MilitarySweden Orders Gripen Warfare Systems Saab received a $95.5 million order to supply electronic warfare systems and supplementary weapons pylons for Gripen fighters for the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration. The electronic warfare systems include antennas, transmitters and…
CommercialPanasonic Signs Licensing Agreement Panasonic Avionics, Lake Forest, Calif., signed a technology licensing agreement with VT iDirect, Inc., Herndon, Va, under which Panasonic will license iDirect’s satellite IP router technology as a component of its eXConnect…
Business & GAEmteq Makes Acquisition Emteq, New Berlin, Wis., acquired Aero Consulting Services Ltd. (ACS) and Northern Aero Industries Ltd. (NAI), known as ACS-NAI, of Winnipeg, Canada. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ACS-NAI specializes…
CommercialContinental Deploys Sensis System at IAH Continental Airlines launched a ground-based situational awareness system made by Sensis Corp., Syracuse, N.Y., at Houston Intercontinental Airport. Sensis’s Aerobahn Service is a web-based system that provides the airline with real-time information…
MilitaryB-2 Software Design Review Completed The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman completed an incremental system design review of the new software and computing architecture to manage B-2 stealth bomber missions. The review of the architecture, which…
MilitaryElbit Wins $20 Million UAV Contract Elbit Systems, Haifa, Israel, was awarded a $20 million contract to supply its Hermes 450 UAV Systems to an undisclosed European country. The contract includes air vehicles and their complementing ground systems,…
MilitaryAeroVironment Awarded UAV Contract AeroVironment, Monrovia, Calif., was awarded a contract from the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for up to $200 million to provide its Puma AE as its All Environment Capable Variant (AECV) solution…
CommercialARINC Names New CFO ARINC, Annapolis, Md., on Monday named Stephen L. Waechter vice president of business operations and chief financial officer. Waechter was most recently chief financial officer, treasurer and executive vice president at CACI…
Business & GAIS&S Upgrades PC-12 Avionics Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S), Exton, Pa., announced upgrades to its avionics system for the PC-12. Enhancements to the IS&S Flat Panel Display System for the PC-12 include a single-sided cockpit option;…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Awarded AMF JTRS Pact Northrop Grumman received a 56-month contract from Lockheed Martin worth up to $240 million to provide technologies for the Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station (AMF) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS). An initial $186.7…