The Pentagon announced Wednesday it will reopen the bidding on the disputed $35 billion KC-X aerial refueling tanker contract award. Northrop Grumman and Boeing will submit new proposals and the government will…
Saab received a $95.5 million order to supply electronic warfare systems and supplementary weapons pylons for Gripen fighters for the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration. The electronic warfare systems include antennas, transmitters and…
Panasonic Avionics, Lake Forest, Calif., signed a technology licensing agreement with VT iDirect, Inc., Herndon, Va, under which Panasonic will license iDirect’s satellite IP router technology as a component of its eXConnect…
Emteq, New Berlin, Wis., acquired Aero Consulting Services Ltd. (ACS) and Northern Aero Industries Ltd. (NAI), known as ACS-NAI, of Winnipeg, Canada. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ACS-NAI specializes…
Continental Airlines launched a ground-based situational awareness system made by Sensis Corp., Syracuse, N.Y., at Houston Intercontinental Airport. Sensis’s Aerobahn Service is a web-based system that provides the airline with real-time information…
The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman completed an incremental system design review of the new software and computing architecture to manage B-2 stealth bomber missions. The review of the architecture, which…
Elbit Systems, Haifa, Israel, was awarded a $20 million contract to supply its Hermes 450 UAV Systems to an undisclosed European country. The contract includes air vehicles and their complementing ground systems,…
AeroVironment, Monrovia, Calif., was awarded a contract from the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for up to $200 million to provide its Puma AE as its All Environment Capable Variant (AECV) solution…