Business & GAAtlantic Airways Selects Thales Avionics for Airbus A319 Atlantic Airways has selected a suite of Thales avionics upgrades for its Airbus A319. Thales said it equipped the A319 with its dual Flight Management System (FMS), the new digital head up…
Embedded AvionicsRockwell Collins to Develop GPS Jamming Technology for MIST Program Rockwell Collins received a three-year contract from the Office of Naval Research to develop technology to locate and classify attempts to interfere with GPS signals and disrupt military operations. The contract calls…
Editor's NoteLars Thrane to Depart Cobham SATCOM Following Acquisition Lars Thrane, founder of Danish satellite communications company Thrane & Thrane A/S, has announced his decision to leave the newly formed Cobham SATCOM following the acquisition of Thrane & Thrane A/S by…
Business & GALuma Receives FAA Approval for King Air LED Panels Luma Technologies has received FAA Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) for its Lumatech line of LED caution/warning panels installed on King Air 200, 300, 350, 350i and 1900D aircraft. The Bellevue, Wash. manufacturer…
Embedded AvionicsNorthrop Grumman to Provide EHF SatCom System for B-2 Bomber Northrop Grumman will develop new high-speed processing subsystems for the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of B-2 stealth bomber aircraft, under a $108 million low rate initial production contract for Increment 1 of…
MilitaryBlakey Reacts to Vice Presidential Debate Discussion of Sequestration Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) President Marion Blakey reacted to the vice presidential debate discussion of sequestration on Thursday, saying it will take bipartisanship in Congress to resolve the sequestration issue. “While it…
Business & GALockheed Martin Launches AFSS Pilot Web Portal Lockheed Martin Flight Services (LMFS) launched its Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) Pilot Web Portal along with the new Adverse Condition Alerting Service (ACAS). The ACAS provides new alerts on new adverse…
CommercialU.S. Air Force Awards F-15 MRO Contract to Honeywell The U.S. Air Force awarded a $57.8 million contract modification to Honeywell for repair, overhaul and logistics support of F-15 secondary power assets. The contract modification was announced under the secondary power…
Business & GACobalt Selects CMC SmartDeck Avionics Suite for Co50 Aircraft Cobalt Aircraft Industries has selected the Esterline CMC Electronics SmartDeck integrated avionics suite as standard for its new Co50 five-place aircraft. CMC said the all-composite Co50’s SmartDeck system will include dual Air…
Business & GAOculus Systems Becomes U.K. Vendor for Huginn X-1 UAS Oculus Systems has become the vendor for the Huginn X-1 unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The Huginn X-1, manufactured by Denmark-based Sky-Watch, is a NANO UAS designed for surveillance tasks in both civilian…