CommercialAAI Awarded $600 Million MEUAS Contract AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems won the competitive Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MEUAS) II award from the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The three-year award, valued at just under $600 million, includes support…
Business & GAL-3 to Acquire Thales Training & Simulation Business L-3 Communications will pay $132 million to acquire the assets of Thales Training & Simulation's civil aircraft simulation and training business, based in Crawley, U.K. The acquisition, subject to regulatory approvals, is expected to…
MilitaryBoeing to Upgrade B-1 Lancer Nav System Boeing has received a $55.3 million production contract from the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the B-1 Lancer navigation system, replacing the original navigation hardware with a new ring laser gyro system.…
Business & GALockheed Martin Awarded $1 Billion Navy Helicopter Cockpit Upgrade The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.05 billion, five-year contract to provide more than 200 digital cockpits and integrated mission systems and sensors for the Navy MH-60R “Romeo” and MH-60S “Sierra”…
MilitaryRockwell Collins Renews Avionics Replacement Contract with Army's SOAR Rockwell Collins renewed a contract with the Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) to provide helicopter cockpit replacement parts for its Common Avionics Architecture System. “The overall goal of this program…
Business & GAWest Star Awarded Wi-Fi STC West Star Aviation, of East Alton, Ill., received FAA supplemental type certificate for enabling Wi-Fi on Pro Line 4 and Pro Line 21 equipped Falcon 2000 and 2000EX. The project was completed…
Business & GACobham Increases Interest in Thrane & Thrane Cobham has purchased more than 1 million shares in Thrane & Thrane, bringing its interest up to more than 25 percent of the company, Cobham said Friday. On March 12, Cobham said…
Business & GAInsitu Flies Fuel Cell-Powered ScanEagle UAS A hydrogen fuel cell-powered ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) completed its first flight test, airframe manufacturer Insitu said Thursday. The collaboration between Insitu, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and United Technologies (UTC) took…