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December 03, 2018

Airborne 12.03.18: uAvionix skyBeacon, Nextant STC, Spitfire Watch

Also: 1500th ATR, FAA Appointments, Women In Aerospace Bill, PC-24 Air Ambulance

Despite being on the receiving of some bad behavior of the almighty Garmin juggernaut, uAvionix is sticking to its guns and proceeding with an aggressive rollout of some exciting avionics developments. And mind you, its just in time for the renewed FAA rebate. In order to get the rebate, you must select the skyBeacon you’ll need to set the data link option on the rebate form to UAT, and choose uAvionix skyBeacon TSO as the ADS-B transmitter. uAvionix says its shipping the skyBeacon after receiving the STC and credits the FAA’s Chicago ACO, “for their patience and guidance through this process.” The initial STC covers 272 aircraft. The FAA has approved an STC for a Pro Line Fu

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André-Hubert Roussel Proposed As CEO Of ArianeGroup

Will Succeed Alain Charmeau Effective January 1

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Budweiser To Malt Barley On The International Space Station

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Receives ‘Best Of What’s New Award’ From The Publication

CIMON, the technology demonstrator developed and built by Airbus on behalf of the German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has now been presented with U.S. science magazine Popular Science’s ‘Best of What’s New Award.’

Nine Companies Are Now Eligible To Bid On CLPS Contracts

Nine U.S. companies now are eligible to bid on NASA delivery services to the lunar surface through Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contracts, as one of the first steps toward long-term scientific study and human exploration of the Moon and eventually Mars.