Military

ViaSat Wins Air Force Contract

ViaSat, Carlsbad, Calif., received an $18.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the continued development of the Joint Communication Simulator (JCS). This award extends the JCS capabilities at three locations…

Military

Sikorsky to Use Honeywell HUMS on S-76C

Honeywell said its EVXP Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) has been certified by the FAA and selected by Sikorsky Aircraft as a standard option for the S-76C helicopter. Honeywell said the…

ATM Modernization

ASDE-X Operational in Charlotte

Sensis Corp., Syracuse, N.Y., said its Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X system (ASDE-X) at Charlotte, N.C., Douglas International Airport is operational. ASDE-X uses a combination of surface movement radar, transponder multilateration…

Business & GA

TerraMetrics Wins SVS Contract

Littleton, Colorado-based TerraMetrics won an Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to investigate and develop a synthetic vision system (SVS) for helicopter pilots. Financial terms of the contract…

Commercial

Airport Selects Era

The County of Santa Clara, Calif., selected Era Corp. to install its noise and operations management system, AirScene.com NOMS, integrated with its multilateration flight tracking solution, MSS by Era, at the county's…

Business & GA

Rockwell Collins Eyes Voice Activated Cockpit

Adacel, an Orlando, Fla.-based software developer, said it was selected by Rockwell Collins to develop to develop a Voice Activated Cockpit (VAC) interface for its Pro Line avionics suite. Adacel will provide…

Commercial

ADS-B Rule-Making Notice Released

The FAA on Tuesday issued a notice of proposed rulemaking, outlining a proposed initial set of aircraft avionics requirements needed to transition to satellite-based air transportation system. The proposed rule, which is…

Commercial

Editor’s Note: 13 Unlucky Hours

Having logged a fair number of air miles for business and pleasure over the past four decades, I’ve by and large managed to avoid the kinds of airport fiascoes you see on…