CommercialJeppesen Software Approved for EFB Application Jeppesen, based in Englewood, Colo., was granted FAA TSO approval for its Airport Moving Map application for Class 2 Electronic Flight Bags (EFB). The application, the company said, uses a database to…
Business & GAEmbry-Riddle Team Studies Helicopter HUMS Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, in conjunction with Tomlinson Aviation, of Ormond Beach, Fla., and Systems & Electronics, of Chicago, completed the first of a series of helicopter research flights demonstrating Health and Usage…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Wins Navy Contract Northrop Grumman won a $13.5 million contract modification with the U.S. Navy for cost growth and new requirements related to the development of the Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System, an airborne mine…
Business & GABoeing Flight Tests SAR on UAV Boeing, in partnership with Salem, Utah-based ImSAR and Insitu Inc., based in Bingen, Wash., flight tested NanoSAR, the world's smallest Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), aboard the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft. During the 1.5-hour…
Business & GAGulfstream Demonstrates Fly-By-Light System Gulfstream Aerospace demonstrated aircraft control using fiber-optic “Fly-By-Light“ (FBL) technology, the first time, the company said, that FBL has been tested on a primary flight-control surface of a Gulfstream business aircraft. During…
MilitaryRadar to Be Part of Fire Scout UAV Platform Radar will be incorporated onto Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV), the company said. Northrop Grumman first demonstrated radar capability on the RQ-8A Fire…
MilitaryRaytheon Awarded Airborne Sonar Contract Raytheon received two U.S. Navy contracts worth $89 million to provide the AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar system, the primary undersea warfare sensor for the U.S. Navy's MH-60R multi-mission helicopter. The airborne…
Business & GAInsitu UAV Completes Flight Test Insitu, based in Bingen, Wash., said its Integrator unmanned aircraft (UA) completed a flight test using its new software and avionics architecture. Athena Technologies, in Warrenton, Va., provided a customized autopilot system…