Business & GA

Aerosonic Buys Op Technologies

Aerosonic Corp., of Clearwater, Fla., said it will acquire Op Technologies, an Oregon-based developer and manufacturer of glass cockpit displays. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Aerosonic, which supplies precision…

Business & GA

Era in Johannesburg

Era Corp., Reston, Va., said it will provide multilateration (MSS), automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) and Squid vehicle tracking services at the O.R. Tambo International Airport (formerly Johannesburg International Airport) in South Africa.…

Military

BAE Sells Inertial Products Unit

BAE Systems said Wednesday is completed the $140 million sale of its Inertial Products business, which supplies military and commercial customers with inertial sensors and measurement units for the control, navigation and…

Military

EDO Wins Radar Test Award

EDO Corp., New York, received a $44 million  contract from the U.S. Air Force for AN/PLM-4 radar-signal simulators used to test the electronic defenses of military aircraft. EDO said the contract enables…

Commercial

Blakey Named To Head Aerospace Association

FAA Administrator Marion C. Blakey was named president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association late Tuesday afternoon, nearly a month before her term as administrator ends. Blakey, whose five-year term expires…

Commercial

Colombian Airline Selects Rockwell Collins

Colombian airline Avianca Airlines will equip 38 new aircraft with an expanded suite of Rockwell Collins avionics, including the WXR-2100 MultiScan Hazard Detection System weather radar. Delivery is scheduled for early next…

Military

Raytheon Wins Airborne Sonar Work

Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems division won a $15.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the procurement of three Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) systems for Sikorsky's MH-60R helicopter, an ALFS Sonar…

Military

BAE Tests Networking System

BAE Systems completed a successful demonstration of its Flexible Access Secure Transfer (FAST) networking waveform, a wireless networking protocol developed for airborne tactical networking. The demonstration included Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, Voice…

Military

Harris Corp. Wins Raptor Cable Contract

Harris Corp., Melbourne, Fla., received a five-year, $30 million follow-on contract from Lockheed Martin to supply high-speed, fiber-optic network components for the U.S. Air Force F-22A Raptor aircraft program. The award brings…

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