CommercialGE Aviation Acquires Austin Digital GE Aviation acquired Austin Digital, a privately owned, Texas-based supplier of flight operations data analysis, which is designed to "strengthen GE's services offerings with integrated solutions for aviation customers around the world,"…
MilitaryRaytheon Hits F/A-18E/F Avionics Milestones F/A-18F Super Hornet Raytheon has achieved important milestones on three F/A-18E/F related programs -- for the radars and electronic warfare and targeting systems, the company said Monday. Raytheon recently delivered the 300th…
CommercialMarines Approve Deployment Extension for K-MAX Cargo UAS For the second time this year, the U.S. Marine Corps has approved the deployment extension of K-MAX Cargo UAS, Lockheed Martin said Wednesday. Earlier this year, the Marine Corps requested the aircraft,…
Business & GAAstronics Buys Max-Viz Astronics on Tuesday said it will acquire privately-held Max-Viz, a developer and designer of Enhanced Vision Systems (EVS) for fixed and rotary wing aircraft, for $10 million in cash. Additional purchase consideration…
Embedded AvionicsBoeing Integrates Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System on Silent Eagle Boeing's Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System II/hon its F-15 Silent Eagle demonstrator aircraft. Boeing recently validated the integration of the next-generation Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System II/h (JHMCS II/h) on…
CommercialX-47B UCAS Demonstrator Completes Flight Test The Northrop Grumman-built X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completed its historic first flight from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The 36-minute flight – the first for the tailless, strike-fighter-sized…
Business & GACurtiss-Wright to Supply ADAUs for Primus Apex Curtiss-Wright Controls received a contract from Honeywell to provide Advanced Data Acquisition Units (ADAU) for use on its Primus Apex Integrated Flight Deck. The Curtiss-Wright Controls products will provide the conversion of…
Business & GAAvidyne, MIT to Study ADS-B Avidyne and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were awarded a $4 million, three-year grant to study Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) under the FAA's Airborne Traffic Situational Awareness with Alerts (TSAA) program.…