Military

Northrop Grumman Wins Air Force Work

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems won a $54.9 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to procure MQ-1 Unmanned Aerial System ASIP-1C scaled sensor for the Predator Unmanned Aerial System. No timeline for…

Business & GA

TrueNorth Completes Chelton Testing

TrueNorth Avionics, based in Ottawa, Canada, completed integration testing with Chelton to offer an Inmarsat high-speed data (HSD) global airborne broadband communications service for business aviation operators using TrueNorth’s Simphone airborne telecommunications…

Commercial

Global ADS-B Meeting Held

Aviation regulators from Europe, Australia, the United States and Canada held another round of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) harmonization talks in Europe this week, to ensure ADS-B ADS-B implementation onboard aircraft is…

Commercial

Panasonic, Air Austral in IFE Deal

Panasonic Avionics Corp., Lake Forest, Calif., said airline Air Austral ordered its in-flight entertainment system eX2 for installation on three 777-200 and two new B777-300. Financial terms were not disclosed. Delivery is…

Business & GA

ECFT to Train Indian Helicopter Pilots

Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) signed a three-year contract to provide helicopter training for Global Vectra Helicorp (GVHL), an offshore helicopter operator in India. Global Vectra’s flight crew will undergo training on the…

Military

Honeywell Wins Air Force Pact

Honeywell won a $16.2 million contract modification with the U.S. Air Force to supply 199 embedded GPS/INS (EGI) units for the A-10, F-16, UH-60 and CH-47F platforms, and 9 EGI mounts for…

Military

Boeing Wins B-1B Contract

Boeing won a $45 million U.S. Air Force contract to upgrade the B-1B bomber's avionics software. Boeing said its engineers in Long Beach, Calif., and Oklahoma City produce upgraded B-1B avionics software…

ATM Modernization

New Products

Airborne Telecom TrueNorth Avionics, Ottawa, Canada, said its "Simphone Chorus" airborne telecommunications system won FAA supplemental type certification (STC) for initial installation on a Global Express business jet. TrueNorth said the system…

ATM Modernization

Perspectives: Finding, Hiring Avionics Talent

Demand has grown dramatically for cutting edge technology in avionics, from generating new systems to updating and modernizing existing systems. Considering that just a few years ago the avionics sector was relatively…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

ATO Head Krakowski Vows To Be NextGen ‘Advocate’ The new head of FAA’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO) vowed to be "the strongest, most effective public advocate" for a NextGen modernization program facing…