Business & GA

Ametek Acquires Two Aerospace Companies

Ametek Aerospace & Defense said it is buying two privately held aerospace businesses that serve the business jet, regional jet and helicopter markets. Financial terms of the two deals were not disclosed.…

Commercial

Continental to Use TDG’s Fault Interrupter

TDG Aerospace, Escondido, Calif., said Continental Airlines is set to install its Universal Fault Interrupter (UFI) on airline’s fleet of Boeing 757-200 and -300 aircraft. The UFI is designed to protect the…

Military

BAE, U.S. Navy Recognized by DoD

The U.S. Navy and BAE Systems received a Department of Defense Value Engineering Achievement Award for improving the performance of a radar and communications jammer, the company said. The award recognizes a…

Commercial

Luxell CEO Resigns

Luxell Technologies, a Canadian provider of ruggedized flat panel display systems, said CEO Alec Couckuyt resigned. No further details of the resignation were available. The company appointed David Pasieka as interim CEO.…

Military

Data Link Tests MIDS-JTRS

Data Link Solutions and the MIDS JTRS Industry and Military Team conducted a live demonstration of the Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS-JTRS). Data Link Solutions, which was established…

Military

Raytheon Wins $16.6 Million Radar Logistics Contract

Raytheon received a $16.6 million order for performance based logistics (PBL) support of its ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receiver system, which protects crews of U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F carrier-based tactical aircraft. The contract encompasses…

Commercial

Product Focus: Flight Data Recorders

Interconnectivity of avionics, including flight data recorders (FDR), is of prime importance to aircraft operators because it offers rapid data transfer rates and significant time savings. Thanks to increased use of Ethernet…

ATM Modernization

New Products

Development Kit Acqiris, Monroe, N.Y., released its firmware development kit (FDK), which simplifies application development on the embedded field programmable gate array (FPGA) of its SC240/210 streamer analyzers and AC240/210 analyzers. The…

Military

Small Business Nabs E-2C Hawkeye Pact

Real-Time Innovations (RTI) said it won a $600,000 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by the Naval Air Systems (NAVAIR) Command to research upgrades to the Navy’s E-2C Hawkeye. RTI,…

Military

Honeywell Wins Air Force Contracts

Honeywell’s Defense and Space Electronic Systems won a $7.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for 74 embedded Global Positioning/Inertial Production Units on CH-47F, MH-47, H-1W and HH-60J helicopters and F/A-18,…