ATM Modernization

Russian Airport to Use Era System

Era, of Fairfax, Va., will deploy a surface multilateration and ADS-B surveillance solution at the Sochi Airport in Russia, the company announced Thursday. Era’s systems provided include its multilateration solution provides higher accuracy,…

Embedded Avionics

ORBexpress Selected for JTRS Program

Objective Interface Systems, Inc. (OIS), of Herndon, Va., announced this week that its ORBexpress middleware was chosen as the foundation for the Multifunction Information Distribution System (MIDS) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)…

Commercial

Honeywell Named C919 Supplier

Honeywell will supply its fly-by-wire flight control system for China's C919 single-aisle commercial aircraft, the companies announced Thursday. Previously, Honeywell announced it will supply the wheels and brakes, Brake Control System and…

Military

NextGen Jammer Moves To Technology Maturation

The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command this week awarded industry teams four contracts totaling $168 million to advance technology associated with the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ), its airborne electronic attack (AEA) sensor…

Military

Editor’s Note: A Military Tradition

Welcome to the first electronic edition of Avionics Military. Capitalizing on the tradition of in-depth coverage of military aviation electronics in the pages of Avionics Magazine, Avionics Military will be a regular…

Military

Airborne Electronic Attack Program Office Q&A

Capt. John K. Green was appointed program manager of the Naval Air Systems Command Airborne Electronic Attack and EA-6B Prowler program office (PMA-234) in November 2009, succeeding Capt. Steve Kochman. Green graduated…

Business & GA

Parker Selects TTTech for Fly-By-Wire System

Parker Aerospace selected TTTech Computertechnik AG, of Vienna, Austria, to provide an integrated communication system based on Time-Triggered Protocol (TTP) for Parker’s new generic fly-by-wire actuation platforms, the companies announced Wednesday. Initial…

Commercial

Fire Scout VUAS Tested in Field Trials

Northrop Grumman and its industry partners completed a set of flight demonstrations of the MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical unmanned aerial system (VUAS) in the United Arab Emirates under extreme environmental conditions, the…