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The Federal Aviation Administration has approved Lockheed Martin‘s plan to certify the company’s hybrid airship project. That project specific certification plan describes how Lockheed will carry out the hybrid criteria approved by the FAA in April 2013, Lockheed said Tuesday. “The approval of the certification plan represents an important risk reduction milestone for our customers,†said […] More
Rockwell Collins has been awarded a contract to support the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration‘s aerial surveys of navigational aids and flight procedures in domestic airspace. The company said Monday it will provide a suite of ARINCDirect planning, scheduling and tracking, safety data management, aircraft datalink and international trip services in support of the agency’s flight inspection activities. David Poltorak, […] More
General Dynamics has developed two radio communication technologies to operate with a precision-guidance instrument landing system that Thales is building for the U.S. Air Force. The CM-300/350 V2 air traffic control radios and Fortress ES2440 wireless backhaul radios will work to support the Air Force’s Deployable Instrument Landing System, General Dynamics said Thursday. According to General Dynamics, the Air […] More
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport has started to operate a Raytheon-built system designed for air traffic management. Raytheon said Wednesday it installed the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System at the airport’s terminal radar approach control building as part of the Terminal Automation Modernization and Replacement contract with the Federal Aviation Administration. “Creating an effective, advanced and streamlined […] More
CACI CEO Ken Asbury said the company has developed sensor technology that he believes U.S. law enforcement personnel can use to track unauthorized use of unmanned aerial vehicles within the domestic airspace, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Christian Davenport writes the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration wants to evaluate the potential of CACI’s technology to monitor illegal drone flights near airports […] More
Parsons has received three awards from the Construction Management Association of America for the company’s leadership and support on federal construction projects with the Defense Commissary Agency and Federal Aviation Administration. The company said Monday it received the CMAA Project of the Year Award for DeCA’s Joint Commissary Exchange Project, which also won an achievement award in the category for new […] More
DigitalGlobe, Harris, PrecisionHawk and Verizon have combined their technologies to demonstrate airspace services the companies intend for use in unmanned aerial vehicle operations. PrecisionHawk said Monday the test incorporated Verizon’s LTE network, Harris’ Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast and aircraft surveillance network, DigitalGlobe’s geospatial big data platform and PrecisionHawk’s Low Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety platform. “We are leveraging […] More
Science Applications International Corp. has partnered with Adacel to provide training services at 23 U.S. Federal Aviation Administration-run air traffic control centers under a potential five-year, $727 million contract SAIC holds with the FAA. Adacel said Wednesday it will act as a subcontractor to SAIC in the FAA Controller Training program. The companies will help educate air traffic controllers through classroom, laboratory and […] More
CACI International and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration will collaborate to test a company-designed sensor technology meant to help authorities to locate unmanned aircraft systems. Deputy Administrator Mike Whitaker told House aviation subcommittee members during a hearing Wednesday that FAA wants to examine the safety and security functions of CACI’s technology and if the platform […] More
A new report from Research and Markets  predicts the global market for civilian drones to experience a compound annual growth rate of 28 percent over the next four years. Demand for civilian unmanned aerial systems for use in crop surveillance operations will drive market growth, the firm said Tuesday. Risks of accidents posed by such drones to […] More
Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has obtained the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval to operate commercial unmanned aerial systems in U.S. civilian airspace. The authorization permits MTSI’s C-ASTRAL Bramor rTK drone to fly up to 200 feet over land and throughout the U.S., MTSI said Monday. Bramor is designed to perform mapping and surveying operations for a maximum […] More
Research and Markets predicts in a report that the global market for unmanned aerial vehicles will climb in value to $5.59 billion by 2020 at a compound annual growth rate of 32.22 percent. The company said Monday its report identifies the Federal Aviation Administration‘s relaxed regulation of commercial UAV drone operations after 2014 as the factor […] More
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