ATM Modernization

Avionics, RTCA Team On NextGen Conference

Avionics Magazine and aviation advisory and standards-setting organization RTCA have teamed to disseminate the recommendations of the NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force to the aviation community. The Task Force recommendations will be…

Commercial

US Airways Signs With Aircell

US Airways announced plans Thursday to equip its aircraft with in-flight Web capabilities, signing a deal with Aircell to provide Gogo service beginning in 2010. Full Internet access including Web, instant messaging,…

Commercial

Universal Avionics on BAe ATP

Universal Avionics, of Tucson, Ariz., and its marketing alliance partner DAC International will provide glass cockpit upgrades to a fleet of British Aerospace (BAe) ATP aircraft operated by West Atlantic. West Atlantic…

Military

Raytheon Awarded ATFLIR Pact

Raytheon was awarded a $41.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for the procurement of 14 full rate production lot six Swiss Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) Pods and associated…

Military

New B-2 Radar Demonstrates Capabilities

Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force said they successfully demonstrated the new radar developed for the B-2 stealth bomber can fulfill the performance requirements for its required missions. The company said…

Commercial

Raytheon Wins Indian ATM Pact

Raytheon was awarded an $82 million contract to modernize the air navigation system in India. Under terms of the contract, awarded by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Raytheon will build the ground stations…

Military

VSI Wins Navy JHMCS Contract

Vision Systems International (VSI), a joint venture between Elbit Systems Ltd. and Rockwell Collins, was awarded a $17.3 million contract to provide Fast Characterization Tool (FACT) hardware, integration and validation and software…

Military

Elbit Systems Acquires BVR Systems

Elbit Systems, based in Haifa, Israel, will pay $34 million to acquire BVR Systems, a manufacturer of training, simulation and debriefing systems for air, sea and ground forces. BVR is based in Rosh…

Commercial

Atlanta to Deploy Sensis System

The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world's busiest, will deploy an airport automation and management system by Sensis Corp., based in Syracuse, N.Y. The system, called the Aerobahn, combines operational information, including flight schedules, with the…

Military

Northrop Grumman to Provide BACN for Air Force

The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $276 million contract for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN), an airborne communications system. The contract includes installing BACN on two Bombardier BD-700 Global…