MilitaryExelis, EADS to Collaborate on EW ITT Exelis, EADS North America and Cassidian, the defense and security division of EADS, will work together to provide enhanced electronic warfare solutions, particularly in the area of aircraft survivability equipment. In…
CommercialUS Airways Selects Donaldson Air Purification System US Airways selected the Donaldson Air Purification System (APS) for installation on 57 Airbus A321s. US Airways is retrofitting the aircraft with the APS High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) and carbon-based chemical filter.…
CommercialThales Adds Features to Its ODICIS Cockpit Thales on Monday introduced new innovations to its interactive cockpit design, ODICIS, at the Farnborough Airshow. With its touchscreen-based display concept, ODICIS can be configured to provide more freedom in how the…
CommercialCOPA Airlines, Aeromexico Select Rockwell Collins Systems Panama-based COPA Airlines and Mexican airline Aeromexico selected a number of Rockwell Collins’ communication, navigation and surveillance systems, including its MultiScan Threat Detection System and GLU-925 Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR). COPA selected the…
MilitaryCassidian to Supply IFF Units to French Armed Forces Cassidian was awarded a contract from French defense procurement agency Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) to supply 150 of its Monopulse Secondary Radar 1000 I (MSR) interrogator units for the short-range friend-or-foe…
CommercialSagem, MTU Aero Engines Form Joint Venture Sagem and MTU Aero Engines formed a 50/50 joint venture, AES Aerospace Embedded Solutions, to provide safety-critical software and hardware for military and civil aviation applications. This signature follows the Memorandum of…
MilitaryRaytheon to Deploy MALD on Super Hornets The U.S. Navy and Raytheon have begun integrating the Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer variant into the U.S. Navy's fleet of F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets. The integration process will include a series…
CommercialSurvey: U.S. Passengers Seek Out Airlines with In-Flight Wi-Fi A new airline passenger survey focusing on U.S. travellers’ experience of in-flight Wi-Fi found that more than 60 percent of passengers who used cabin Wi-Fi are likely to use it again in…
MilitaryITT Buys Signal Sensor Manufacturer ITT Exelis completed the acquisition of Space Computer Corp., a privately owned firm that produces real time signal processing systems, software and algorithms for the full exploitation of hyperspectral sensor data. Hyperspectral…
CommercialCebu Pacific to Install OnAir Connectivity Equipment Philippine airline Cebu Pacific Air announced plans to provide in-flight connectivity via OnAir on its Airbus A330 fleet starting in 2013. The airline also has the option to install Wi-Fi on its…