Connectivity

EMS Awarded RC-12 Satcom Contract

EMS Defense & Space (D&S), a division of EMS Technologies, received a contract from SAIC to provide an X-band SATCOM antenna system for the RC-12, the U.S. military version of the Super…

Commercial

Gestair Cargo to Use Lufthansa Nav Charts

The Spanish cargo airline Gestair Cargo has selected Lido/RouteManual navigation charts from Lufthansa Systems, the companies announced Thursday. The charts, which are generated from the Lido navigation database, include true-to-scale geographic information such…

Military

BAE to Supply V-22 Weapons System

Photo courtesy NAVAIR BAE Systems will provide the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) a defensive weapon system for NAVAIR’s V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, under a $14 million contract awarded Tuesday. The system is…

ATM Modernization

Northrop Grumman in Greece ATM Contract

Northrop Grumman's Europe-based air traffic management subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, is providing its Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) for Greece's Thessaloniki International Airport. Under the contract awarded…

Military

Raytheon Awarded Targeting System Contract

Raytheon was awarded a $50 million contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver 50 AAS-44C(V) Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems for use on the MH-60R and MH-60S helicopters. Deliveries are expected to begin in 2011…

Commercial

GE Aviation on Boeing's Tanker Team

GE Aviation will provide flight management systems (FMS) for Boeing's recently awarded KC-46A U.S. Air Force (USAF) refueling tanker program, the companies announced Monday. GE Aviation, based in Cincinnati, will provide its TrueCourse FMS and other…

Commercial

AAI Tests SSAASy on Shadow UAS

AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems completed an unmanned flight demonstration of a Small Sense and Avoid System (SSAASy) on a Shadow 200 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The flight was conducted by AAI and…

ATM Modernization

Q&A: Airbus’s Olivier De La Burgade

Olivier De La Burgade Aviation industry stakeholders from Air Navigation Service Providers to aircraft manufacturers and component suppliers increasingly are focused on the interaction of ground and airborne systems to improve operational…