Raytheon to Help Build NY Airspace Corridor for Drone Test
Raytheon has been chosen to help the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance design, develop and support an airspace corridor in New York state to facilitate testing of unmanned aircraft...
View ArticleAeroVironment Gets Quality Management System Certification
AeroVironment has received ISO 9001:2015/AS9100D certification for the quality management system the company uses across its unmanned aircraft, tactical missile, electric vehicle charging and power...
View ArticleHarris Gets $141M Contract to Support India’s Air Traffic Mgmt Comms Tech...
Harris has secured a potential $15-year, $141 million contract from the Airports Authority of India to help modernize the country’s air traffic management communications system. The company said...
View ArticleAT&T to Provide LTE Network Coverage for DOT’s UAS Integration Pilot Program
AT&T will offer long-term evolution network coverage for a Transportation Department pilot program that aims to test unmanned aerial systems as part of the U.S. government’s push to integrate...
View ArticleInsitu, University Team Up to Support FAA UAS Integration Pilot Program
Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has partnered with the University of Alaska Fairbanks for an effort to help state, local and tribal governments integrate the use of unmanned aircraft systems into the...
View ArticleEchodyne to Provide Radar Tech for DOT UAS Integration Program
Echodyne has been selected to provide radars to the North Dakota Department of Transportation under a federal project that aims to test drone integration into the national airspace. NDDOT will use the...
View ArticlePAE ISR to Equip ‘Resolute Eagle’ UAS With Sagetech Transponder; Jake Jacobs...
Sagetech has been chosen to provide a transponder system for integration into a PAE ISR-made unmanned aerial system The PAE–American Operations Corp.–Battlespace Flight Services joint venture will...
View ArticleNoblis VP Mile Corrigan Earns Women in Technology Recognition
Mile Corrigan, vice president of Noblis‘ federal civilian solutions business, has received Women in Technology recognition in the “corporate mid-market sector” category. She is one of the nine category...
View ArticleGeneral Atomics-Built Avionics Tech Installed on NASA UAS; Linden Blue Comments
A NASA-owned unmanned aircraft system that flew Tuesday was equipped with a detect-and-avoid avionics system from General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business. General Atomics said Tuesday Ikhana, a...
View ArticleRaytheon-Built Navigation Payload Integrated Into FAA’s GEO 5 Wide Area...
Raytheon has integrated a navigation payload into the Federal Aviation Administration‘s Wide Area Augmentation System that works to support global positioning system functions. Geosynchronous Earth...
View ArticleBoeing Invests in California-Based Autonomous Logistics Platform Maker
Boeing‘s venture capital arm has invested in Matternet, a company developing an unmanned aerial vehicle designed for urban logistics use. The California-based startup raised $16 million through a...
View ArticleFAA Clears Virgin Orbit Rocket for Launch Test With Boeing Carrier Aircraft
Virgin Orbit has obtained authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to test-fly the company’s rocket system through what the agency calls a reusable launch vehicle mission. FAA issued...
View ArticleNorthrop’s Rolling Meadows Repair Station Gets FAA Diamond Award for Aviation...
A Northrop Grumman repair station in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has received the Federal Aviation Administration‘s Aviation Maintenance Technician Diamond Award of Excellence in recognition of the...
View ArticleCACI Opens Shared Services Hub Named After Jack London
CACI International has established a facility named after Jack London, executive chairman and chairman of the board at the information technology services contractor. The Dr. J.P. London Shared...
View ArticleLockheed Eyes Hercules Training Center Launch in September; Vic Torla Comments
Vic Torla, director of business development training and logistics solutions at Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business, said in a Shepard Media report published Wednesday the company...
View ArticleGeneral Atomics Updates Remotely Piloted Aircraft Receivers for European...
A General Atomics business has added a provision to the navigation receiver of a baseline remotely piloted aircraft to support connections with the European Union and the European Space Agency’s...
View ArticleSES Government Solutions’ Paul Damphousse Named FAA Space Transport Adviser
Paul Damphousse, senior director of business development at SES‘ government solutions subsidiary, has joined the commercial space transportation advisory committee of the Federal Aviation...
View ArticleViasat Multi-Network Antenna Completes FAA Certification & AFMC Testing
A Viasat-made multi-network, multi-mode antenna has completed the D0-160G certification process with the Federal Aviation Administration and C-17 modified airworthiness certification criteria testing...
View ArticleReport: Sikorsky-Boeing Team’s SB-1 Defiant Helicopter Now Registered With FAA
Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has registered the proposed SB-1 Defiant coaxial helicopter as S-100 with the Federal Aviation Administration, Vertical reported Wednesday. Sikorsky and Boeing...
View ArticleReport: FAA Aims to Transition Enterprise IT Network to FISMA ‘High’ Category
The Federal Aviation Administration has announced plans to recategorize from “moderate” to “high” level its enterprise information technology network under the Federal Information Security Management...
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