Panasonic Avionics Corp., of Lake Forest, Calif., installed its eX2 in-flight entertainment (IFE) system on two Boeing 777-300ERs for Air Austral, La Réunion, France. The eX2-equipped aircraft will enter service this month, the company…
Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS), the German Air Navigation Service Provider, awarded Thales a contract for the delivery, installation, training and commissioning of the PAM-FRA1 (Precision Approach Monitoring Frankfurt) system, the first operational…
Northrop Grumman won a $22.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). This modification provides for incorporation of wing static and load…
Vision Systems International (VSI), San Jose, Calif., signed several new contracts with a total value of more than $120 million. Boeing awarded VSI a contract for the delivery of more than 550 additional…
Northrop Grumman rebranded the Swift Engineering KillerBee product line, unveiling the Bat line of small unmanned air systems (UAS). The Bat systems will have wingspans ranging from 6.5 to 33.2 feet. Northrop…
CAE, of Montreal, and Neptec Design Group, of Ottawa, demonstrated a system integrating Neptec’s Obscurant Penetrating Autosynchronous LIDAR (OPAL) sensor and CAE’s Augmented Visionics System (AVS) designed to support safer helicopter operations…
Florida's Hollywood International Airport is now operating with Sensis Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X), a runway incursion detection and alerting system. Fifteen of the 35 airports to receive the technology…
ORBexpress, a communications middleware made by Objective Interface Systems (OIS), of Herndon, Va., has become the first communications middleware to be evaluated under the Common Criteria international security certification standard. ORBexpress is undergoing this certification for…