CommercialShanghai Airlines Picks Rockwell Collins Avionics Shanghai Airlines said it will use Rockwell Collins avionics on 13 Boeing 737NG aircraft. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The airline said the two key components of the avionics…
ATM ModernizationArinc Wins Data Monitoring Patent Arinc said it was awarded U.S. Patent 7149612 for improved methods of accessing operational data from electronic systems on board aircraft, including selective monitoring, display of parameters in near real-time, data collection…
MilitarySaab Wins Avionics Contract Sweden-based Saab Avitronics said it won a 10 million Euro contract to develop, produce and support a Terrain Masking Low Level Flight Computer for the German military’s A400M transport aircraft. Saab Avitronics,…
ATM ModernizationRTCA Hosts Next-Gen Conference Aviation industry association RTCA will host a conference on the nation’s Next-Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS) in Washington, D.C. The conference, called “Operational Evolution Partnership (OEP)—The Bridge to NextGen,” will take place…
MilitaryF-22 Data Acquisition Teletronics Technology Corp. (TTC), Newtown, Pa., will design and certify the Airborne Instrumentation Data Acquisition System (IDAS) to validate upgrades to F-22 Raptor fighter. Through a contract with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, TTC…
ATM ModernizationFormation Wins FAA Contract FAA awarded Formation, Moorestown, N.J., a $5.7 million contract to design, develop, flight-qualify and produce its Data Collector Correlator (DCC) avionics box. Formation will develop the DCC hardware and software, perform integration…
Editor's NoteGallium Opens New Office Gallium Visual Systems opened a new sales and engineering office in Huntsville, Ala., a move the company says will be it closer to a key customer base. Gallium, which has offices in…
CommercialTAP Portugal to Use Rockwell Collins Avionics TAP Portugal will use Rockwell Collins avionics on five Airbus A330s with an option for one additional aircraft. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Lisbon-based TAP Portugual said the key…
MilitaryBoeing UAV Achieves NATO Compliance Boeing and its team gained compliance with NATO’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) interoperability standard. The standard, also known as Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 4586, establishes specifications for a common ground station system for…
Editor's NoteRannoch Becomes Era Rannoch Corp., Alexandria, Va., officially changed its named to Era Corp., reflecting a series of acquisitions made by the company in recent months. In October, the company bought Czech company ERA a.s.,…