Commercial

Astronautics EFIS Display Earns FAA TSO

Astronautics Corporation of America, based in Milwaukee, received FAA Technical Standard Order Authorization (TSOA) for its 6-inch by 8-inch Electronic Flight Instrument (EFI) display, Control Panel (CP), and Engine Data Concentrator Unit…

Commercial

Norway Orders AV's Raven UAS

AeroVironment, of Monrovia, Calif., received a $4.9 million order under a contract with the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (NDLO) to supply new Raven small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), spares, training services and logistics…

Embedded Avionics

Northrop Grumman Awarded C-130H Contract

Northrop Grumman was awarded a $12.7 million fixed-fee contract to provide a Real Time Information in the Cockpit (RTIC) capability for Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command C-130Hs. Under the…

Embedded Avionics

Raytheon to Supply AESA Radars for F-15Cs

Raytheon received a contract from Boeing for the production of APG-63(V)3 Active Electronically Scanned Array radars. Raytheon said the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Air National Guard will receive radars from…

Military

Boeing Awarded EMARSS Contract

Boeingreceived a two-year engineering and manufacturing development contract for the Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS) from the U.S. Army. EMARSS is a manned, airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system.…

Military

Cobham to Acquire RVision

Cobham will pay $28 million to acquire RVision Inc., of San Diego, a provider of advanced electro-optical and infrared imaging systems, including ruggedised pan/tilt/zoom cameras, hardened processors and tactical video hardware. Additional…

Embedded Avionics

Vector Aerospace Awarded Display STC

Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America, based in Langley, British Columbia, was granted a Transport Canada Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for an Integrated Cockpit Display System (ICDS) for the Bell 205 series helicopter.…

Business & GA

AD Aerospace to Supply Camera to EC175

AD Aerospace will supply a tail-mounted camera system to Eurocopter for its EC175 helicopter, the companies announced Thursday.   “AD Aerospace is extremely proud to have been selected by Eurocopter to be…

ATM Modernization

Expected Chairman Criticizes NextGen Effort

The incoming chairman-apparent of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee promised “rigorous oversight” of the NextGen air-traffic modernization effort following a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that faults FAA’s goal-setting process. Rep.…

Military

BAE Awarded Sensor Contract

BAE Systems will provide laser warning sensor sets to protect U.S. military aircraft under a $17.7 million contract by Alliant Techsystems, of Arlington, Va. The contract provides components for the AAR-47 Missile…