TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 26, 2019 — A General Atomics business unit will equip a future multimission remotely piloted aircraft with a detect-and-avoid system as part of efforts to secure airworthiness certifications, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Monday General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will provide the MQ-9B intelligence, surveillance …
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TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 9, 2018 — BAE Systems has unveiled a new platform that it built to provide situational awareness to military pilots about general air traffic using satellite navigation and civil aircraft data, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday its Web Enabled Data Links system works to use Automatic Dependent …
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TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 1, 2018 — Iridium Communications’ (Nasdaq: IRDM) Aireon subsidiary has partnered with Airbus’ defense and space business to provide space-based aircraft tracking data to the latter’s recently launched airspace analytics platform, ExecutiveBiz reported July 20. Aireon said July 19 it will supply Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast data to …
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TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 11, 2017 — Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) CEO Matt Desch has said the Iridium Next constellation will work to support the “renovation” of air traffic control toward the Federal Aviation Administration‘s Next Generation Air Transportation System, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. NASASpaceflight.com reported Friday that the company’s effort to replace the original …
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TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 21, 2016 — Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) CEO Matt Desch has urged the Federal Aviation Administration to make its decision on the transition to a new aircraft surveillance system by the end of 2016, ExecutiveBiz reported March 9. Reuters reported March 8 Desch said at the Satellite 2016 conference that FAA …
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Engility Holdings (NYSE: EGL) has received a three-year, $66 million contract to continue helping the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center develop and evaluate a satellite-based air traffic control system. The company will provide management, analysis and technical services for the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast project, Engility said Wednesday. Tony …
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