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Piper Aircraft has announced the next generation M Series aircraft – the M600 SLS, standard equipped with the new HALO Safety System. It will now also be the first general aviation aircraft in the world to be certified with Autoland capability. The HALO Safety System is a compilation of technologies unique to the M600 SLS and its avionics suite. The system includes Auto-throttle, Emergency Descent Mode, Enhanced Stability and Protection, Surface Watch, Safe Taxi, Flight Stream connectivity

Expanding Production Capability To Match Near Term Needs Of The Zephyr Program

Airbus Defense and Space has partnered with U.S. based Amprius Inc.’s current equity funding. This financing will further boost the development of new generation batteries based on Silicon Nanowire Anode technology.

ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu Addressed Recent INTERPOL General Assembly

UN Security Council Resolutions on foreign terrorist fighters are achievable, but only if States implement ICAO’s and INTERPOL’s related provisions fully and effectively, declared ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu at the recent INTERPOL General Assembly in Santiago.

Recognized For Work On SLS Expedite Program

National Technical Systems, a company providing qualification testing, inspection, and certification solutions in North America, received NASA’s prestigious Space Flight Awareness Award. Part of the NASA Awards and Recognition Program, it was presented to NTS in Washington, D.C. on October 23.

Certification Applies To The UH-60/S-70 Black Hawks’ Simplex Model 370i Internal Fire Attack System (FAS)

The FAA has certified an Internal Fire Attack System developed for the Black Hawk Helicopter by Dart Aerospace’s newly acquired business, Simplex.

Software Developed For Rectifiers To Minimize Downtime

Improvements by team members from the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Aerodynamics and Propulsion Test Unit at Arnold Air Force Base have prevented unscheduled downtime and avoided equipment damage at the facility.

Announce Call For Interest To Provide Landing Site For Dream Chaser Spacecraft Mission Carrying Experiments From UN Member States

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) have announced the opening of a Call For Interest (CFI) for UN Member States to provide a landing site for the Dream Chaser on its return from a mission expected to occur around 2024.

Working With French Space Agency CNES

ESA and the French space agency CNES have signed an important agreement that will see the two agencies improve interoperability between their mission control facilities on the ground, enhancing the abilities of each organization in space.

Will Continue To Operate As Soloy, Relocate To Olympia, WA

Dave Stauffer, Managing Member of Olympia Washington based Fifty-Ten-Yankee, LLC, (5010Y) recently announced that the company has come to an agreement with Soloy, LLC to acquire all assets of Soloy Aviation Solutions including the fixed wing, engine and helicopter STC’s currently produced by Soloy, LLC.

En Route Automation System (EAS) The complex integrated environment consisting of situation display systems, surveillance systems and flight data processing, remote devices, decision support tools, and the related communications equipment that form the heart of the automated IFR air traffic control system. It interfaces with automated terminal systems and is used in the control of en route IFR aircraft.

Aero Linx: SAM - The Society of Antique Modelers The Vintage models flown by SAM members are those designed, published or available as kits during the golden era of model aviation, the decade of the thirties to the beginning of WWII. A period following Lindberg's solo flight to Paris that ignited the aviation flame in so many of the World's youth. It was a period when practical model airplanes were developed and made available so anyone could build and fly one and hundreds of thousands did. SAM calls models from the period prior to 1939, "antique", and prior to 1942, "old timer". They are the basis for good-natured competition in categories from free flight gas and rubber power, and gliders. For the

“Fifty-Ten-Yankee, LLC includes a dedicated team of highly skilled personnel that have over 100 years of combined experience with Soloy products and will continue to provide world wide support and services under the new ownership for the STC conversion products.  In the tradition of Joe Soloy’s company we will continue to develop new products that enhance safety and increase utilization by improving performance and reducing operational costs.” Source: From Dave Stauffer, Managing Member of Olympia Washington based Fifty-Ten-Yankee, LLC, (5010Y) recently announced that the company has come to an agreement with Soloy, LLC to acquire all assets of Soloy Aviation Solutions including the fixed wing, engine and helicopter