MilitaryUS Begins New Study on Future Military Aircraft Replacement The U.S. Defense Department (DOD) has launched a congressionally mandated study to determine how many refueling aircraft, transport planes and cargo ships it will need to support future military operations. U.S. Transportation…
ConnectivitySpaceX Moves Aireon 10 Iridium Satellites Closer to Space-Based ADS-B After a one-day delay, SpaceX successfully launched the fifth set of 10 Iridium Next satellites Monday from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Iridium confirmed shortly after launch that its network operations center made contact…
MilitaryBAE Has an All-Inclusive Mission-Planning System in Sceptre No longer does an operator have to decipher multiple pages of an ATO prior to planning. Sceptre, BAE Systems' new advanced mission-planning and debrief system, aims to alleviate and streamline that process.…
MilitaryRaytheon Gets Half Billion for New Radar Systems in Latest US Contract Roundup U.S. Air Force Contracts Raytheon Self Protect Systems has been awarded a $460,000,000 contract for the AN/ALR-69A digital radar warning receiver system. This contract provides for the fabrication, integration, testing and delivery of…
CommercialA New Method to Protect Aircraft From Lightning Strikes? While the possibility of an aircraft being struck by lightning is rare and does not present a threat to flight crews or pilots, aircraft manufacturers are looking to improve their current level…
CommercialChina Eastern Airlines to Rely on GE Aviation Digital Solutions GE Aviation will provide a comprehensive digital analytics solution for the China Eastern Airlines (CEA) fleet of more than 700 aircraft over the next three years. GE Aviation and CEA started their…
CommercialAirbus Automating Emergency Descents on A350 XWB The first Airbus A350-1000, which was delivered to launch operator Qatar Airways last month, is equipped with a new safety feature that will now be standard across all A350-1000s. Called the automated…
ConnectivityEmirates Celebrates a Decade of In-Flight Calls Emirates is celebrating 10 years of enabling mobile phone use onboard its — and any commercial — aircraft. In March 2008, Emirates became the first airline in the world to allow customers…