Business & GA

FreeFlight Upgrades Navigation Database

FreeFlight Systems, of Waco, Texas, released a 4 MB navigation database memory upgrade for its Approach Plus GPS Navigation Management Systems (including the I/O models) and equivalent legacy equipment with the Trimble…

Military

Rockwell Collins Awarded Air Force ATC Pact

Rockwell Collins was awarded a subcontract by the U.S. Air Force potentially worth up to $85 million to provide the SMART Blade Radio to upgrade the U.S. Air Force worldwide air traffic…

Military

Lockheed Martin Upgrades Romanian System

Lockheed Martin completed installation of an air defense and communications network modernization project for the Romanian Air Force, the company said Wednesday. Lockheed Martin said the project enhances the air defense and…

Commercial

Emrise Corp. Receives Power Supply Contract

Emrise Corp., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., received a $850,000 order from an unnamed "international integrator of electronics systems for commercial and military aviation markets" for power supplies for commercial aircraft. Shipments are scheduled…

Military

Hawk Mk51 Trainer Flies with CMC Avionics

CMC Electronics, of Montreal, announced last week that Patria Group of Finland flew a Hawk Mk51 trainer aircraft outfitted with its Cockpit 4000 integrated avionics suite. During the 100-minute flight from Halli…

Commercial

AEEC OKs 'MAGIC' Interface Development

Airlines, airframers and equipment manufacturers will look into developing a standard, IP-based communication management function that would accommodate dissimilar air-ground datalinks. Representatives to the AEEC General Session, meeting last week in Tulsa,…

Business & GA

Universal WAAS-Enabled FMS on Astra

Universal Avionics, Tucson, Ariz., completed an installation of its Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)-enabled flight management system in Astra aircraft. The installation, which was completed by Global Aviation, of Hillsboro, Ore., was of Universal's dual…

Business & GA

Barco Awarded Eurocopter Contract

Barco, of Kortrijk, Belgium was awarded a contract from Eurocopter to supply mission displays for the AS 565 Panther helicopter. The contract is part of an upgrade program that will gear up…