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”…
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…
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 & 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…
Business & GAMid-Continent Instruments Changes Name Mid-Continent Instruments has changed its name to Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics, a move the company says "better describes the company’s capabilities and underscores its commitment to provide its extensive customer base of…
Embedded AvionicsB-2 Spirit Validates Flight Management Software Northrop Grumman said its B-2 Spirit stealth bomber has completed its first 18.5-hour sortie over the North Pole to validate new flight management software for the Air Force. The computer upgrade system…
Business & GARockwell Collins Pro Line 21 Upgrades Extend to Astra SPX, G100, Lear 60 A retrofit upgrade program involving the Rockwell Collins Pro Line 4™ to Pro Line 21™ avionics systems has expanded to include Astra SPX, Gulfstream G100 (formerly Astra SPX), and Bombardier Lear 60…
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