CommercialFAA Orders Replacement of Thales Pitot Tubes FAA ordered U.S. airlines operating Airbus A330s and A340s to replace at least two of three pitot static tubes made by Thales with equipment made by Goodrich. According to an Airworthiness Directive (AD) notice filed…
MilitaryPresagis Acquires Seaweed Systems Presagis, based in Montreal, has acquired Seaweed Systems, a Burlington, Mass., provider of embedded graphics systems for the military and aerospace market. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Presagis, a…
CommercialRockwell Collins Sees Signs of Recovery in 2010 Rockwell Collins President and CEO said Tuesday he expects to see the beginning of a recovery for the business aviation sector and aftermarket in 2010, but cautioned that the aviation industry in…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Wins Air Force Pact Lockheed Martin was awarded a $7.3 million modified contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide software and hardware updates as required for the F-16 avionics test station located at the 46th…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Scores Navy Work Northrop Grumman is being awarded a $98.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy for Expeditionary Litening Pods (LPOD) precision targeting and sensor system, upgrades to existing pods, and integration of LPODs. The contract…
ATM ModernizationSensis ADSE-X Operational at Newark Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X) system from Sensis, based in Syracuse, N.Y., is now operational at Newark Liberty International Airport. ASDE-X, a runway incursion detection and alerting system, is now operational at 18…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Test Bed Gets FAA OK An intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) test bed from Lockheed Martin received an Experimental Air Worthiness Certificate from FAA. The company said its Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory (AML), which is a reconfigured Gulfstream III business…
CommercialCSSI Awarded RVSM Contract CSSI, based in Washington, D.C., was awarded a five-year, $9.5 million contract to work with FAA and ICAO on vertical, lateral and longitudinal separation standards for air traffic. Under the contract, CSSI…