Boeing’s Insitu Forms Commercial Business Unit, Sells UAS Software to...
Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary has established a business unit that will work to assist commercial clients in their data collection and processing efforts through unmanned aerial systems. Insitu said...
View ArticleNASA, FAA Test Hitachi Wireless Comms System for Ground-to-Plane Info Exchange
NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration have partnered to carry out a mission that saw engineers at the space agency’s Glenn Research Center sent aviation data from the ground to an airplane over...
View ArticleBoeing’s Insitu Subsidiary, PrecisionHawk Form Alliance to Aid Commercial...
Insitu has formed a strategic alliance with PrecisionHawk in an effort to develop unmanned aircraft system services that work to help commercial enterprises meet safety requirements for unmanned...
View ArticleFAA Partners With 3 Firms to Test Drone Detection Tools; Marke Gibson Comments
The Federal Aviation Administration has teamed up with Sensofusion, Gryphon Sensors and Liteye Systems to perform research and develop platforms that work to detect and track unmanned aerial systems...
View ArticleLeonardo-Finmeccanica Unveils Trainer Variant of AgustaWestland Koala Helicopter
Leonardo-Finmeccanica debuted a military trainer variant of the AgustaWestland-built AW119 Koala helicopter Monday at the Navy League’s Sea-Air Space Exhibition in Washington. AgustaWestland, a...
View ArticleFAA Receives 5,000th VHF-UHF Ground-to-Air Radio From General Dynamics
General Dynamics‘ mission systems unit has delivered its 5,000th CM-300/350 V2 radio to the Transportation Department in support of the Federal Aviation Administration‘s NEXCOM 2 communications...
View ArticleLockheed Secures FAA Contract for Air Traffic Radar System Technical Support
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a five-year, $28.3 million contract to Lockheed Martin to provide technical support for air traffic control radar systems. Lockheed said Tuesday it will...
View ArticleLiteye Systems to Provide Technology for FAA’s Airport Drone Detection Tests
The Federal Aviation Administration has chosen Liteye Systems to provide a counter unmanned aerial vehicle technology for evaluation at domestic airports as part of the agency’s Pathfinder Program. FAA...
View ArticleGeneral Atomics, CBP Test Anti-Collision Radar Aboard Unmanned Aircraft
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems unit and the Customs and Border Protection agency have tested a detect-and-avoid system that includes the company’s Due Regard Radar anti-collision system onboard...
View ArticleRaytheon-Built Aerial Navigation Payload Launched Into Orbit; Dave Wajsgras...
A GPS navigation payload Raytheon built for the Federal Aviation Administration‘s Wide Area Augmentation System was launched aboard a SpaceX-built Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on...
View ArticleInmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Space Resiliency Requires Public-Private...
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, has said she believes that government and commercial organizations should collaborate to build resilient space systems. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in...
View ArticleFAA Grants Experimental Certificate to General Atomics-built Predator C Avenger
General Atomics has received an experimental certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration for its Predator C Avenger remotely piloted aircraft. The FAA certificate would allow the General...
View ArticleNASA OKs Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser Implementation Plan for ISS Cargo Flights
NASA has approved Sierra Nevada Corp.’s full program implementation plan for the company’s Dream Chaser spacecraft that is contracted for at least six cargo delivery services to and from the...
View ArticleRigil Awarded FAA Shared Service Center Financial, Accounting Support Contract
Rigil has received a $54.2 million contract from the Federal Aviation Administration to provide financial, accounting and other support services for the Enterprise Services Center — a governmentwide...
View ArticleRockwell Collins Forms Govt Aviation Services Group; Jeff Johnson Comments
Rockwell Collins has formed a new business group that will provide connectivity and flight planning services to government aviation customers worldwide. The new government aviation services group...
View ArticleLifePort’s Transport Litter System Receives FAA Performance Standard Approval
The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the Stanchion Litter System developed by a business unit of Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky as compliant with the agency’s minimum performance...
View ArticleBaldwin Aviation Partners With FAA, Mitre for Flight Safety Data Sharing Program
Baldwin Aviation will facilitate client information exchange through a Federal Aviation Administration-run flight safety data sharing system under an agreement with Mitre and FAA. The South...
View ArticleMoon Express Obtains Federal Govt Approval for Robotic Lunar Exploration Mission
Moon Express has obtained permission from the U.S. government to launch a company-built robotic spacecraft on a mission to explore the Moon’s surface. The company submitted its 2017 lunar mission plan...
View ArticlePrism Joins Mitre-Led Govt-Industry Aviation Safety Information-Sharing Program
Prism has joined a Mitre-administered government-industry information-sharing program funded by the Federal Aviation Administration and will provide its Aviation Risk Management Online Resource to...
View ArticleLiberty University Offers On-Campus Drone Pilot Training
Liberty University’s School of Aeronautics now offers an on-campus training program for pilots of fixed-wing and multi-rotor small unmanned aircraft systems. The Federal Aviation Administration‘s...
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