Military

Boeing to Develop Hornet, Growler Computers

Boeing received a $48 million contract from the U.S. Navy to collaboratively develop a new mission computer for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler. The Type 4 Advanced Mission Computer (AMC)…

ATM Modernization

Lockheed Martin to Upgrade USAF ATC Radars

The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $46.8 million in contract options to begin modernizing 29 long-range radars to provide advanced warning and air traffic control surveillance over North America’s airspace.…

Business & GA

LONGBOW UTA Controls UAS from Apache

The LONGBOW LLC, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, said its Unmanned Aerial Systems Tactical Common Data Link Assembly (UTA) recently controlled an unmanned vehicle from an AH-64D Apache Block…

ATM Modernization

FAA, Industry Mark Opening of Florida Test Bed

Industry and government officials on Monday hailed the opening of the Florida NextGen Test Bed facility as the type of public-private partnership that will accelerate the implementation of the modernized air traffic…

Business & GA

GPS Group Files Motion in LightSquared Case

The Coalition to Save Our GPS has filed a motion with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday to prohibit LighSquared from using the upper 10 Mega Hertz (MHz) mobile satellite spectrum…

ATM Modernization

Florida NextGen Testbed Opens

Government and industry officials on Monday will mark the opening of the Florida NextGen Test Bed, a laboratory where new and emerging Next Generation Air Transportation (NextGen) concepts and technologies can be demonstrated…

Embedded Avionics

Rockwell Collins to Use VxWorks MILS

Rockwell Collins selected the VxWorks MILS Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) Platform from Wind River for its SecureOne Processor architecture and SecureOne Guard software program for military tactical systems. According to Wind River, with VxWorks MILS…

Military

Harris Awarded F-35 Avionics Contract

Harris Corp. was awarded a $32.7 million follow-on production contract from Lockheed Martin to supply avionics infrastructure components for the F-35 Lightning II. This Low Rate Initial Production contract brings the total…