LiteWave Fits "Any Cockpit in the World" Says BAE Electronics Systems Director
BAE Systems unveiled a lightweight, compact HUD for use in commercial or military aircraft, branded the LiteWave. The new system is comprised of a 'laptop sized' kit mounted above the pilots' station, allowing a forward projection of critical information like direction, altitude and speed. The suite is said to be 70% smaller and lighter than a traditional HUD installation, which should be fairly accurate given the company's experience in providing HUDs to the Eurofighter, F-16, and F-22.
The United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol’s (CAP) North Carolina Wing (NCWG) announced on 19 May 2023 that it had taken delivery of ten new Teal-2 military-grade drones by which to more effectively carry out its mission of providing emergency assistance to citizens across North Carolina and neighboring states.
Since 2021, the cadence of U.S. commercial space launch and reentry operations has increased from a yearly average of three such licensed undertakings to approximately two per-week—an increase of 1,733-percent. It is incumbent upon GA pilots, therefore, to understand a number of key terms and concepts germane to aircraft operations in the vicinity of space launch and reentry corridors ...
On Wednesday, 17 May 2023, a Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee—an aircraft widely utilized in agricultural application operations—went down in Hollywood, Florida, coming to ground in close proximity to a Target retail store and Memorial Regional Hospital. Hollywood police identified the aircraft’s pilot and sole-occupant as 28-year-old Mitchell Knaus, a friend of whom informed a South Florida news outlet that Knaus had “been a commercial pilot for some time.”
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