Commercial

Thales Wins WAM Pact in Germany

Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS), the German Air Navigation Service Provider, awarded Thales a contract for the delivery, installation, training and commissioning of the PAM-FRA1 (Precision Approach Monitoring Frankfurt) system, the first operational…

Military

Northrop Grumman Wins Navy Pact

Northrop Grumman won a $22.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). This modification provides for incorporation of wing static and load…

Commercial

VSI Signs HMD Contracts

Vision Systems International (VSI), San Jose, Calif., signed several new contracts with a total value of more than $120 million. Boeing awarded VSI a contract for the delivery of more than 550 additional…

Military

Northrop Grumman Unveils Bat UAV

Northrop Grumman rebranded the Swift Engineering KillerBee product line, unveiling the Bat line of small unmanned air systems (UAS). The Bat systems will have wingspans ranging from 6.5 to 33.2 feet. Northrop…

Business & GA

CAE Tests Helicopter Sensor

CAE, of Montreal, and Neptec Design Group, of Ottawa, demonstrated a system integrating Neptec’s Obscurant Penetrating Autosynchronous LIDAR (OPAL) sensor and CAE’s Augmented Visionics System (AVS) designed to support safer helicopter operations…

Commercial

Florida Airport Using Sensis ASDE-X

Florida's Hollywood International Airport is now operating with Sensis Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X), a runway incursion detection and alerting system. Fifteen of the 35 airports to receive the technology…

Military

ORBexpress Evaluated Under Common Criteria

ORBexpress, a communications middleware made by Objective Interface Systems (OIS), of Herndon, Va., has become the first communications middleware to be evaluated under the Common Criteria international security certification standard. ORBexpress is undergoing this certification for…

Commercial

Sturgell Joins Rockwell Collins

Former FAA Administrator Bobby Sturgell is joining Rockwell Collins, becoming senior vice president of its Washington Operations. Sturgell succeeds Woody Hogle, who will be leading Rockwell Collins' international operations. In his new position, Sturgell…

Commercial

GE Fanuc Adds TTEthernet

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, of Charlottesville, Va., is adding a deterministic Ethernet technology to its avionics applications. GE Fanuc will be using Time-Triggered Ethernet (TTEthernet), developed by TTTech Computertechnik AG of Vienna, Austria. GE said products…

Military

Insitu Signs Pact with Canadian Forces

Boeing subsidiary Insitu, of Bingen, Wash., received a $30 million contract from the Canadian government to provide small unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV) services to support the Canadian Forces’ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance…