CommercialAzerbaijan Airlines to Launch OnAir In-Flight Web Services OnAir is expanding its service in Azerbaijan, with Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) announcing plans to equip 15 of its aircraft for a range of mobile communications services. When commercially launched later this year,…
MilitaryITT Exelis to Supply F/A-18 Generator Control Modules ITT Exelis received a $5.7 million multiyear award to produce 375 generator control modules for F/A-18 aircraft. Production will take place through January 2015. F/A-18 aircraft carry two of the modules, each…
MilitaryPratt & Whitney Awarded $1 Billion Engine Deal for F-35 Pratt & Whitney was awarded a $1.12 billion contract from the Department of Defense (DoD) to supply its F135 production engines to power the F-35 Lightning II. Pratt & Whitney and the DoD…
CommercialBoeing to Close Wichita Facility By End of 2013 Boeing said Wednesday it will close its Defense, Space & Security (BDS) facility in Wichita, Kan., by the end of 2013. The Wichita facility currently employs more than 2,160 employees. "The decision…
CommercialElbit Systems Awarded Hermes 900 UAS Contract Israel-based Elbit Systems was awarded a $50 million contract to supply its Hermes 900 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to a governmental office of an undisclosed country in the Americas. The UAS will…
MilitaryMercury Computer Systems Acquires KOR Electronics Mercury Computer Systems on Tuesday completed its acquisition of KOR Electronics, of Cypress, Calif., a supplier of digital RF memory technology used in a broad range of military aircraft. The acquisition also includes KOR's wholly…
MilitaryThales, Safran to Create Optronics Joint Venture Thales and Safran on Tuesday announced a Memorandum of Understanding to create an equally owned joint venture for optronics (electrooptical) systems and equipment, in particular for new defense systems. Through this joint venture…
Business & GALast G200 Rolls Off Production Line The last Gulfstream G200 business jet -- the 250th -- rolled off the production line in Dallas this week, making room for the new, large-cabin Gulfstream G280 scheduled to enter service in…