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Connectivity

Inmarsat Snubs Initial EchoStar Acquisition Bid

Inmarsat has rejected an initial acquisition approach from EchoStar, Inmarsat confirmed in a statement issued late last week saying the “highly preliminary” proposal “significantly undervalued” the company. Inmarsat is one of the jewels in…

Commercial

FAA Puts $677M Toward Infrastructure at 214 Airports

The FAA is awarding $677 million in infrastructure grants to airports around the country, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao confirmed, as the first part of $3.18 billion in funding…

Unmanned

GA-ASI Detect and Avoid Tech Enables FAA-Approved Flight

A detect-and-avoid (DAA) avionics system developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) helped enable an unmanned flight through the National Airspace System (NAS) after taking off from Southern California today. The DAA…

Embedded Avionics

Honeywell, FlightAware Partner for Flight Tracking

Honeywell and FlightAware formed a new partnership aimed at providing flight-tracking support to business jet owners and operations control centers. Under the partnership, Honeywell’s GoDirect Flight Services will have access to FlightAware’s…