Aerospace & Defense Standards News

July 22, 2005

ASTM Int'l Sampling Standard Builds on Former Military Document
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July 22, 2005

Sporicidal Test Method Developed by ASTM Int'l Homeland Security Committee
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July 22, 2005

Rockwell Collins Completes Successful SE-Vision Test Flights
Rockwell Collins said its SE-Vision program successfully completed military and commercial test flights in New Mexico and New Jersey in June. ... more

July 20, 2005

ICAO_ Machine Readable Passports to be Issued Worldwide by 2010
The 188 contracting states of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) agreed to begin issuing ICAO standard machine readable passports ... more

July 19, 2005

Boeing_ TSAT SS Completes Major Design Review
The Transformational SATCOM Space Segment (TSAT SS) program successfully completed its Interim Space Segment Design Review (ISSDR), according ... more

July 14, 2005

General Dynamics_ Groove Networks Offer Collaboration_ Info-Sharing Software to U.S. Gov_t
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems will use Groove Networks' cross-agency communication and information-sharing software to enhance ... more

July 13, 2005

DoD Releases Homeland Defense_ Civil Support Strategy
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support, a document addressing DoD's roles in homeland ... more

July 11, 2005

Boeing_ Honeywell Strengthen Materials Management_ Supply Chain Relationship
Key parts and services supplier Honeywell Aerospace will participate in Boeing's Integrated Materials Management (IMM) initiative, designed to ... more

July 7, 2005

Honeywell to Update Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) Prototype
Honeywell International announced that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted a $4.5 million modification to its existing Category ... more

July 6, 2005

EAA_ LAMA to Promote Light-Sport Aircraft Community
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association (LAMA) agreed to jointly promote the light-sport ... more

July 5, 2005

Int_l Biometric Group Delivers Iris Recognition Report to Homeland Security Dept
The International Biometric Group delivered the Independent Testing of Iris Recognition Technology (ITIRT) Final Report to the U.S. Department ... more

June 27, 2005

Cessna_s Citation CJ1_ Receives FAA Type Certification
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration granted type certification to Cessna Aircraft Co.'s Model 525 Citation CJ1+, bringing the aircraft one ... more

June 23, 2005

Additions to Cockpit Simulator Offer New Testing Capabilities
In an ongoing effort to offer realistic and flexible airborne simulations capability for testing procedures and avionics, the Center for Advanced ... more

June 23, 2005

DoD Adopts ASTM Int'l Sense-and-Avoid Standard For UAV Certifications
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June 23, 2005

Boeing Team Demonstrates Advanced Autonomous Flight Control for UAVs
Boeing and a team of flight-control scientists from academia demonstrated flight-control technologies that could dramatically improve the mission ... more

June 20, 2005

DoD Releases Item Unique Identification (IUID) Implementation Doc
The U.S. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Technology and Logistics issued a document - Program Manager's Planning Roadmap ... more

June 17, 2005

DHS to Require Digital Photos in Passports for Visa Waiver Travelers
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries will be required to produce passports with ... more

June 16, 2005

NASA Approves Fracture Control Implementation Handbook
A new reference - Fracture Control Implementation Handbook for Payloads, Experiments, and Similar Hardware (NASA-HDBK-5010) - was approved by ... more

June 15, 2005

ASTM Int_l Develops Waterfront Boat Barrier Standard
ASTM International Committee F12 on Security Systems and Equipment is developing a new standard for waterfront boat barriers. The work falls ... more

June 15, 2005

U.S. Biometric Passport Standards Program Scaled Back
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) cited an Associated Press report that said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) scaled ... more