Category Archives: Electronic Sub-Systems

GA-ASI’s New Centerline Avionics Bay Increases MQ-9A Capability

MQ-9 with Centerline Avionics Bay

For the first time on Feb. 3, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew a company-owned MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) equipped with a newly developed Centerline Avionics Bay (CAB). The CAB provides space to incorporate critical new capabilities for GA-ASI customers. Continue reading

Sagetech Avionics Receives DoD AIMS Certification for Mode 5 Micro IFF Transponder for Drones

Sagetech Avionics, an aerospace technology company providing situational awareness solutions for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), announced that on February 5th the DoD AIMS Program Office issued the world’s first 17-1000 Mark XIIB certification to Sagetech for its MX12B micro Mode 5 Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) transponder. Continue reading

uAvionix Enters the Defense UAV Market with IFF Solutions

uAvionix, a supplier of certified and miniaturized communications, navigation, and surveillance (CNS) avionics, announced that it has been investing in the development and certification of a full lineup of Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) solutions for the small, tactical, and attritable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) defense platforms. Continue reading

Raytheon’s Maritime Surveillance Systems Flight Tested on SeaGuardian for Japan Coast Guard

Japan’s Coast Guard recently completed successful flight testing of Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, maritime surveillance technologies onboard a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft . Continue reading