MilitaryBoeing Wins Air Force Contract Boeing was awarded a $14.9 million contract by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to develop technologies to enable airborne electronic attack from long distances. The contract includes systems engineering studies focusing…
CommercialSpirit Airlines Renews ARINC Datalink Pact Spirit Airlines, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., renewed its contract with ARINC, Annapolis, Md., for its GLOBALinkSM data link communications contract for an additional 5 years. Financial terms were not disclosed. Spirit Airlines, an…
MilitaryElbit to Supply Components for T-45 Trainer Boeing selected Elbit Systems as chief supplier of the Virtual Mission Training System (VMTS), which will integrate radar training into the U.S. Navy's T-45 Training System, the airframer said. VMTS simulates via…
CommercialEmrise Corp. Receives IFE Orders Emrise Corp., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., received $2.2 million in orders for in-flight entertainment equipment from an undisclosed U.S. customer. These orders were received by the company’s Pascall Electronics Ltd. subsidiary, which provides…
CommercialITT Awarded Swedish ATC Contract ITT Corp., White Plains, N.Y., signed a $44.9 million contract with the Swedish Defence Material Administration for an upgrade of its PS-870 coastal/gapfiller radar systems, which automatically detects and tracks both surface…
MilitaryRockwell Collins Wins U.K. Trainer Pact Rockwell Collins was awarded a $5.5 million contract for the sixth phase of the Mission Command Trainer (MCT) upgrade of the U.K. Army's Aviation Command and Tactics Trainer (ACTT). This phase of…
MilitaryRaytheon Awarded Navy Contract Raytheon received a $62 million order from the U.S. Navy to provide the Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) pod to the air forces of Australia and Switzerland. The sale award calls…
CommercialCopa Airlines, Naverus in RNP Program Copa Airlines, Panama City, Panama, is partnering with Naverus, Kent, Wash., to develop a Required Navigation Performance (RNP) program. Naverus completed a RNP Readiness Assessment project at Copa Airlines to help the…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Demonstrates ASIP on RC-12 Northrop Grumman demonstrated the capabilities of a communications intelligence sensor package derived from its Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP) system on the U.S. Army's RC-12 Guardrail. Northrop Grumman said the demonstration, which…
CommercialLufthansa Technik to Use Motorola RFID Systems Lufthansa Technik AG (LHT) will use Motorola’s radio frequency identification (RFID) system in its Lufthansa Technik Logistik area for tracking aircraft components. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. LHT will…