ATM ModernizationNew Products Inertial Measurement Unit NovAtel, based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, released an addition to its GNSS/INS SPAN product family, the IMU-LCI. The IMU-LCI inertial measurement unit (IMU) contains a Northrop Grumman sensor that…
Business & GAIndustry Scan Commercial COMAC C919 Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC) in July signed agreements with joint ventures involving GE Aviation and Rockwell Collins to provide avionics for the new C919 family of…
Business & GAPerspectives: Poor Man’s Radar High-tech systems that allow you to hover blind won’t be coming to your helicopter anytime soon. Meanwhile, our critical need remains a few more seconds of good references and a few dozen…
ATM ModernizationPeople Kevin Wright TTTech, based in Vienna, Austria, named Kevin Wright executive vice president of TTTech North America. In his new role, Wright also takes responsibility for TTTech Group’s global activities in the…
ATM ModernizationCalendar August 18 Airborne RFID: Radio Frequency Identification Takes Off, an Avionics Magazine webinar, noon to 1 p.m. EST. For information and to register, visit www.aviationtoday.com/webinars/2010-0818.html 24-27 Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International…
CommercialControlling UAS Flight Though vertical takeoff unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have yet to make the combat contribution of fixed-wing UASs, four very different autonomous rotorcraft show near-term warfighting potential. The 16-pound Honeywell T-Hawk ducted fan…
CommercialArmed and Unmanned The decision by the United States a decade ago to put laser-guided AGM-114 Hellfire missiles on the RQ-1 Predator, turning the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems reconnaissance UAV into a weapon, kick-started the…
Business & GANetJets to Equip with Aircell Internet System Fractional aircraft ownership company NetJets will equip more than 250 of its midsize and large-cabin aircraft with High-Speed Internet Systems from Aircell, the companies announced Thursday. Installations begin this month. Aircell said…