MilitaryCassidian to Supply IFF Units to French Armed Forces Cassidian was awarded a contract from French defense procurement agency Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) to supply 150 of its Monopulse Secondary Radar 1000 I (MSR) interrogator units for the short-range friend-or-foe…
CommercialSagem, MTU Aero Engines Form Joint Venture Sagem and MTU Aero Engines formed a 50/50 joint venture, AES Aerospace Embedded Solutions, to provide safety-critical software and hardware for military and civil aviation applications. This signature follows the Memorandum of…
MilitaryRaytheon to Deploy MALD on Super Hornets The U.S. Navy and Raytheon have begun integrating the Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer variant into the U.S. Navy's fleet of F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets. The integration process will include a series…
CommercialSurvey: U.S. Passengers Seek Out Airlines with In-Flight Wi-Fi A new airline passenger survey focusing on U.S. travellers’ experience of in-flight Wi-Fi found that more than 60 percent of passengers who used cabin Wi-Fi are likely to use it again in…
MilitaryITT Buys Signal Sensor Manufacturer ITT Exelis completed the acquisition of Space Computer Corp., a privately owned firm that produces real time signal processing systems, software and algorithms for the full exploitation of hyperspectral sensor data. Hyperspectral…
CommercialCebu Pacific to Install OnAir Connectivity Equipment Philippine airline Cebu Pacific Air announced plans to provide in-flight connectivity via OnAir on its Airbus A330 fleet starting in 2013. The airline also has the option to install Wi-Fi on its…
Business & GADuncan to Build New Maintenance Facility Duncan Aviation announced plans for a new maintenance hangar and facility to be built at its Lincoln, Neb., headquarters. Construction will begin this fall, the company said. “We are still evaluating our…
CommercialSystem Design: Death by Tin Whiskers At our home and office, we recycle everything we can. I have converted our lighting to low power LED and CFL lights, and I drive a pretty efficient Honda, and not very…