CommercialPaul Ryan Says Sequestration is Going to Happen Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said he believes the $1.2 trillion sequester scheduled to occur in March is going to happen. Sequestration has the possibility of triggering thousands of job cuts in the…
Business & GAICG Completes Iridium Certified Testing for NxtLink ICS-220A International Communications Group (ICG), of Newport News, Va., has completion of testing and receipt of Iridium Certified Equipment (ICE) designation for its NxtLink ICS-220A Iridium Communications System. The approval acknowledges that the ICS-220A…
CommercialMaldivian Airlines, IFE Services Sign Content Service Agreement Maldives national carrier Maldivian Airlines has selected U.K.-based IFE Services to provide in-flight entertainment for its commercial flights. IFE will provide the airline with popular television programming, as well as some original…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman’s Global Hawk UAS Studying Climate Change NASA's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is conducting missions to study the impact of atmospheric change on the Earth’s climate, the manufacturer said. The missions are part of the Airborne Tropical…
ATM ModernizationITT Exelis Protests FAA's Datacomm Contract ITT Exelis filed a formal protest with FAA over the $331 million datacomm contract awarded to Harris Corp. in September, Avionics Magazine has learned. The protest, which was filed in November with FAA's Office of Dispute…
Embedded AvionicsBAE Systems, Rockwell Collins Extend DLS Joint Venture Rockwell Collins and BAE Systems have extended their Data Link Solutions (DLS) joint venture, the provider of the Link-16 military networked communications solution. (The Data Link Solutions MIDS-LVT) The two companies first…
CommercialAvionyx Selects New Company President San Jose, Costa Rica-based avionics engineering company Avionyx S.A. has appointed Peter Lyons as its new company president. Lyons, former vice president of Aspen Avionics, will focus on business development in his…
MilitaryAeroVironment Awarded Wasp UAS Contract AeroVironment, of Monrovia, Calif., has been awarded a $12 million contract from NAVAIR’s Program Office for Navy & Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (PMA-263), working collaboratively with the Army’s Counter-IED…
ATM ModernizationDenmark ANSP Naviair Selects Saab Sensis ADS-B Naviair, the Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) for Denmark, has selected Saab Sensis Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) for surveillance of flights over Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Naviair will be providing ADS-B…
Embedded AvionicsU.S. Air Force Selects Exelis to Research Low-Cost GPS Alternatives The U.S. Air Force awarded a $2.15 million contract to ITT Exelis to research the development of low-cost GPS capabilities to aid end-users located in signal-constrained environments. Exelis said the 18-month initial…