Commercial

Honeywell to Acquire EMS Technologies

Honeywell on Tuesday said it will pay $491 million to acquire EMS Technologies, the parent company of EMS Aviation. The transaction is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2011. “We believe…

ATM Modernization

Sensis to Upgrade Frankfurt Multilateration System

Fraport AG, the owner and manager of Frankfurt Airport (FRA), will upgrade its Sensis Corp. multilateration system to accommodate capacity expansion and growth at the airport. Sensis will upgrade the multilateration system,…

Embedded Avionics

General Dynamics Awarded Processor Contract

The U.S. Air Force has awarded General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems a $7.8 million contract to develop an Open System Architecture (OSA) common back-end digital processor for the entire family of Air…

Commercial

BAE Systems, Dassault Form UAS Partnership

BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation on Thursday announced the formation of Telemos, a joint program to develop the next generation Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The two companies will…

ATM Modernization

Avionics Launches NextGen Symposium

Avionics Magazine will launch the Avionics for NextGen Conference on Sept. 13, 2011, at Caesars in Atlantic City, N.J. The conference will kick off with a keynote address by the FAA’s Director…

Commercial

Balkan Holidays Airlines Selects Lufthansa Charts

Bulgarian charter carrier Balkan Holidays Airlines has selected the Lido/RouteManual navigation charts from Lufthansa Systems. BH Air will start to use the paper-based charts while preparing for the introduction of the electronic…

Commercial

Virgin Atlantic Renews Contracts with ARINC

Virgin Atlantic Airways renewed multiple communication services contracts with ARINC, of Annapolis, Md., the companies announced Tuesday. The contracts just renewed include comprehensive data link, voice, and satellite services. Virgin Atlantic also renewed…

Commercial

Row 44, Lufthansa Technik Form Partnership

Row 44, based in Westlake Village, Calif., formed a partnership with MRO provider Lufthansa Technik. Under terms of the partnership, commercial airlines that select Row 44's in-flight broadband entertainment system will be able to…