ConnectivityHoneywell, Pinnacle Take Connected Aerospace to the Ground Honeywell is expanding its GoDirect connected services to one of the last unconnected aerospace frontiers: the ground. A new agreement with global telematics company Pinnacle will enable the two companies to connect…
MilitaryNAVAIR Lands Remote-Controlled F/A-18 on Aircraft Carrier The USS Abraham Lincoln is testing for the first time a system designed to remotely land aircraft on a carrier. According to the U.S. Navy, the system, called aircraft terminal approach remote…
Business & GABoeing Adds Wireless to Jeppessen with Bad Elf's Wombat Jeppesen customers will no longer need to update data cards offsite and away from their planes thanks to a partnership between Boeing and Bad Elf. Boeing also introduced a new mobile version…
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…