Business & GAHoneywell, Astro-Med Form New Cockpit Printer Partnership Astro-Med will produce airborne printers for Honeywell's business jet and regional jet avionics suites, under a contract announced Wednesday. The two companies signed a long-term manufacturing and product life cycle support…
CommercialFLYHT to Supply AFIRS 220, 228B to Maldivian Airline FLYHT Aerospace has a new five-year $480,000 contract to supply an undisclosed Maldivian carrier with its Automated Information Reporting System (AFIRS) 220 and 228B. Under the agreement, FLYHT will install the…
CommercialNOAA Conducts First Ship-Based Unmanned Aircraft Mission The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) conducted its first ship-based unmanned aircraft system (UAS) mission with AeroVironment's Puma UAS. (A Puma Unmanned Aircraft is launched off NOAA ship Nancy Foster.…
Business & GAFlightman Designing EFBs for WestJet's New Regional Subsidiary Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) software developer Flightman has a new contract to provide infrastructure of a Class 2 EFB for WestJet's regional subsidiary, WestJet Encore. Under the contract, Flightman will develop…
CommercialU.S. Navy Launches Unmanned Aircraft From Carrier The U.S. Navy will attempt the first launch of an unmanned aircraft from an aircraft carrier on Tuesday, using Northrop Grumman's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS). (X-47B Unmanned…
CommercialU.S. Air Force to Launch $555 Million Unmanned Modernization Project The U.S. Air Force awarded a $555.6 million contract to Northrop Grumman to modernize its fleet of Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). In a statement, the Department of Defense (DoD)…
ATM ModernizationAirbus to Support PBN Deployment in Central, South America Airbus ProSky has a new agreement with Latin American airline group Avianca and TACA to implement Performance Based Navigation (PBN) procedures at airports in Central and South America. The partnership will…
MilitaryLockheed's JASSM Completes Flight Testing Lockheed Martin completed flight testing of its Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) Extended range for the U.S. Air Force Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) flight testing program. JASSM was successful…