MilitaryBoeing Completes KC-46 Phase II Receiver Testing Boeing’s KC-46A next-generation tanker program finished its Phase II receiver certification flight testing after a final set of tests, the company said Monday. The latest flight tests lasted three weeks and…
CommercialUniversal Avionics Gets TSO for Touchscreen InSight Display Control Universal Avionics has received an FAA technical standard order (TSO) for its new electronic flight instrument control display unit (ECDU) for its InSight display system. The new control display unit, which can…
MilitaryLockheed's Skunk Works to Fill the Engineering Pipeline Ahead of 500 Hires Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works advanced development division will be looking to hire 500 engineers over the next few years, and the supply simply isn't there, according to Skunk Works head and company…
MilitaryAir Force Seeks AI, Simulation to Improve Education And Training The Air Force is seeking emerging technologies and ways to apply artificial intelligence and cloud-based systems to “enhance the effectiveness” of air education and training, according to a request for information submitted…
CommercialLion Air Report Analyzes Pilot Struggle With 737 MAX Trim System The Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 that crashed shortly after taking off from Jakarta on Oct. 29 activated an automatic trim system resulting from erroneous angle of attack (AOA) information and…
CommercialElectronics Failure Grounds German Chancellor Merkel's A340 En Route to G20 An Airbus A340-300 carrying German Chancellor Angela Merkel had to make an emergency landing in Cologne, Germany, on Nov. 29 after an electronics failure while flying over the Netherlands. The plane, which…
ATM ModernizationRaytheon Enabling Urban Air Traffic with Skyler Radar Companies including Amazon, Uber and UPS are relying on the assumption that in the near future they will be able to safely fly aircraft through densely populated cities. Whether ferrying people or…
MilitaryLockheed Lowering F-35 Simulator Costs Through 3-D Printing Lockheed Martin is using 3-D printing, or additive manufacturing, technology to lower the cost of manufacturing F-35 flight simulators by an estimated $11 million over the next five years. Using new…