Air TaxiIris to Test Commercial Drone Sense and Avoid System in BVLOS First Iris Automation, a Silicon Valley-based startup, has been working on an onboard collision avoidance system that — for the first time — will power an FAA-sanctioned flight beyond an operator’s visual line…
MilitaryBell 407GXi Receives IFR Certification Required for Navy Trainer Competition About a month after the FAA cleared the Leonardo TH-119 to fly in inclement weather under instrument flight rules (IFR), on Aug. 15 Bell received IFR certification for the 407GXi helicopter, the…
ConnectivityUS Army Plans Addition of Ka Band for Gray Eagle to Bolster Communications The U.S. Army plans to add Ka-band satellite communications capability for its fleet of General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAVs, the military service said on Aug. 13. General Atomics is to award…
ConnectivitySmartSky Networks Partners with Mosaic ATM, Expanding Skytelligence SmartSky’s Skytelligence platform for in-flight connectivity applications now counts Mosaic ATM as a partner, adding new data streams, data processing and fusion techniques. The partnership with Mosaic ATM enhances Skytelligence’s framework infrastructure…
ConnectivityIs Forge The Data Analytics Platform Airlines Have Been Craving? A new unified analytics-based software platform, Forge for Airlines, was able to reduce delays and cancellations by 30 percent for Cathay Pacific, according to Honeywell Aerospace. Could it be the centralized access point…
Business & GAAvionics Sales for Business, General Aviation Increase 14 Percent, AEA Says The more than $1.5 billion in sales of avionics for business and general aviation over the first six months of this year represents a 14 percent increase over the first half of…
Business & GAGulfstream G600 On Track for 2019 Entry into Service Gulfstream’s G600 business jet is on track to enter into service next year, after the Savannah, Georgia-based manufacturer announced the first delivery of the G600 Thursday. FAA type and production certificates were…
MilitaryCollins Aerospace to Modernize Pentagon Test Range Systems Collins Aerospace Systems, a division of United Technologies Corp., is set to modernize test range systems for the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army under a $7.6 million Air Force contract vehicle…