Business & GA Gogo Raises 2013 Guidance, Eyes International Expansion Gogo is raising its 2013 high-end outlook to $325 million and is looking to expand its network to more foreign carriers, following a big third quarter earnings report, the Itasca, Ill.-based in-flight…
ATM Modernization German Air Force Launches New Air Defense Radar The German Air Force has entered its new long-range air defense radar system, the Ground Master 400 (GM 400), into service. Produced by ThalesRaytheonSystems, a transatlantic joint venture between Thales and Raythoen,…
Business & GA UltraMain Systems Looks to Help Carriers Go Paperless Albuquerque, N.M.-based aviation software provider Ultramain Systems (USI) has announced a new service, Ultramain efbSolutions, designed to assist airlines in transitioning from paper-based flight manuals to paperless cockpits featuring electronic flight bags…
Commercial Lockheed Martin Reveals SR-72 Hypersonic Strike Aircraft Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works, the aerospace and defense manufacturer's advanced technology solutions division, revealed its latest hypersonic strike aircraft project this week, the SR-72. [Computer rendering of SR-72. Photo, courtesy…
Commercial FAA Releases Roadmap to UAS Integration The FAA is on track to develop the airworthiness standards and certification requirements necessary to integrate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS) by its targeted goal of 2015,…
ATM Modernization UK to Consider More Instrument-Based Airport Approaches The U.K.’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is considering the implementation of the wider availability of instrument-based approach procedures at smaller airports throughout Britain. On Tuesday, Nov. 5, the CAA asked pilots, air…
Business & GA Rockwell Collins Opens Training Center in UK Rockwell Collins has unveiled a new simulation and training center in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, U.K. The new facility will manufacture "high-contrast, display and projector systems for use in highly-immersive simulation and…
Commercial American Airlines Receives Approval for Expanded PED Use American Airlines passengers can begin using their personal electronic devices (PEDs) during all phases of flight after the carrier received FAA approval for the expanded use Tuesday. The expansion was granted to…