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Commercial

FAA Opens Third UAS Test Site

[Avionics Today June 9, 2014] The FAA has approved the opening of its third congressionally mandated Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) testing site at Desert Rock Airport in Nevada.    Researchers at the Nevada…

Commercial

Hermes 900 Chosen as Swiss UAS Replacement

[Avionics Today June 9, 2014] The Swiss Armed Forces has selected Elbit Systems' Hermes 900 HFE as the replacement for its current Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Under a 2015 arms procurement deal, the…

Commercial

American Airlines to Add Connectivity to New CRJ900s

[Avionics Today June 9, 2014] American Airlines has signed an agreement with Gogo to add Air to Ground (ATG) in-flight connectivity on a fleet of 30 new Bombardier CRJ-900 NextGen jets.  The U.S.-based…

ATM Modernization

The Four New Priorities of NextGen

[Avionics Today June 5, 2014] A committee providing aviation industry insight on the FAA's implementation of NextGen has produced a new list of the top four priorities that the industry wants the agency…

ATM Modernization

NextGen Procedures Go Live in Houston Metroplex

[Avionics Today June 5, 2014] Benefits from the FAA's NextGen aviation infrastructure modernization project are taking shape in the Houston Metroplex, where last week a total of 50 new airspace procedures--aimed at allowing…

ATM Modernization

Boeing Opens Research Center in Brazil

[Avionics Today June 4, 2014] Boeing announced the opening of the Boeing Research & Technology-Brazil (BR&T-Brazil) center, which will focus on aerospace technology and research in aviation biofuel development, remote sensing and support…