The FAA will evaluate Iridium’s new Certus satellite broadband service before approving it for Future Air Navigation System (FANS)-based communications between pilots and air traffic controllers in oceanic airspace.
The 18-month, €40 million ($46 million) study will examine the architecture and technologies required for the successor ship to the nuclear-powered Charles de Gaulle.
India has awarded a $777 million contract to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to supply the maritime version of its Barak 8 air and missile defense systems for seven ships of the Indian navy.
The Boeing Co., Layton, Utah, has been awarded a $55,567,613 undefinitized, firm-price incentive-fee contract, for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Cryptography Upgrade Increment II production.
Brazil’s civil aviation authority (ANAC) has approved the type certificate for the Embraer KC-390, a key step towards a scheduled full operational capability milestone next year, company and government officials said.
U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton told reporters in Moscow that the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty will be formalized in “due course."
Global Eagle Entertainment said it has demonstrated communications at broadband speeds between an aircraft and a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite for the first time.
Strong organic sales in both its Pratt and Whitney and UTC Aerospace Systems businesses helped push United Technologies Corp. revenues up 10% in the third quarter.
Bell’s V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor has reached 250 kt. airspeed as it continues to make progress under the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstration.
Dassault is exhibiting a small-scale model of the “New-Generation Fighter” France and Germany intend to build as a successor to the Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon.
The move stems from a report prepared by the ministry’s internal security office pointing to some highly classified IAI programs that will have to get “special protection” once shares are floated in the market.
MDA’s role in the Hypersonic Glide Body (HGB), which has not previously been disclosed, allows the agency to acquire a relevant missile to use as a target.
NASA could make better use of funds invested in the renovation of its historic facilities by ensuring revenues generated from future tenants are directed toward the agency’s mission objectives, according to NASA’s inspector general.
SAAB has first $117.6m order from BOEING for Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of U.S. Air Force T-X trainer. Boeing won T-X prime contract last month.
German aerospace center DLR will begin testing the acceptability of a windowless airliner cabin in November using a new passenger cabin module for the Air Vehicle Simulator (AVES) at its Institute for Flight Systems in Braunschweig.
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. For a complete list of Aviation Week Network’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.)
