CommercialBoeing Completes X-48C Test Flight Boeing completed a successful test flight of their remotely piloted X-48C blended wing body aircraft on Tuesday at Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert. The X-48C is a scale model…
CommercialInsitu Completes First Flight for RQ-21A UAS Insitu recently completed the first test flight of the RQ-21A unmanned aircraft system (UAS), the company announced Monday. (RQ-21A UAS) The test flight occurred at an Insitu facility in Oregon as part…
MilitaryBAE to Provide Avionics Upgrades for South Korea’s F-16s BAE Systems will provide avionics upgrades for South Korea’s fleet of F-16 aircraft, the company announced Monday. The upgrades will include systems engineering and integration, software and electronics engineering, obsolescence management and…
CommercialThales Sells Civil Fixed-Wing Flight Simulation Business to L-3 Thales on Tuesday said it has completed the sale of its civil fixed-wing flight simulation business to L-3 Communications for approximately $130 million. “The business, which is now known as L-3 Link…
CommercialElbit Systems has new Latin American UAS Contract Elbit Systems was awarded a two-year multimillion dollar contract for a mixed fleet of their Hermes 900 and Hermes 450 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from a Latin America customer, the company said Sunday.…
ATM ModernizationFAA Investigates Air Traffic Incident at DCA FAA safety officials are investigating a miscommunication between air traffic controllers (ATC) that lead to three aircraft flying too close to each other near Ronald Reagan Airport on Tuesday. The incident occurred…
CommercialAirbus Activates A350 XWB Flight Deck Airbus has powered up the XWB MSN1 flight deck for the first time for electrical testing on its A350 passenger jet. The France-based manufacturer’s XWB flight deck has six interchangeable displays. The…
ATM ModernizationPeople Jim Gaughan Jim Gaughan Metron Aviation, of Dulles, Va., named Jim Gaughan president and CEO. Gaughan was appointed chief operating officer following the Airbus acquisition of Metron Aviation, and now succeeds Dave…