Military Thales Acquires Moog’s Navigation Aids Business Thales on Monday closed its acquisition of a Moog business unit that designs, develops and manufactures ground and ship-based radio frequency navigation beacons and related antennas for commercial and military aircraft operators.…
Military Commercial Aerospace, Defense Power Raytheon Technologies In Third Quarter Raytheon Technologies on Tuesday posted higher sales and net income in the third quarter driven by a rebound in the aftermarket business for commercial aircraft and strong results in its defense businesses,…
Commercial Raytheon Technologies To Acquire Flight Tracking Company FlightAware Raytheon Technologies on Monday said its Collins Aerospace segment has agreed to acquire FlightAware, which provides global flight tracking services and analytics to a range of customers including airlines, airports and government. Terms…
Unmanned Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Optionally-Manned Firebird Aircraft In Maritime Environment Northrop Grumman recently completed a three-week, nearly 9,000-mile roadshow of its Firebird optionally-manned autonomous long-endurance aircraft across the U.S. that wrapped up with a maritime domain awareness demonstration of the system and a…
Military Defense a Bright Spot While Commercial Woes Pummel Boeing Boeing on Wednesday Jan. 27 posted dramatically wider losses in its fourth quarter and full year on a bevy of charges, mainly related to its commercial aircraft programs, but the defense…
Commercial Boeing to Pay $2.5 Billion to Resolve 737 MAX Investigation On Jan. 7, Boeing agreed to a pay a $2.5 billion fine to resolve the U.S. government’s investigation into the company’s 737 MAX passenger aircraft, which has been grounded since March 2019…
Military Taiclet Further Outlines Lockheed Martin’s Future Vision for Military 5G Operations Recent successful demonstrations of data sharing between different types of weapon systems and a contract win to develop a new space-based tactical communications system that will eventually help tie together troops and…
Embedded Avionics RTCA Special Committee Progressing Toward Small Drone Detection Standard A Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) subcommittee is working toward development of a standard for detecting small drones around airports, which will help buyers and users of drone security systems to…