Military

General Dynamics Awarded Hornet Contract

The U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems a five-year, $27 million contract for support of mission computers in Navy F/A-18 Hornet and AV-8B Harrier. Work, which will be performed in…

Military

Lockheed Martin Awarded ATP Contract

Lockheed Martin received a commercial sale contract from the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) for Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP) for its F-16 Block 52 aircraft. The contract, which includes integration,…

Commercial

Honeywell Develops Analog Silicon Chip

Honeywell introduced a high temperature Silicon On Insulator electronic component with dual applications in the aerospace (in aircraft engines) and oil industries. “The aerospace and oil and natural gas industries each require…

Business & GA

Cessna's CJ4 Prototype Flies

Cessna’s Citation CJ4 business jet prototype completed its first flight May 5 in Wichita, Kan. The 2-hour, 22-minute flight, which departed from McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas, consisted of maneuver stability…

Business & GA

Honeywell Signs SVS Licensing Deal

Honeywell signed an exclusive licensing agreement to provide the VistaNav Synthetic Vision System, developed by Mercury Computer Systems, Chelmsford, Mass., for the general aviation market. Under the licensing agreement, announced in April,…

Commercial

Panasonic Signs In-Flight Broadband Deal

Panasonic Avionics, Lake Forest, Calif., is jumping into the in-flight broadband market with the signing this week of a multi-year service agreement with Intelsat Inc., a satellite services provider based in Bermuda.…

Commercial

CAE Receives $59 Million in Orders

CAE, Montreal, signed a contract for five full-flight simulators (FFS) and associated training devices for Lufthansa Flight Training, Flight Training Finance, Swiss Aviation Training and the Zhuhai Flight Training Centre in China.…

Military

Navy Acquires Lot of Airborne Attack Systems

The U.S. Navy is acquiring a third lot of Northrop Grumman Improved Capability (ICAP) III airborne electronic attack systems for its fleet of EA-6B Prowlers under a $101.9 million contract. Under terms…