MilitaryBoeing Completes AWACS ATM Upgrade Boeing has completed satellite communications and air traffic management upgrades on the U.S. Air Force's 32 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) surveillance aircraft as part of the Integrated DAMA/GATM (IDG) program,…
MilitaryVSI Signs HMD Contracts Vision Systems International (VSI), a joint venture between Elbit Systems Ltd. and Rockwell Collins, said Tuesday it has received several new contracts with a total value of more than $54.1 million relating…
CommercialBoeing Creates UAS Division Boeing announced Monday the creation of an Unmanned Airborne Systems (UAS) division within its defense and space business unit. Boeing said the new unit will assume program management responsibility for the A160T…
CommercialBarco Receives MDU-268 Display Order Avionics display provider Barco received an order from Highland Integrated Surveillance Systems Inc. (HISS), based in Toronto, Canada, for its MDU-268 avionics-grade mission display units. The units will be installed aboard 30…
CommercialThales to Deliver Ground Surveillance System Thales said Thursday it will install its Surface Traffic Enhancement and Automation Support (STREAMS) system at the Manchester Boston Regional Airport (MHT), as part of the FAA's Low-Cost Ground Surveillance (LCGS) program.…
CommercialSESAR Injects Funds in ATM Research Eurocontrol's SESAR Joint Undertaking (JU) said Friday it signed 16 contracts valued at $2.7 billion for the creation of Europe's future air traffic management system. The mission of the SESAR JU is to ensure…
MilitaryRaytheon Submits KillerBee to Navy Raytheon said Wednesday it submitted its KillerBee unmanned aircraft system in response to the U.S. Navy's Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Tier II request for proposal. The KillerBee UAS, with its…
MilitaryE-2D Begins Next Phase of Flight Tests Northrop Grumman's first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye test aircraft began the next phase of flight testing, performing a test flight in Maryland this week in preparation for Initial Operational Test and Evaluation in…