Military

Northrop Grumman Awarded LAIRCM Contract

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $334 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) systems and support. LAIRCM systems automatically detect a missile launch,…

Commercial

Boeing Phantom Eye Conducts Medium-Speed Taxi Test

Boeing's Phantom Eye high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle has conducted its first medium-speed taxi test. The hydrogen-powered aircraft is designed for persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and communications.…

Military

Navy's eCASS Completed Critical Design Review

The Navy said its electronic Consolidated Automated Support System (eCASS), aviation-support equipment took a major step forward this month, completing its Critical Design Review (CDR). The automatic test system is designed to…

ATM Modernization

Raytheon to Provide Mobile Air Traffic Systems to Navy

Raytheon was chosen to provide engineering, technical and depot services in support of 15 Air Traffic, Navigation, Integration, and Coordination Systems (ATNAVICS) for the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and U.S. Marine…

ATM Modernization

Thales to Supply ATM Systems in Turkmenistan

Thales has been awarded a contract by the TURKMENHOWAYOLLARY State Civil Aviation Department (SCAD) to supply, install and commission its TopSky Air Traffic Management system at the Ashgabat International Airport in Turkemistan.…

Military

Navy’s Next Generation Jammer Enters Next Phase 

An EA-18G Growler of Electronic Attack Squadron VAQ-138 aircraft takes off following a stop on Crete returning to Whidbey Island, Wash., after a six-month deployment to Iraq. The Growler uses ALQ-99 pods…

Embedded Avionics

ARINC Awarded JPALS, N-UCAS Services Contract

ARINC Engineering Services, based in Annapolis, Md., received a $9.5 million contract from the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division for technical and engineering services in support of the U.S. Joint Precision…

Military

Curtiss-Wright Controls Forms Avionics & Electronics Division

Curtiss-Wright Controls, based in Charlotte, N.C., announced the restructuring of its Integrated Sensing business group with the formation of the new Avionics & Electronics (CWC-AE) division. The new CWC-AE division, headquartered in Christchurch,…