L-3 Communications Avionics Systems, Grand Rapids, Michigan, has been awarded a $10,533,380 firm-fixed-priced contract for F/A-18 aircraft altitude indicators. This was a sole-source acquisition using ...

Any good bike ride should have a big climb to push your fitness, and a nice descent for the joy of careening down at high speed. [Glen Akins] has been recording his altitude during his mountain biking ...

UAvionix Corporation’s aircraft AV-30-C panel display has received STC (Supplemental Type Certification) approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The AV-30-C offers pilots an effective ...

Flying an aircraft to the edge of space usually involves a jet engine, a full tank of fuel, a whole load of noise and a pilot with the kind of Right Stuff needed to reach for the stars. Not any more.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating two recent incidents in which airspeed and altitude indicators in the cockpits of Airbus A330s may have malfunctioned. In both cases, the ...