Commercial Garmin to Supply Avionics for Northrop Grumman's Firebird Northrop Grumman selected Garmin to supply the avionics suite for the new Firebird, an optionally-piloted vehicle (OPV) designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The Firebird is equipped with a tailored…
Embedded Avionics ITT Exelis Completes AIDEWS Testing ITT Exelis said it successfully completed electromagnetic compatibility testing of its Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite (AIDEWS) at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The AIDES system provides situational awareness and protection…
Business & GA Piper Incorporates G1000 in Seminole, Archer Models Piper Aircraft is incorporating the Garmin G1000 avionics suite into new twin-engine Piper Seminole and single-engine Piper Archer aircraft models available in 2013. Launch customer for the new Garmin G1000-equipped Pipers is…
ATM Modernization Saab Sensis to Provide TBO Support for NextGen Institute Saab Sensis has been selected as the air traffic control Decision Support Tool (DST) developer subject matter expert (SME) for the NextGen Institute’s Trajectory-Based Operations (TBO) research. The NextGen Institute selected Saab…
Commercial Northrop Grumman Demonstrates UAS Wireless Technology Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy said Thursday they completed its first shore-based trials of a new wireless, handheld device called a Control Display Unit (CDU) on the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air…
Commercial Raytheon, Air Force Using Ground-Based Sense and Avoid Systems for UAS The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon said Thursday they have conducted concept evaluation demonstrations that show existing air traffic control equipment could be modified to safely track the presence of nearby unmanned…
Commercial Thales to Acquire Sysgo AG Thales on Thursday said it will pay an undisclosed sum to acquire Sysgo AG, the German supplier of operating system products, middleware, and software services for the real-time and embedded market. Thales…
Embedded Avionics Boeing Develops Simulation Trainer for F-15E, FA-18E Boeing is developing a simulation technology that places pilots at odds against real aircraft and computer-generated enemy threats simultaneously. The technology is being developed under a $6.3 million, three-year contract with the…