Military

BAE Tests Landing System

BAE Systems completed the first test of an autonomous landing system intended for large mobility and transport aircraft. BAE said the Dec. 6 demonstration of the Autonomous Approach and Landing Capability (AALC)…

Military

Air Force, Rockwell Collins Exercise Option

The U.S. Air Force exercised a $50.7 million contract option with Rockwell Collins to complete the next phase of the Modernized User Equipment (MUE) program, which consists of receiver card development for…

ATM Modernization

Harris Completes Weather System Transition

Harris Corp., Melbourne, Fla., completed the transition of FAA’s weather radar data in the continental United States to the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) network, which the company said enables air traffic controllers…

Commercial

Honeywell in A380 Avionics Maintenance Deal

Honeywell will provide avionics maintenance services for Singapore Airlines’ A380 fleet, the companies announced this week. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Singapore Airlines began using its A380, the world’s…

Business & GA

IS&S Signs 757 Retrofit Deal

Innovative Solution & Support (IS&S), Exton, Pa., signed a contract worth up to $16 million to supply flat-panel cockpit displays for a fleet of Boeing 757s. The company said in its quarterly…

Military

DRS in Pact with McDonnell Douglas

DRS Technologies, Parsippany, N.J., received a $7 million contract from Boeing subsidiary McDonnell Douglas to manufacture Reconfigurable Transportable Consolidated Support System (RTCSS) subsystems for the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force.…

Military

Northrop Grumman Wins Navy Work

Northrop Grumman won a $730 million contract with the U.S. Navy to provide up to 514 AN/APG-68 (V) 9 radar systems. The first delivery order is being issued for 30 radar systems…

Business & GA

U.S. Aerospace Sales Grow Again

Double-digit growth in both the civil and military aircraft sectors fueled the fourth straight year of growth in the United States aerospace industry, which will log sales of nearly $200 billion in…

Military

Raytheon Wins Navy Work 

Raytheon won a $51.8 million contract modification with the U.S. Navy for the full-rate-production of 53 AN/ALR-67(V)3 Radar Warning Receivers for the U.S. Navy; Canadian Air Force; and the Finnish Air Force,…

Military

BAE Systems Awarded Navy Contract

BAE Systems won a $9 million contract for the U.S. Navy for the research, development and production of nine new airborne and ground Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL) Systems in support of…