MilitaryRaytheon to Upgrade Army Airborne Radios Raytheon was awarded $51 million to build more airborne radios and continue to modernize future radios for the U.S. Army. The modernization effort includes Phase 3 of the Mobile User Objective Service/Cryptographic…
CommercialinNigeria to Install FLYHT AFIRS FLYHT Aerospace Solutions, based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, signed a contract with inNigeria for its Automated Information Reporting System (AFIRS) 228 on five McDonnell Douglas MD-83s. The airline will use AFIRS to…
CommercialElbit to Provide Apache Block III Mission Processor Upgrade Boeing has awarded Elbit Systems of America a five-year $17.5 million contract to redesign and upgrade the AH-64D mission processor for the U.S. Army fleet of Apache Block III helicopters. The Block…
MilitaryLockheed Martin, DCMA Complete C-5M Super Galaxy Production Flight Lockheed Martin and the Defense Contract Management Agency have completed the first C-5M Super Galaxy production joint acceptance flight. The joint acceptance flight is expected to reduce total delivery time by two…
Editor's NoteDRF Luftrettung Using EFBs on Ambulance Aircraft German medical aircraft operator DRF Luftrettung has begun using tablet PCs in the cockpits of its air ambulance jets. The operator uses tablet PCs that contain all route, approach and departure charts,…
Business & GAElliott Aviation to Launch Avionics After Market Division Elliott Aviation announced its launch of an aftermarket avionics sales department, lead by industry veteran Joe Stanley as sales department manager. The aftermarket avionics division will focus on enabling aircraft owners to…
CommercialAeromexico to Install Thales Surveillance System on Boeing 737 Aeromexico selected the Thales/ACSS Traffic and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) 3000 Surveillance Processor (SP) for installation on its new Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft. Thales said its TCAS3000 will allow Aeromexico to…
Business & GAFAA Approves Sikorsky’s S-76D with Thales Avionics Suite FAA awarded supplemental type certification for a Thales TopDeck avionics-equipped Sikorsky S-76D helicopter. The S-76D TopDeck cockpit features ADS-B out capability, along with a new “click to fly” function that improves interactivity…
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