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February 10, 2012
Northrop Grumman was awarded a five-year, $19 million contract by the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) to repair avionics equipment on the SH-60 Seahawk helicopter and the EA-6B Prowler. Under the terms of the contract, Northrop Grumman will repair the ASN-150 and ASN-123 tactical navigation/tactical data systems...February 10, 2012
Airbus has conducted what it is calling the world's first flight using a four-dimensional optimized and upgraded air traffic management (ATM) technology to fly more accurate and efficient routes, the airframe manufacturer said Friday. The test, using Airbus's dedicated A320 test aircraft flying from Toulouse, France, to Copenhagen...February 10, 2012
Hainan Airlines selected a suite of Rockwell Collins avionics systems, including its WXR-2100 MultiScan Threat Detection System and GLU-925 Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR), for 47 new Airbus A320s. The companies made the announcement Thursday at the Singapore...February 9, 2012
Raytheon is upgrading the Integrated Waveform (IV) software in its AN/ARC-231 airborne radio terminals, a move that will triple the satellite capacity, the company said. Prior to the software upgrade, this form of radio communications had limited capacity, causing communication delays in theater. The government's prior acceptance of the Phase 1 IW upgrade for its ARC-231 radios enabled Raytheon to...February 8, 2012
MSP Aero, based in Minneapolis, was awarded a FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for the installation of the Vision 1000 Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) system from Appareo Systems on AgustaWestland AW109/119 series. The Vision 1000 is a part of Appareo Systems' Aircraft Logging and Event Recording for Training and Safety (ALERTS) family of FDM products. ALERTS includes hardware devices like...February 8, 2012
Air France selected Lufthansa Systems' Lido/Flight flight planning system, which calculates optimal flight routes, under a five-year contract announced Tuesday. The system, a component of the Integrated Operations Control Center (IOCC) from Lufthansa Systems, provides dispatchers with many optimization options regarding flight time, fuel consumption or costs of each flight. The contract also covers several...February 7, 2012
AAI Test & Training, based in Hunt Valley, Md., was awarded a $7.7 million contract to provide Advanced Boresight Equipment (ABE) for the U.S. Air Force and Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey fleets. ABE is a gyro-stabilized, electro-optical angular measurement system designed to align aircraft...February 7, 2012
Congress passed long-awaited, long-term FAA funding authorization on Monday, funding the agency through 2015 and giving a big boost to the agency's multi-billion-dollar Next Generation Air Transportation (NextGen) initiative. The four-year, $63.4 billion "FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act" passed the Senate on Monday by a 75-20...February 6, 2012
Trig Avionics, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, was awarded FAA technical standard order (TSO) C166b certification for its TT31 and TT22 1090ES automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) Out transponders. The certification makes equipping for ADS-B more practical and affordable for general aviation pilots, the company said. Underlining Trig’s commitment to existing...February 6, 2012
FAA and prime contractor Lockheed Martin on Monday announced that six sites have achieved initial operating capability in the En Route Modernization (ERAM) program. ERAM is now operational at Chicago, Los Angeles, Oakland, Albuquerque, Minneapolis and Denver. The centers in Salt Lake City and Seattle have been fully operational for more than a year. ERAM, which replaces a 40-year-old system used at...February 3, 2012
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $47.2 million contract for the purchase and integration of two more Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) payloads on two existing Block 20 Global Hawk UASs. BACN is a high-altitude, airborne communications and information gateway system that maintains operational communications support 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The persistent...February 2, 2012
BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman have been selected to develop Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) systems for the Army, Navy and Marine rotary-wing aircraft. Under terms of the $38 million, 21-month technology demonstration contract, BAE will provide its Boldstroke laser countermeasure system. The system is compatible with BAE Systems’ Common Missile Warning System, already deployed on...February 2, 2012
Workshops and conference sessions at this year's ATC Global Exhibition and Conference will bring together leaders in the international air traffic management community, discussing the regulatory and technological issues facing the future of the global airspace. Speakers at the event, held March 6-8 in Amsterdam, the...February 1, 2012
Qantas launched its Q Streaming in-flight entertainment system, based on technology from Lufthansa Systems, on a pilot test on a Boeing 767-300, the companies announced Wednesday. The system, which allows passengers access to on-demand movies, television and radio on their iPads, is based on Lufthansa's BoardConnect, a Wi-Fi network comprising an on-board server and five access points distributed...February 1, 2012
Boeing has started production of the new Distributed Targeting System (DTS) for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter, the company announced Wednesday. DTS provides enhanced targeting capability for the Super Hornet as part of the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18E/F Network Centric Warfare Upgrades program and the F/A-18E/F Flight...January 31, 2012
Boeing subsidiary Insitu, based in Bingen, Wash., was awarded a $41.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to exercise an option for...January 31, 2012
Cobham Beacon Solutions, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., received 24 FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO) authorizations for the Artex Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) product line. The FAA has allowed transition of the previous approval from Cobham Avionics in Prescott, Ariz., to ACR Electronics in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., under the new Part 21 Transfer Process as the two Business Units are...January 30, 2012
Panasonic Avionics Corp., based in Lake Forest, Calif., commissioned and tested its new service on the Yamal 201 Russian satellite via its partner RuSat’s teleport in Moscow, Russia. The move provides essential service for aircraft routes between Europe and Asia. According to Panasonic, with the Yamal 201 satellite, the more than 1,200...January 30, 2012
The Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Consortium, a group of nearly 40 avionics manufacturers, military organizations and other companies, released the FACE Technical Standard, which provides guidelines for creating a common operating environment to support applications across multiple Department of Defense avionics systems. According to the consortium, the standard is designed to enhance the...January 27, 2012
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed a series of flight tests to demonstrate technology that could help extend the operating range and flight duration of future carrier-based unmanned systems. The flight tests, completed Jan. 21 in St. Augustine, Fla., proved the functionality of the hardware and software that will enable the X-47B unmanned aircraft to demonstrate autonomous...
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