CommercialBritish Airways Selects Honeywell’s NextGen System for 747s British Airways has selected Honeywell’s Next Generation flight management system to boost navigation database capacity for its fleet of Boeing 747s. Honeywell said its NextGen system reduces the need for step climbing…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman Selects Telephonics Radar for Fire Scout UAV Northrop Grumman issued a $33 million contract to Telephonics Corp. to develop a multimode maritime radar system for the U.S.Navy’s fleet of MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial vehicles…
Embedded AvionicsRockwell Collins Completes ARC-210 Radio Installation on HH-60G Rockwell Collins recently completed the first installation of the ARC-210 Gen5 radio on an HH-60G Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) helicopter for the U.S. Air Force Air National Guard (ANG). The company…
Embedded AvionicsEASA Certifies Blue Sky Voice System on Airbus Military Aircraft The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) to Blue Sky Network for the installation of its voice system on C-212-200 Airbus military aircraft. The STC covers Blue…
CommercialCMC Awarded Canadian Polaris Avionics Upgrade Contract Esterline CMC Electronics has recently been awarded a contract by Public Works and Government Services Canada for the avionics upgrade of the Canadian Department of National Defense (DND) fleet of five Airbus…
Business & GACutter Aviation Receives STC for Garmin 950 FAA issued a supplemental type certificate (STC) to Phoenix-based Cutter Aviation on Dec. 20 for the installation of the Garmin 950 glass cockpit panel package retrofit on older Piper Meridian aircraft. The…
MilitaryNAVAIR Selects Cobham for Additional Low Band Transmitters The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded a $31.7 million contract to Cobham to provide the AN/ALQ-99 low band transmitter-antenna group (LBT-AG) for EA-6B and EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft. The…
Business & GASequestration Delayed, Aerospace Industry Awaits Next Congressional Action The newly passed “fiscal cliff” deal delays the $1.2 trillion across-the-board federal budget cuts until March, keeping the U.S. aerospace community awaiting final action from Congress and the President to either avoid…