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July 2, 2009 Honeywell Wins Navy Contract
Honeywell was awarded a $26.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to exercise an option for the full-rate production of 498 Advanced Multi-Purpose Displays (AMPD) for Lot 33 F/A-18F and EA/-18G aircraft, and retrofit of Lot 26-28 F/A-18E/F and E/A-18G aircraft for the U.S. Navy (422 units) and the Government of Australia (76 units). Units for the U.S. Navy include 167 5-by-5-inch forward; 134 5-by-5-inch aft; 64 8-by-10-inch AMPDs and 57 8-by-10-inch AMPD High Resolution Recorder Interface kits to upgrade legacy displays with higher resolution capability. Units for Australia include 30 5-by-5-inch forward; 30 5-by-5-inch aft; and 16 8-by-10-inch AMPDs. Work will be performed in Albuquerque, N.M., and is expected to be completed in 2010.
Spectralux ACARS Wins EASA OK
Spectralux Corp., based in Redmond, Wash., said its Dlink+ aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS) received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification on the Boeing 757. Dlink+ FAA STC Approval was granted in March. The Dlink+ system combines a Communications Management Unit (CMU), VHF Datalink Radio (VDR), and a Control Display Unit (CDU).
Cover Story
Bigger, Faster, Safer, Smarter
Bigger, stronger, faster is a motto that aptly describes, but only in part, Gulfstream’s goals for its new G650 ultra long range business jet, slated for market entry in 2012. The G650 will also be safer, smarter, quieter, cleaner, easier to fly and...
Ron Laurenzo
Feature Stories
Poseidon On Patrol
With the first flight of the Boeing P-8A Poseidon test aircraft in April, the U.S. Navy moved closer to a modernized patrol fleet ready for net-centric warfare in open ocean and cluttered coastal environments. Aircraft T2, the mission system flight-test...
Frank Colucci
Airline Broadband
Airline passengers want the ability to send e-mail and access the Internet in flight, and U.S. airlines are responding to that demand, rolling out a series of in-flight broadband trials. For passengers, especially business travelers, the attraction is the...
Clifton Stroud
Product Focus: GPS WAAS
With manufacturers only recently releasing their first-generation GPS WAAS products, operators are just now getting their hands around current capabilities of the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). However, the imminent expansion of WAAS-like capabilities...
Barry Rosenberg
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