ConnectivityHow Blockchain, Cloud Can Reinforce Cybersecurity in Commercial Aviation From keeping aircraft in the air to checking passengers in, aviation organizations rely heavily on information technology (IT) systems. But data collected from the growing number of aircraft, routes and passengers has…
MilitaryNew HF System Demos 5,000 Mile Communications Link Rockwell Collins, under contract to the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate, recently demonstrated the resilience of next-generation high frequency (HF) communications using a wide band high frequency (WBHF) system over a…
MilitaryNew HUD Completes First Flight on AC-130J A new head-up display (HUD), the LiteHUD, has completed its first flight on a U.S. Special Operations Command AC-130J aircraft. That flight was followed by flights completed onboard Textron’s Scorpion fighter jet…
MilitaryBoeing-Bombardier Conflict Could Prevent Canadian F-18 Purchase As Canada considers a major investment in new fighter jets, the nation’s prime minister says that investment will not go to Boeing if the OEM continues pursuing a lawsuit against Bombardier.…
ConnectivityAeron Funding Flight-Logging Blockchain Development Through Bitcoin, Ethereum Following a successful presale, aviation blockchain company Aeron said it is ready for its ARN tokens to go on sale for the public. Worth 50 cents each, tokens allow buyers to support…
Embedded AvionicsSUNY Professor's Patented Flight-Tracking System Could Replace Black Boxes Junaid Zubairi, a computer and information sciences professor at the State University of New York at Fredonia, has received a U.S. patent for his flight data tracker. It was designed by Zubairi…
CommercialFrom Pilot to Co-President of Verizon's Skyward: Jonathan Evans Talks Drones FAA records show that more than 80,000 individual unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have been registered for commercial and government operations since August 2016. With some companies flying fleets of drones, operations software…
MilitaryOrbital ATK to Become a Northrop Grumman Business for $9B In another multi-billion-dollar aerospace acquisition, Northrop Grumman is set to buy Orbital ATK, Northrop Grumman said. For $9.2 billion, the acquisition is expected to close in the first half of next year.…