Commercial

Embraer, Elbit Form JV in Brazil

An Elbit-built Hermes 450 UAS in BrazilPhoto courtesy Elbit The Brazilian subsidiary of Israeli company Elbit Systems has formed a joint venture company with Embraer, aimed at developing technologies in the areas of unmanned…

ATM Modernization

Lockheed Martin Deploys ATM System

An air traffic management tool developed by Lockheed Martin has been deployed at the Minneapolis Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON), the company announced Wednesday. The system, known as Automated Terminal Proximity Alert…

Military

Curtiss-Wright Awarded Gripen Contract

Curtiss-Wright was awarded a $15 million contract to supply rugged embedded digital signal processor modules for use on Saab's new Gripen Next Generation (NG) fighter. The contract, which runs from 2010 to…

Military

Elbit Wins CV-22 Helmet Display Contract

Elbit Systems U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, has been awarded a contract to supply Boeing with the CV-22 Color Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) for the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).…

Business & GA

Aspen Avionics SVS Wins Approval

Aspen Avionics, based in Albuquerque, N.M., received FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval of Evolution Synthetic Vision (ESV) for Evolution Primary Flight Displays (PFD) and Multi-function Flight Displays (MFD). Evolution Synthetic Vision is…

Business & GA

ViaSat Completes South America Yonder Coverage

ViaSat, of Carlsbad, Calf., completed the addition of Yonder high-speed Internet coverage for aviation over Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Columbia, Ecuador, and surrounding areas. ViaSat is adding this coverage in cooperation with…

Editor's Note

Calendar

September 11-15 Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) Conference & Exhibition, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle. Visit http://apex.aero. 12-15 Autotestcon 2011, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore. Visit http://autotestcon.com. 13 Avionics for NextGen, sponsored by…

Editor's Note

People

ICG Appointments International Communications Group (ICG), based in Newport News, Va., promoted Kieran Kennedy to senior director, OEM sales. Kennedy has more than 20 years experience in the aviation industry and most…

Military

Mercury to Supply AESA Processing Modules

Mercury Computer Systems, of Chelmsford, Mass., received a multi-year contract from an undisclosed contractor to supply signal processing modules that will be used to field-upgrade active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar systems on…

Business & GA

Editor’s note: FAA Shutdown

Political wrangling shut down the FAA for 16 days this summer. Tens of thousands of FAA employees and construction workers responsible for maintaining and upgrading the U.S. airspace were told to stay…