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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Vision Systems Forms New ‘Smart Lite’ Division

The new division enables Vision Systems to serve other industry segments more efficiently.
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Safety

Containment Kits Protect Against Lithium Battery Fires

Containment Kits Protect Against Lithium Battery Fires
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Aircraft

Cobham Develops MV-22B Aerial Refueling Capability

The company said it will begin delivering the palletized V-22 Aerial Refueling System to the U.S. Marine Corps in 2018.
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ATC

Passur, AirMap Enter Drone Alert Partnership

The partnership integrates Passur’s live flight data with AirMap’s drone traffic alert system.
Avionics

Lightspeed Enhances Tango Interface to Charge Spare Battery

The LEMO version of the wireless Lightspeed Tango headset can now charge a spare battery from ship’s power.
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ATC

Airbus Subsidiary Updates Military ATC at German Airfields

Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security is replacing 30-year-old radars at 20 airfields with the ASR aerodrome surveillance radar.
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Aircraft

Raytheon Names U.S. Site for Assembling T-100 Trainers

The manufacturer would assemble the M-346 Master variant in Meridian, Miss., if it wins the U.S. Air Force's T-X competition.
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ATC

FAA Declares Steady Progress on NextGen ATC Modernization

The agency says the U.S. national airspace system is becoming more efficient as a result of the long-running NextGen ATC modernization effort.
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ATC

Raytheon Advances JPALS Landing System for F-35B/Cs

The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps plan to reach early operational capability of the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System in 2018.
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Aircraft

BAE Plans To Ramp Up Production of Laser Guidance Sections

With a new order from the Navy, the company has enlarged production capacity in New Hampshire of its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Company Wins Contract from U.S. Customer for Tethered Drone

Drone Aviation Corp. said a Department of Defense customer has ordered its WATT multi-rotor tethered drone.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

French Drone Service Provider Acquires Trimble Business

Trimble is divesting its Gatewing engineering and manufacturing business in Belgium to focus on aerial data collection software over platforms.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Lockheed Martin Deploys 'Vector Hawk' from Undersea Drone

The Marlin MK2 autonomous underwater vehicle launced the collapsible fixed-wing Vector Hawk during a U.S. Navy technology exercise.
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Aircraft

Qatar Airways Places $18 Billion Order For Boeing Airliners

The Gulf carrier signed a letter of intent for 60 Boeing 737 Max 8s, but says it remains committed to buying Airbus A320neos.
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Regulations and Government

ICAO Approves Carbon-Offsetting Scheme for Global Aviation

In an 'historic and momentous' action, the ICAO Assembly meeting in Montreal adopted a global market-based measures scheme to reduce emissions.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

U.S., Other Nations Sign Declaration on Armed Drone Exports

Major drone producers Israel, Russia, China and India are not among 45 signatories to the joint declaration on the export of weaponized UAVs.
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Engines

Manufacturers Announce Army Engine Program Developments

Advanced Turbine Engine Company and GE Aviation reported developments in separate U.S. Army engine development efforts.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Textron Systems Touts Hybrid 'Aerosonde HQ' Small Drone

The Aerosonde HQ adds four rotors to what is an otherwise catapult-launched small unmanned aircraft system.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

U.S. Navy Orders First Three Production MQ-4C Tritons

The service plans to deploy the RQ-4B Global Hawk maritime derivative unmanned aircraft system in late 2017.
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ATC

FAA Accelerates Data Communications Roll Out to ATC Towers

The FAA says its Data Comm program to implement text messaging between pilots and controllers is two years ahead of schedule.
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Regulations and Government

ICAO Will Take Up Global Security Plan at General Assembly

The plan provides a 'strategic framework' with priorities for improving aviation security, according to the United Nations aviation agency.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

UPS Tests Medicine Delivery by Drone Off Atlantic Coast

The delivery giant and CyPhy Works flew an asthma inhaler from Beverly, Mass., to a children's camp on an island using a hexacopter.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Bell Unveils 'Vigilant' Unmanned Tiltrotor for U.S. Marine Corps

The new drone design leverages work Bell has done on the V-280 tiltrotor it is developing for the U.S. Army's joint multi-role demonstration.
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Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Defends F-35A, Readies Fix for Grounded Jets

The service plans to repair 15 grounded F-35As by December; it will then implement the fix on 42 jets on Lockheed Martin's assembly line.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Experts: Unmanned Aircraft Must Operate in Contested Airspace

The capability to operate in contested environments, autonomy and networking will be key future capabilities, experts say.
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Aircraft

Air Force Evokes Doolittle Raid in Naming B-21 the 'Raider'

The service announced the name of the new long-range strike bomber after a suspenseful build-up at the annual Air Force Association conference.
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Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Suspends Flight Operations of Some F-35As

Insulating material around an avionics cooling line in a fuel tank was found to be shedding, the F-35 Joint Program Office said.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

U.S. East, West Converge as Drone Advisory Committee Meets

The committee of senior-level executives that will advise the FAA in further introducing drones held its inaugural meeting in Washington, D.C.
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Regulations and Government

ICAO's Carbon-Offsetting Scheme Not Adequate, Groups Say

The International Coalition for Sustainable Aviation calls for revisions to global market-based measure scheme ICAO's assembly will consider.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Mitre Names Winners of Counter-Drone System Challenge

The research and development organization invited companies to demonstrate systems that detect and stop small drones weight under five pounds.