MilitaryITT Exelis to Provide Jamming Pods for Pakistani F-16s ITT Exelis has finalized a $54 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to provide the Pakistan Air Force with digital radio frequency memory-based jamming pods. Exelis Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare System…
CommercialAeroVironment Unveils Modular Gimbaled Sensor Payload on Raven UAS Photo courtesy AeroVironment AeroVironment unveiled a new miniature gimbaled sensor payload on the battle-proven RQ-11B Raven small unmanned aircraft system at the Army Aviation Association of America Annual Professional Forum and Exposition. The…
Business & GADHS Tests Wide Area Airborne Surveillance System The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it concluded a test of a wide area airborne surveillance system (WAASS), suspending WAASS sensors from an unmanned, 75-foot helium balloon floating 2,000 feet above…
CommercialSirio Panel Selects SYSGO's AFDX System Germany's SYSGO will supply its DO-178B certified software-based Avionics Full-Duplex Switched Ethernet (AFDX) system for Sirio Panel for an actual avionics application running on Freescale’s QorIQ dual-core P2020 architecture, the companies said Friday.…
CommercialRockwell Collins, AVIC Subsidiary Form JV in China Rockwell Collins and China Leihua Electronic Technology Research Institute (LETRI), a subsidiary of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), are establishing a joint venture company -- AVIC Leihua Rockwell Collins Avionics…
CommercialPanasonic Awarded A380 Connectivity Line-Fit Agreement Panasonic Avionics will line-fit its in-flight communications and connectivity system, Global Communications Suite, on Airbus A380s. "Broadband connectivity, especially on long-haul flights, is increasingly important to our customers, and we are very…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: Drones in Airspace It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a drone? FAA moved closer to allowing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly and ominously called drones in mainstream media, into U.S. airspace. In March, the…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Saab Sensis Builds on ASDE-X Photo courtesy Saab Sensis Saab Sensis announced a series of contract awards and system deployments for airport surveillance and precision approach systems in recent months, following the…