Business & GAQuestion #5 Will the existing AVIATOR 300/350 require additional modification to meet FANS/Link requirements? ANSWER: Yes, there will be a new generation AVIATOR SBU (SwiftBroadband Unit) in the same form factor as today’s SBU that will be specifically tailored to meet the requirements for FANS/CPDLC over…
Business & GAQuestion #21 What do you mean the Ethernet connectors can be a challenge? Do you use Quadrax? ANSWER: Since you are crimping four (4) wires at once it’s easy for one to not be crimped 100 percent. Practice a bit inside your lab the first time and leave a…
CommercialBAE Signs Avionics MRO Agreement with ADAT, SR Technics BAE Systems’ Commercial Aircraft Solutions business has entered into a Long Term Agreement (LTA) with Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) and SR Technics – both part of the Mubadala Aerospace Maintenance, Repair…
Business & GANorthrop Grumman Awarded Software Contract for CH-53K Northrop Grumman was awarded a $5.6 million, Phase II contract by the U.S. Navy to modify existing software for the LN-251 embedded GPS/fiber-optic inertial navigation system (INS) on the new CH-53K Super…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman Begins BAMS Radar Testing Northrop Grumman has commenced flight tests of the first developmental multifunction active sensor (MFAS) radar destined for the U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS). The MFAS…
CommercialIntervalZero, Alta Data Form Avionics Partnership Real-time software provider IntervalZero and Alta Data Technologies, a provider of Mil-Std-1553 and ARINC interface cards and Ethernet convertor/appliances, have formed a strategic partnership to provide real-time Microsoft Windows capabilities for avionics…
CommercialSYSGO Joins EADS AFDX Licensing Program SYSGO, of Mainz, Germany, signed a licensing contract with EADS Group for the Avionics Full-Duplex Switched Ethernet (AFDX). “We are happy to see SYSGO joining our licensing program,” said Wulf Hoeflich, head…
CommercialSagem Awarded Sperwer Contract for French Army Sagem signed a contract with SIMMAD, the French Air Force Support Organization, on behalf of the French Ministry of Defense, to provide in-service maintenance for the Sperwer tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS)…