Military

Curtiss-Wright Multi-Function FDR First to Meet ED-112A

Curtiss-Wright’s Fortress family of military flight data recorders has completed all qualification testing and begun shipping to customers. They are designed to meet all current and upcoming regulations including the forthcoming CVR 25-hour mandates…

Military

Lockheed Turns Toward 'Agility' for Future F-35 Upgrades

Since the beginning of the F-35 Lightning II program, Lockheed Martin and its more than 1,600 suppliers have focused on providing technology upgrades simultaneously in massive upgrade packages. According to a program…

Military

BAE Moves Compass Call EW to Gulstream G550 Platform

BAE Systems has begun work to transition its advanced Compass Call electronic warfare (EW) system from aging Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules base aircraft to more modern special-mission Gulfstream G550s. As the mission…

Commercial

Esterline CMA-5024 EASA-Approved for A320

Esterline Avionics Systems and PMV Engineering have received EASA approval for the upgrade of the older generation GPSSU by CMC’s CMA-5024 GPS/SBAS Landing System Sensor Unit (GLSSU) on the Airbus A320 family…

Commercial

Esterline CMA-5024 Testing Complete on 737NG

Esterline Avionics Systems has completed ground and flight tests of its satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS)-capable CMA-5024 GPS/SBAS landing system sensor unit (GLSSU) on Boeing 737 next-generation aircraft with the goal of obtaining…