Military

McDonnell Douglas Wins Navy AESA Contract

McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, Mo., won a $38.5 million contract modification with the U.S. Navy for new spares to support the F/A-18 AN/APG-79 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar. Work will…

Commercial

Panasonic, AeroMobile in Mobile Phone Partnership

In-flight telephone provider AeroMobile and Panasonic Avionics signed an agreement with airline V Australia to provide the technology for mobile phone and BlackBerry/PDA use on board its Boeing 777 aircraft. Financial terms…

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,…