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 & 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…
Embedded AvionicsElbit, Northrop Grumman Collaborate on Terrain Avoidance System Elbit Systems and Northrop Grumman are collaborating to develop a terrain following and terrain avoidance (TF/TA) system. (Terrain following C-130) The TF/TA system is a combination of the Elbit Systems TF/TA head-up…
CommercialSouthwest Airlines to Install ARINC WVSS on 737s Southwest Airlines will install ARINC Water Vapor Sensor Systems (WVSS) on its fleet of Boeing 737-700s. ARINC is providing the WVSS systems as part of a contract from the National Oceanic and…