CommercialFlyht's Typical Third-Quarter Numbers Bely the Change to Come In the wake of the company's October acquisition of Panasonic Weather Solutions (PWS), Flyht's third-quarter earnings are in line with recent quarters and years: $3.1 million in total revenue, down 4 percent year…
MilitaryArmy Contracts Rockwell Collins to Upgrade Chinook Avionics on Five-Year Deal The U.S. Army has contracted Rockwell Collins to upgrade the common avionics architecture system (CAAS) on its CH-47F Chinook helicopter fleet. Under a five-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity deal with the U.S. Army Aviation…
ATM ModernizationNextNav Tech to Help NASA Track Drones and Air Taxis NASA has selected a new third-party service to aid it in tracking everything from air taxis to package-delivery drones in urban areas. The government organization will integrate NextNav's 3D geolocation services into…
CommercialFAA Issues Boeing 737 AOA Directive After Lion Air Crash The FAA has issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) on the Boeing 737 MAX after Lion Air flight JT610 crash investigators found the aircraft’s angle of attack (AOA) sensors are capable of…
ATM Modernization2018 GADSS Aircraft Tracking Standards Take Effect This Week The International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) amended aircraft tracking standards, a response to the still-unresolved disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370, become applicable Nov. 8. The standards are the first of two phases…
CommercialBell Secures Battery Maker for VTOL Air Taxi Bell has selected Electric Power Systems (EPS) to develop energy storage solutions for its vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft project. The planned on-demand urban mobility aircraft has continued to take shape as Bell periodically announces…
CommercialWith This Patch, You Can Control a Drone with a Flick of Your Wrist Controlling drones is an arms race of user-friendly input devices. In the interest of meeting operators where they are comfortable, companies have gone from bulky proprietary ground stations to commercial laptops to…
MilitaryDARPA's Remote-Controlled Black Hawk The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed a drop-in kit to enable the automation or remote-control of fixed-wing and rotary aircraft. Called Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS), the U.S.…