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The new IP-based satcom service represents a 'paradigm shift' is aviation communications safety and efficiency says Inmarsat.

Transition training will begin this year at NAS Whidbey Island, the Navy’s second major P-8A training facility.

The Adaptive Engine Transition Program will mature 'three-stream,' adaptive-cycle turbofan engines for the next generation fighter.

The department continues to evaluate foreign air-carrier permits sought by the UK and Irish subsidiaries of Norwegian Air Shuttle.

Institu formally becomes the first provider of unmanned aircraft system surveillance services to the U.S. maritime service.

The White House backs a U.S. Air Force proposal to 're-host' electronic warfare equipment on a Gulfstream G550-based platform.

The L-3 Mission Integration division said four modified aircraft will take part in an operational test and evaluation phase this year.

Closing new master agreements with both Boeing and Airbus are among the marching orders for incoming Spirit CEO Tom Gentile.

More than a decade and several iterations in the making, Part 107 allows the operation of small unmanned aircraft systems for business purposes.

The first launch of Iridium Next satellites with hosted ADS-B payloads is scheduled for September.

The Canadian manufacturer reports 428 firm orders for the 90-seat CRJ900 regional airliner.

Retired F/A-18s recovered from the aircraft 'boneyard' at Davis-Monthan AFB will be returned to service with the U.S. Marine Corps.

Boeing is supplying the light attack helicopter to the Saudi Arabia National Guard under a 2014 foreign military sale.

Release of the third development version of the Autonomic Logistics Information System will coincide with the end of the F-35 development phase.

The U.S. Army is divesting 340 Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warriors as a consequence of its 2013 Aviation Restructure Initiative.

Lockheed Martin is proposing the variant of the Korea Aerospace Industries T-50 Golden Eagle for the U.S. Air Force's T-X trainer requirement.

The airline will install ADS-B Out and space-based ADS-B capability during cabin interior modifications beginning in August.

The agency has signed cooperative research and development agreements to test counter-drone systems from several companies at selected airports.

Technical issues with the refueling boom and drogue systems have caused the service to postpone its Milestone C production decision to August.

The Pentagon is evaluating the 'Tether Eye' tethered drone to combat terrorism. The Navy will equip submarines with tube-launched 'Blackwing.'

The Air Force will release a strategic plan for using smaller unmanned aircraft systems than it has traditionally operated.

Amazon Prime Air's ambition is to deliver packages by small drones in an airspace system with multiple, overlapping controllers.

The low-altitude system NASA is developing through the UAS traffic management project will inform any airspace restructuring, the FAA says.

Nearly all of the 117 Shadow systems operated by the U.S. Army and Marine Corps are under contract for the V2 upgrade, Textron Systems says.

The order is the largest in Bombardier Commercial Aircraft history and represents a 'major endorsement' of the challenged CSeries program.

Airlines have not made a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions over the past several years, University of Warwick study finds.

The 767-2C baseline tanker will be used for environmental control system and smoke penetration testing, Boeing said.

The delivery to JetBlue came three years after the European manufacturer broke ground on the $600 million plant in Mobile, Alabama.

All six FAA-sponsored unmanned aircraft system test ranges participated in the demonstration of NASA's UAS Traffic Management system.

The airworthiness directive requires that airplanes with two GEnx-1B PIP2 engines have one fixed or replaced in 150 days.