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Equipage, Timing Key to NextGen Implementation

Some 300 aviation industry stakeholders gathered to consider ongoing challenges in the NextGen transition during the RTCA Fall Symposium, co-organized by Avionics Magazine, Sept. 22 in Washington, D.C. Recently confirmed FAA Deputy…

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Thales to Supply ATC Equipment to Belgium

Thales won a contract with Belgium to supply of STAR 2000/RSM 970 S co-mounted radars to replace approach radars. The new systems will be installed initially at Brussels National and Ostend airports,…

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Thales to Deliver ATC Systems to Congo

Thales has been awarded a contract by the Congolese Ministry of Transport for the supply, installation and commissioning of an air traffic management/air traffic control surveillance system. The system will include EUROCAT…

Business & GA

Rockwell Collins to Provide CCS for C919

Rockwell Collins has been selected by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) to provide the cabin core system (CCS) for its C919. The CCS will be standard equipment on all C919…

Business & GA

Lockheed Martin to Develop Helicopter Software

The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $10-million contract to develop software that will enable MH-60R and MH-60S multi-mission helicopter aircrews to pre-plan their missions. The U.S. military’s Joint Mission Planning System…

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ARINC Deploys Comm Station in U.K.

ARINC, of Annapolis, Md., on Monday said it has deployed an air/ground communications station at London Oxford Airport, located about 40 miles from greater London and serving north-west London and the Thames Valley region.…

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Brazilian Airport Selects Honeywell GBAS

Honeywell will deliver and install its SmartPath Ground-Based Augmentation System (GBAS) at Galeao–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, the company announced Tuesday. Honeywell says the FAA-System-Design-Approved SmartPath Precision Landing…

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RTCA Symposium to Highlight NextGen Technologies

Hundreds of aviation industry stakeholders will gather in Washington, D.C., tomorrow for the RTCA Fall Symposium, "The Technologies Fueling NextGen." Michael Huerta, deputy administrator of FAA, will keynote the event. Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska),…