Business & GA

ARINC to Study Air Surveillance Technologies

ARINC Engineering Services, Annapolis, Md., was awarded a one-year, $4.8 million contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego to provide integration, design and analysis services for emerging technologies…

Military

Rockwell Collins Wins Contract Extension

Rockwell Collins was awarded a $64.6 million contract modification to provide Global Air Traffic Management (GATM) systems for the U.S. Air Force’s C/KC-135 tanker program. The GATM equipment ensures the aircraft meets…

Military

Goodrich to Supply F-35 Air Data Systems 

Goodrich Corp., Charlotte, N.C., will supply the air data system (ADS) for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II program. The contract has the potential of generating $300 million in revenue over the life…

Military

Lockheed Martin Awarded JTRS AMF Contract

Lockheed Martin announced March 29 its selection for the system development and demonstration (SDD) phase of the Joint Tactical Radio System Airborne Maritime Fixed Station (JTRS AMF) program, a contract valued at…

Business & GA

SkyTrac Wins Satcom Contract

SkyTrac, Kelowna, British Columbia, will provide a fleet-wide flight following and satellite communications system for Quantum Helicopters, a helicopter operator in Terrace, British Columbia. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.…

Commercial

Editor’s Note: All That It Seems?

Is Singapore really all it seems? I was well aware of this island-nation’s reputation as a prosperous, orderly place before traveling there in February for what was billed as the first Singapore…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Green Is The Color du Jour At Singapore Air Show Solar Impulse and the Airbus A380, two aircraft with roughly the same wingspan — 80 meters (262 feet) — but little else…

ATM Modernization

People

Alan Caslavka Alan Caslavka was named vice president and general manager of Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence Solutions for Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In this role, Caslavka is responsible for developing…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

April 6-9 Army Aviation Association of America (AAAA) Convention, National Harbor, Md. Contact AAAA, phone 203-268-2450 or visit www.quad-a.org. 14-17 Avionics Maintenance Conference, Tulsa Marriott Southern Hills, Tulsa, Okla. Contact organizer ARINC,…

Business & GA

Cover Story: ‘Big Iron’ Capability

Many turbine pilots get the willies just thinking about flying small airplanes, especially in anything less than blue skies. Reliability and redundancy are two reasons for that. But small aircraft owners can…