Business & GAICG Devices Complete SITA Testing International Communications Group (ICG), based in Newport News, Va., said its NxtLink ICS-120A and ICS-220A data devices completed SITA’s VHF AIRCOM Qualification (VAQ) testing in Montreal, and have been approved for use on…
CommercialThales Wins ATC Contract Thales U.K. signed contracts with Belfast International and Cardiff airports for the program management, supply and installation of co-mounted primary surveillance and monopulse mode S secondary surveillance radars, complete with Eurocat air…
MilitaryHermes Debuts Heavy Fuel Engine Elbit Systems Ltd., based in Haifa, Israel, said its Hermes90 UAV completed its heavy fuel engine (HFE) debut flight. Elbit said the new engine uses heavy fuel, a Kerosene-based diesel fuel used in…
CommercialMoog Buys GE Aviation Business Moog, based in East Aurora, N.Y., on Monday announced it had completed the $90 million cash acquisition of the flight control actuation business from GE Aviation. The business, formerly Smiths Aerospace and located in…
MilitaryRaytheon Conducts Flight Tests For DCGS Raytheon said Monday it established initial operational capability and conducted flight tests for a communications component for the U.S. Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS). The company said the intercom communications…
CommercialBritish Airways, OnAir Launch In-Flight Web British Airways and OnAir this week will launch in-flight connectivity services aboard the airline's business-class service on Airbus A318s between London and New York. OnAir, a joint venture between Airbus and SITA, said…
MilitaryHoneywell Awarded Navy Contract Honeywell was awarded a $30.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide additional 46 Block II micro aerial vehicle systems for the Navy (40) and the United Kingdom (6), with associated…
MilitaryViaSat Wins Navy Terminal Work ViaSat has been awarded two additional orders valued at more than $10 million for Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) terminals and spare components from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. The…
MilitaryRaytheon Awarded ATFLIR Contract Raytheon was awarded a $42 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide 14 infrared advanced targeting forward looking pod systems (ATFLIR) and spares to the Swiss air force. The systems will…
CommercialFAA Approves Honeywell's Smartpath FAA approved Honeywell’s Smartpath Precision Landing System, a ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) that supports precision approaches and landings and transmits digital guidance signals to aircraft. The first U.S.-approved system is located in Memphis,…