MilitaryBlakey Reacts to Vice Presidential Debate Discussion of Sequestration Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) President Marion Blakey reacted to the vice presidential debate discussion of sequestration on Thursday, saying it will take bipartisanship in Congress to resolve the sequestration issue. “While it…
Business & GALockheed Martin Launches AFSS Pilot Web Portal Lockheed Martin Flight Services (LMFS) launched its Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) Pilot Web Portal along with the new Adverse Condition Alerting Service (ACAS). The ACAS provides new alerts on new adverse…
Business & GAOculus Systems Becomes U.K. Vendor for Huginn X-1 UAS Oculus Systems has become the vendor for the Huginn X-1 unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The Huginn X-1, manufactured by Denmark-based Sky-Watch, is a NANO UAS designed for surveillance tasks in both civilian…
Embedded AvionicsElbit, Northrop Grumman Collaborate on Terrain Avoidance System Elbit Systems and Northrop Grumman are collaborating to develop a terrain following and terrain avoidance (TF/TA) system. (Terrain following C-130) The TF/TA system is a combination of the Elbit Systems TF/TA head-up…
CommercialSouthwest Airlines to Install ARINC WVSS on 737s Southwest Airlines will install ARINC Water Vapor Sensor Systems (WVSS) on its fleet of Boeing 737-700s. ARINC is providing the WVSS systems as part of a contract from the National Oceanic and…
Business & GALufthansa to Provide iPad Navigation Charts for AirBridgeCargo Airlines Lufthansa Systems will provide its iPad Lido/iRouteManual navigation charts to AirBridgeCargo Airlines. The Russian cargo carrier signed a five-year contract with Lufthansa to deploy the iPad navigation charts on its Boeing 747s.…
CommercialDARPA’s AHR Program Moves Closer to Autonomous Aerial Refueling The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Autonomous High-Altitude Refueling (AHR) program recently completed successful flight demonstrations of technology that allows unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to automatically refuel in-flight. DARPA conducted the…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Restructuring its Electronic Systems Business Sector Lockheed Martin will restructure its Electronic Systems business into two new divisions — the Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) and Mission Systems and Training (MST) business areas. The changes become effective Dec.…