Commercial BAE Systems CEO to Retire Linda Hudson, chief executive of the U.S. operations of BAE Systems, will retire by March of next year, the company said Tuesday. The 62-year old has served as CEO of BAE…
Business & GA Pullmantur Air Continues Transition to Paperless Cockpit Pullmantur Air is expanding its use of cockpit tablet applications, as the airline is introducing its pilots to several new flight technologies from Lufthansa Systems. The Spanish charter carrier recently acquired…
Commercial Brazilian Black Hawks to Receive Avionics Upgrades The Brazilian Air Force fleet will begin receiving support from Pacific Avionics for its fleet of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, the company said Monday. (Brazilian AF Major Solano - Black…
Commercial OEMs Compete to Develop Navy's First UCLASS Aircraft The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) issued four $15 million Preliminary Design Review (PDR) contracts to Boeing, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman seeking to develop a carrier-based unmanned aircraft system…
Commercial Poll: Americans Support UAS for Search and Rescue Missions The majority of Americans support the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for search and rescue and border patrol missions, but also have privacy concerns with the use of UAS by local…
ATM Modernization Vietnam Airport Deploys New Air Traffic System Air Traffic controllers at Ho Chi Minh City International Airport in Vietnam began using a new advanced surface movement guidance and control system (A-SMGCS) recently, the A3000 from Saab subsidiary HITT. …
Commercial LAN Begins Flight Testing New Thales IFE System South American carrier LAN Airlines recently began testing a new in-flight connectivity system from Thales on an Airbus A320. The system, TopSeries AVA, is being flight tested on an Airbus…
ATM Modernization FAA to Launch NASA's Delay Reducing Air Traffic Software NASA recently presented the prototype software to FAA for a tool designed to help air traffic controllers reduce delays. The software, called the Precision Departure Release Capability (PDRC), has automation features…