated to Adopt Cybersecurity Practices? Cybersecurity standards and best practices don’t appear to be widely adopted by airports and, given pervasive cyber threats, Congress should consider directing the adoption of these standards across the aviation industry, an…
UnmannedTrump Nominee for DHS Undersecretary Advocates Anti-Drone Bill Legislation in the Senate permitting the use of technology to defeat potential threats from drones is necessary to enable the testing and evaluation of these technologies in operationally relevant environments, a Department…
CommercialBoeing Buys Millenium Space Systems for SmallSat Solutions Boeing, which filed with government regulators in 2016 for a potential network of thousands of small satellites to provide global Internet access, has agreed to acquire Millenium Space Systems, a developer and…
CommercialL3 Forms ISR Segment out of Aerospace and Sensor Systems After Q2 L3 is consolidating its Aerospace Systems and Sensors Systems business segments into one focused on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) solutions for customers worldwide. The new Texas-based ISR Systems segment supplies sensor…