MilitaryBAE, Metronor AS in Boresight Pact BAE Systems awarded Norway-based Metronor AS an additional Harmolign boresight system contract. Financial terms were not disclosed. The contract covers development and supply of a new configuration of the Harmolign boresight system…
CommercialAirBaltic Signs with AD Aerospace AirBaltic, Latvia's national airline, selected U.K.-based AD Aerospace Ltd., to provide video based cockpit security systems for Boeing 737 and 757 commercial airliners. The company said the CabinVu-123 Cockpit Door Monitoring Systems…
MilitaryMcDonnell Douglas Wins Air Force Work Boeing subsidiary McDonnell Douglas was awarded a $9.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide T-38C Avionics Upgrade Program post production support. The contract also calls for McDonnell Douglas to…
MilitaryBAE Systems Awarded Air Force Contract BAE Systems has been awarded a $28.1 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide radar warning receiver systems for new C-130J transport aircraft. BAE Systems said its AN/ALR-56M radar warning receiver detects…
CommercialChew Named to Era Board Era Corp., Reston, Va., named Russell Chew, former FAA chief operating officer (COO), to its board of directors. Chew is the current president and COO of JetBlue Airways, where he leads the…
Business & GAKing Air C90GTi Certified by FAA Hawker Beechcraft Corp. obtained FAA certification for its King Air C90GTi, twin-turbine Beechcraft King Air 90 series aircraft. Introduced in May 2007, the King Air C90GTi upgrades includes the addition of the…
Business & GAAlaska Considers Loans for Avionics Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin unveiled a plan last week to give low-interest loans to pilots to install advanced satellite-based avionics in their aircraft. The plan would act as part of a larger…
MilitaryRaytheon Wins Radar Repair Work Raytheon was awarded a $34 million contract from the U.S. Navy for repair of components of the APG-65 and 73 radar system, which is used to support the F/A-18 aircraft. Work will…
CommercialThales to Supply A350 Avionics Thales will provide avionics and cockpit systems for Airbus’s new long-range, wide-body A350, a contract expected to generate up to $2.9 billion over the 20-year life of the contract. The package includes…
MilitaryBAE Delivers UAV Sensors BAE Systems delivered five target detection systems to the U.S. Army for use on Shadow unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The company said the AURORA Generation IV remote sensing system, a lightweight, wide-area…