NASA Briefs Industry on Urban Air Mobility Plans
NASA held a two-day meeting in Seattle last week to inform commercial, academic and government organizations of the space agency’s plans to develop an urban air mobility ecosystem. More than 400...
View ArticleFAA to Recompete $500M Airspace Mgmt System Modernization Contract
The Federal Aviation Administration has announced that it will recompete a 10-year, $500M contract that seeks to update the agency’s Time Based Flow Management aviation platform, Bloomberg Government...
View ArticleVirgin Galactic-Built Spacecraft Carries NASA Tech Payloads in Suborbital...
Virgin Galactic has completed a flight test of a company-built piloted space vehicle carrying four NASA technology experiments to suborbital space. The agency said Thursday SpaceShipTwo‘s payloads were...
View ArticleNovAtel Secures FAA Navigation Signal Generator Production Contract
NovAtel has received a contract of an undisclosed value to manufacture 40 signal generators for ground uplink stations to support a Federal Aviation Administration-built aircraft navigation system. The...
View ArticleEchodyne to Demo MESA Traffic Mgmt Radar for Northern Plains UAS Testing Program
Echodyne has been tapped to demonstrate its MESA radar as part of a pilot unmanned aerial system testing program at the Northern Plains UAS Test Site in North Dakota.
View ArticleGDIT Lands $99M FAA Contract to Design Data Analysis System for NAS Operations
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 22, 2019 — A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit will work with the Federal Aviation Administration under a potential $99M contract to design, install and maintain a...
View ArticlePAE ISR Presents Tech Package for NASA’s 2020 Unmanned Aircraft Demo
PAE ISR has met with NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration officials to present a technology package offering for the space agency's unmanned aircraft systems flight demonstration event next year.
View ArticleSikorsky-Built Black Hawk Helicopter Gets FAA Restricted Category Type...
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary a type certificate for the company’s S-70M Black Hawk medium utility helicopter.
View ArticleEchodyne to Provide Radar Tech for NASA UAS Traffic Mgmt Program
Echodyne will provide its radar platform to two organizations for a demonstration of unmanned aircraft system missions and related technologies in urban areas as part of NASA's UAS Traffic Management...
View ArticleLockheed-Raytheon Team to Chase Multi-Agency Surveillance, Air Traffic...
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have partnered to compete for a multi-agency program aimed at modernizing U.S. air traffic control and surveillance systems.
View ArticleReport: Airbus, Bell, Leonardo Eye Navy Helicopter Trainer Replacement Contract
The U.S. Navy issued in January a solicitation for a program to replace the TH-57 Sea Ranger helicopter trainer and companies such as Airbus, Bell and Leonardo have publicly announced plans to compete...
View ArticleGeneral Atomics Adopts Collins Aerospace-Built Avionics Tech for Drone Flight...
A General Atomics-built ground control station used a Collins Aerospace avionics system to facilitate a recent test flight of the MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft.
View ArticleFAA Selects Orolia to Support Enroute Radar Systems; Jean-Yves Courtois Quoted
Orolia has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration to support enroute radar systems through its SecureSync time and synchronization servers, Orolia announced on Monday.
View ArticleLeonardo Demonstrates Helicopter for FAA Certification
Leonardo has conducted flight tests for a single-engine helicopter in a move to attain certification from the Federal Aviation Administration, Rotor and Wing International reported Tuesday. The company...
View ArticleRaytheon to Bid for FAA Infrastructure Contract to Improve Communications,...
Raytheon plans to compete for the Federal Aviation Administration’s new program to replace existing telecommunications with a new commercial infrastructure for improved communications and security.
View ArticleFAA to Put Drones Into National Airspace System; Seeks White Papers from...
The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking white papers from industry for the development of tools to support integration of unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system.
View ArticleCollins Aerospace Offers Noise-Reduction Tech to Address FAA’s Air Traffic...
Pete Iversen, program manager at Collins Aerospace, has said the company is already implementing their clarity noise reduction technology to potentially address the Federal Aviation Administration’s...
View ArticleNorthrop Gets FAA Recognition for Aviation Maintenance Technician Training;...
The Federal Aviation Administration has presented Northrop Grumman with the Diamond Award of Excellence, which recognizes the company's FAA-certified repair station that employs aviation maintenance...
View ArticleULA CEO Tory Bruno: FAA’s Proposed Launch Licensing Rules Increase Flexibility
United Launch Alliance has commended the Federal Aviation Administration’s proposed rule to simplify launch licensing requirements and eliminate tedious waiver processing for operators.
View ArticleTransLumen Technologies Finishes Air Traffic Control Training Apps for FAA
TransLumen Technologies has delivered a set of training-tailored mobile game apps with Science Applications International Corp under an effort supporting the Federal Aviation Administration.
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