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February 14, 2013
Raytheon Technical Services, together with teammate Thales Visionix Inc. (TVI), has won a $3.5 million award for the engineering and manufacturing development of Common Helmet Mounted Display (CHMD) systems for the U.S. Army's Air Soldier Program. Under the contract, the RTSC/TVI team will perform...February 14, 2013
Honeywell’s SmartPath has been selected by Airservices Australia as the country’s first Ground-Based Augmentation System (GBAS) to improve operational efficiency and decrease air traffic noise at Sydney Airport. Designed to overcome the limitations of traditional Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), a ground-based instrument...February 13, 2013
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Airbus ProSky signed a Research Collaboration Agreement (RCA) to jointly develop a Concept of Operations for Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) based on Collaborative Decision Making (CDM). The RCA follows the foundational Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Air Traffic Management (ATM) research and development collaboration that was signed in November 2012...February 13, 2013
Raytheon and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) are working together to develop a highly autonomous, unmanned electronic warfare capability based on equipping GA-ASI's Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) with Raytheon's Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD). With...February 13, 2013
Thales was selected by the Civil Aviation Authority of Cyprus and a provider of integrated electronic communication services in Cyprus, Cyta, for the modernization of the country’s air traffic management system. The upgraded system will significantly increase capacity with additional positions and the performances with some advanced functionalities, Thales...February 13, 2013
Lockheed Martin signed two new production contracts worth $161.7 million to continue upgrades of the night vision sensors on U.S. Army Apache attack helicopters. Under the contracts Lockheed will provide 482...February 13, 2013
The ICAO and Civil Air Navigation Services Organization (CANSO) have signed a new agreement to jointly pursue opportunities to increase air navigation safety worldwide. ICAO President Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez and CANSO Director General Jeff Poole signed the memorandum of...February 12, 2013
Boeing announced a memorandum of understanding with Elbit Systems to provide "self-defense" solutions Boeing military aircraft for international customers. Under the new agreement, the two companies will offer...February 12, 2013
Airbus ProSky was selected by Zurich Airport and Swiss Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) Skyguide, to optimize the Instrument Landing System (ILS) protection areas of one of the airport's three runways. Zurich Airport and Skyguide have selected Exact Landing Interference Simulation Environment (ELISE) services as the best solution to precisely simulate and optimize the critical and sensitive areas...February 12, 2013
Mercury Systems has been awarded a 3-year, $16.7 million indefinite quantity/indefinite delivery (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Tactical Electronic Warfare Division (TEWD) to supply advanced mixed signal digital...February 12, 2013
Pacific Coast Avionics, based in Aurora, Ore., was awarded a contract for custom panel upgrades for three DeHavilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otters operated by TAC Air out of Coronado, Calif. The Twin Otters are utilized for jump flights and jump training by both civilian and military customers. "Since these aircraft are used primarily in a local flight...February 12, 2013
Boeing will continue modernizing the GPS satellite constellation for up to five more years, extending the company's role in the vital military and civilian navigation network. The U.S. Air Force, which operates the GPS network, recently awarded Boeing a $51 million, one-year contract with four...February 12, 2013
The multi-billion dollar general aviation industry had increases in aircraft shipments and declines in airplane billings in 2012, results that the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) called a “mixed bag." According to GAMA's annual State of the General Aviation Industry report, the 2,133 airplane shipments in 2012 was an increase of less than 1 percent year over year, with airplane...February 11, 2013
Boeing said its liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is progressing towards a second flight, following the completion of a successful taxi test at Edwards Air Force Base last week. The demonstrator UAS, sitting on its launch cart, achieved speeds of up to 40...February 8, 2013
Chinese airborne equipment supplier Chengdu CAIC Electronics (CAIC) selected Crane Aerospace to provide landing gear indication system...February 8, 2013
Lincoln, Neb.-based Duncan Aviation and partner Flightcraft have opened a new avionics repair facility in Portland, Ore. The new shop is Duncan’s 30th satellite facility in the United States...February 7, 2013
Rockwell Collins and Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division, a system integrator in the Indian defense industry, signed teaming agreement as part of their pursuit of the Indian Air Force Software Defined Radio program. “Together, our companies provide the expertise to deliver the best-value software defined radio (SDR) solution for the Indian Air Force while offering an unmatched opportunity for...February 7, 2013
Northrop Grumman flew a RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft for the first time using open architecture-based command and control software and hardware developed by the company, moving the company one step closer to offering its common Mission Management Control System (MMCS) product, which can be implemented across various unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to improve mission effectiveness and reduce training...February 6, 2013
Canada’s Porter Airlines has deployed Universal Avionics’ UNS-1Ew Flight Management Systems (FMS), which provides Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV)-capability for its all-Bombardier-Q400 operation. Porter replaced UNS-1E FMSs with dual Universal WAAS/SBAS- and LPV-capable UNS-1Ew FMSs. In November 2012, scheduled Q400 flights began operating into Billy Bishop Toronto City...February 6, 2013
Esterline CMC Electronics announced two undisclosed international customers have selected its CMA-9000...
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