Business & GAQatar Airways, Jeppesen Sign Electronic Flight Bag Agreement Qatar Airways has renewed its five-year service agreement with Jeppesen to add electronic flight bag (EFB) services to its commercial air operations. Under the new agreement, the Middle Eastern carrier will…
Embedded AvionicsCassidian 'SmartRadar' Completes LearJet Flight Testing Cassidian's "SmartRadar" system recently completed flight test from the German air base in Hohn aboard a Learjet 35. (Cassidian's SmartRadar – shown here in its demonstrator pod configuration. Photo, courtesy…
CommercialAUVSI 2013 Opens Next Week in Washington The Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International will host Unmanned Systems 2013, its 40th annual gathering of the unmanned systems industry, in Washington D.C. next week, and Avionics Magazine has a preview of…
Embedded AvionicsNavy Tests New Target Sharing System on EA-18G The U.S. Navy recently completed flight tests of its new data network on a Boeing EA-18G Growler. The network features sensor system upgrades that will allow aircrews to share targeting data…
Business & GAGogo Reports Bigger Net Loss in Quarterly Earnings In-flight connectivity provider Gogo on Wednesday issued its first quarterly earnings report as a publicly traded company, reporting a net loss of $72.6 million for the second quarter, five times the net…
CommercialRockwell Collins Developing Avionics Systems Analysis Tool for NASA Rockwell Collins has secured a one-year contract to begin developing new software analysis tools for verifying the safety of avionics systems on future commercial aircraft. NASA is looking to evaluate the…
Embedded AvionicsNorthrop Grumman Selected for F-16 Radar Upgrade Northrop Grumman will provide the Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) for U.S. Air Force and Taiwan F-16 fighter jets, after winning a competition by Lockheed Martin looking to prolong the life of…
CommercialCurtiss Wright to Supply MC-21 Flight Data Recorder Curtiss Wright Controls announced a $21 million contract from Irkut Corp. to supply the flight data recording system for Irkut's MC-21 narrow body passenger jet. The company's avionics division will supply…