Business & GAARINC 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…
MilitaryRockwell 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…
MilitaryGoodrich 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…
MilitaryLockheed 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 & GASkyTrac 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.…
Business & GACover 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…
CommercialCommercial: Aerospace RFID On the 10 million-square-foot campus of Spirit AeroSystems’ main assembly plant in Wichita, Kan., small, wireless radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags monitor in real time the location of 30,000 aircraft parts during their…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Antennas New, more powerful satellite constellations are allowing aircraft antenna manufacturers to build smaller but highly capable antennas for narrowbody and corporate aircraft. At the same time, these new antennas also bring with…
ATM ModernizationNew Products ARINC 825 PMC Module TechSAT, of Poing, Germany, in cooperation with Innovative Control Systems, based in Phoenix, Stock Flight Systems and Wetzel Technology released the A825-PMC, described as the first commercially available…
ATM ModernizationPerspectives: Production Variance As I have read and listened to the discussion of airline profitability and air-traffic control (ATC) problems, punctuated by bankruptcies, delays, congestion, meltdowns, etc., I have concluded the problem, and therefore the…