Business & GAQuestion #20 Mr. Wilson stated that the IGA and LGA can be installed under DER substantiation based upon specific ACO - does that mean ALL ACO's will accept that DER substantiation for every aircraft, OR - only specific aircraft or certain ACOs? ANSWER: No, not all ACO’s are the same and YES only specific aircraft with Intermediate Gain Antenna (IGA). Almost all ACO will accept the Low Gain Antenna (LGA), that’s why we (Banyan…
Business & GAThrane & Thrane System Receives STC Thrane & Thrane’s AVIATOR 700D SwiftBroadband system received its first Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for installation and use aboard Falcon 900EX-EASy aircraft. The STC follows successful testing of Thrane & Thrane’s new…
CommercialBAE Signs Avionics MRO Agreement with ADAT, SR Technics BAE Systems’ Commercial Aircraft Solutions business has entered into a Long Term Agreement (LTA) with Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) and SR Technics – both part of the Mubadala Aerospace Maintenance, Repair…
Business & GANorthrop Grumman Awarded Software Contract for CH-53K Northrop Grumman was awarded a $5.6 million, Phase II contract by the U.S. Navy to modify existing software for the LN-251 embedded GPS/fiber-optic inertial navigation system (INS) on the new CH-53K Super…
CommercialIntervalZero, Alta Data Form Avionics Partnership Real-time software provider IntervalZero and Alta Data Technologies, a provider of Mil-Std-1553 and ARINC interface cards and Ethernet convertor/appliances, have formed a strategic partnership to provide real-time Microsoft Windows capabilities for avionics…
CommercialSYSGO Joins EADS AFDX Licensing Program SYSGO, of Mainz, Germany, signed a licensing contract with EADS Group for the Avionics Full-Duplex Switched Ethernet (AFDX). “We are happy to see SYSGO joining our licensing program,” said Wulf Hoeflich, head…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman Begins BAMS Radar Testing Northrop Grumman has commenced flight tests of the first developmental multifunction active sensor (MFAS) radar destined for the U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS). The MFAS…
CommercialSagem Awarded Sperwer Contract for French Army Sagem signed a contract with SIMMAD, the French Air Force Support Organization, on behalf of the French Ministry of Defense, to provide in-service maintenance for the Sperwer tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS)…