Embedded AvionicsGreen Hills Operating System to Modernize National Guard’s C-130 C-130 aircraft. Photo: U.S. Air Force/ Tech Sgt. Erik Gudmundson [Avionics Today 10-21-2015] Georgia Tech Research Institute has selected Green Hills Software’s multicore operating system to modernize the U.S. National Guard’s Tactical…
MilitaryF-35 Lifts Lockheed’s Profits While Budget Constraints Threaten Production [Lockheed Martin 10-21-2015] Current sales of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 have helped to lift profits in recent months, with the company’s aeronautics division seeing an 11 percent uptick in sales during the quarter…
CommercialLufthansa Contracts Inmarsat for 10 Years of Connectivity [Avionics Today 10-20-2015] Inmarsat has signed a contract to provide high-speed In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) services for passengers onboard Lufthansa’s European continental fleet. The contract, which follows the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) announced…
ATM ModernizationAireon to Provide Space-Based ADS-B to Curacao FIR Artist rendering of space-based ADS-B. Photo: Aireon [Avionics Today 10-20-2015] Aireon has signed a data services agreement with the Dutch Caribbean Air Navigation Service Provider (DC-ANSP), the air traffic services provider for…
Business & GAGEE Inaugurates New IFE&C Network Operations GEE’s new Network Operations Center in Chicago. Photo: GEE [Avionics Today 10-20-2015] Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) has unveiled its new Network Operations Center (NOC), which continuously monitors and manages connectivity and content…
Business & GAUTC On Track to Hit Full Year Targets [Avionics Today 10-20-2015] United Technologies Corp. (UTC), which recently announced the $9 billion sale of its Sikorsky Helicopters unit to Lockheed Martin, reported third quarter 2015 results with a six percent decline…
Business & GAYour UAS is Getting a License Plate [Avionics Today 10-20-2015] Hobbyists and commercial operators alike may soon have to register their Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) with the U.S. federal government. In a move to reign in UAS as numbers…
Embedded AvionicsBAE Awards Cobham $50 Million Contract for F-35 F-35 Lightning II. Photo: Cobham [Avionics Today 10-19-2015] Cobham has received a series of orders from BAE Systems for microelectronic products valued at approximately $51 million for the F-35 Lightning II platform. Cobham…
ATM ModernizationLockheed Martin Upgrades US Air Force ATOMS Air Defense Command and Control at Lockheed Martin. Photo: Lockheed Martin [Avionics Today 10-19-2015] The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to update the Air Tasking Order Management System (ATOMS),…
CommercialTrigo Group Earns Airbus Contract to Ensure Cabin Conformity Assembly of the A350-1000 fuselage. Photo: Airbus [Avionics Today 10-19-2015] Trigo Group has been awarded a contract by Airbus to provide comprehensive inspection of aircraft cabin elements for the Pan-European aircraft manufacturer…
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