Military

EOTS Tested on F-35 CATBird

Lockheed Martin said Monday it successfully conducted the first flight of the F-35 Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) on the Cooperative Avionics Test Bed (CATBird) platform. The company said the EOTS maturation on…

Commercial

Airborne RFID To Be Discussed

The development of standards for onboard application of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags will be discussed during the next Avionics Magazine webinar, "Airborne RFID: Radio Frequency Identification Takes Off,” scheduled Wednesday, Aug.…

Commercial

AIM Establishes New U.S. Office

Databus test system supplier AIM GmbH has established a new AIM-USA enterprise, based in Philadelphia, to support its installed customer base in North America. Bill Wargo, formerly vice president of sales and…

Business & GA

Phenom 100 SVS Approved

Embraer said Wednesday the synthetic vision system for its Phenom 100 has been approved by Brazilian, U.S. and European regulators. The Garmin Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT) system recreates a visual topographic landscape…

Commercial

Global Observer UAV Passes Wing Test

The Global Observer UAV from AeroVironment, of Monrovia, Calif., successfully completed a series of wing load tests, the company said Wednesday. The full-size wing was developed as part of the Global Observer Joint Capability Technology Demonstration…

ATM Modernization

Air Arabia Selects Thales Avionics for A320s

Air Arabia, based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, selected Thales to supply an avionics package for its 44 new A320s. The avionics selected include Flight Management Systems (FMS), and Traffic, Terrain and Transponder Collision Avoidance…

Business & GA

Goodrich to Acquire DeCrane Cabin Assets

Goodrich will pay $280 million to acquire the cabin management assets of DeCrane Holdings Co., of Wichita, Kan., the companies announced Tuesday. DeCrane provides seating, furniture, veneers, interior composites and cabin management…

Commercial

CSSI Meets CMMI Level 2 Requirements

CSSI, Inc.. based in Washington, D.C., has met the requirements of the Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 2, the company announced this month. The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is…

Military

Boeing Completes Argon ST Acquisition

Boeing on Thursday said it completed its $775 million acquisition of Argon ST, of Fairfax, Va. Argon develops C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) and combat systems. Boeing announced its…

Military

Harris Awarded F-35 Avionics Contract

Harris Corp. was awarded a three-year, $55 million follow-on production contract from Northrop Grumman to supply avionics systems for the F-35 Lightning II. This Low Rate Initial Production contract brings the total…