CommercialSpirit Selects Exelis for Surveillance [Avionics Today March 4, 2014] Spirit Airlines has selected the Exelis aircraft surveillance solution, Sypmhony OpsVue, to provide visual tracking of its aircraft fleet while on the ground. The Spirit fleet…
ATM ModernizationEurope to Deploy Initial SESAR ATM Structure Eurocontrol has announced a decision to move forward with establishing six Centralized Services (CS) centers, achieving a major milestone in the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) program. The decision was…
ATM ModernizationReport: Aviation Industry Reluctant to Invest in NextGen Avionics Airlines and operators in the United States are reluctant to upgrade their aircraft avionics due to a lack of clearly defined long-term benefits of key NextGen initiatives, according to a new report…
CommercialAir Strato Completes First Take-off And Landing The Air Strato electrically powered unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has completed its first takeoff and landing. Designed by European aerospace company ARCA Space, the Air Strato completed a short flight reaching an…
ATM ModernizationSESAR Appoints New Director Florian Guillermet has been appointed the new deputy executive director of the SESAR Joint Undertaking (JU). Guillermet will oversee future air traffic management programs for SESAR.
CommercialNorthrop Grumman Acquires Qantas Defence Northrop Grumman's Australian subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Australia Pty Limited, has completed its acquisition of Australian aerospace and defense company Qantas Defence Services. The acquisition will allow Northrop Grumman to expand its…
Business & GARUAG Overhauls DHC-6 Twin Otter Avionics [Avionics Today February 21, 2014] Technicians at RUAG Aviation's facility in Bern-Belp, Switzerland completed an avionics overhaul for a 33-year-old DHC-6 Twin Otter. RUAG said the overhaul was part of its re-life…
ATM ModernizationUK-Ireland Air Traffic Plan Underway [Avionics Today February 21, 2014] The U.K.'s Civil Aviation Authority and Ireland's Irish Aviation Authority Safety Regulation Division (IAA SRD) have finished drafting a joint performance plan for combining Air Traffic Control (ATC)…