Commercial

Northrop 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…

Commercial

Sagem 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)…

Embedded Avionics

Presagis to Supply Software Package for MC-130J

Presagis, of Montreal, will supply APS XT-178 DO-178B Level A human machine interface (HMI) tool for use in developing embedded graphics displays for the Special Mission Processor (SMP) for Lockheed Martin's MC-130J Increment…

Business & GA

TMC Jets to Use Gogo Biz Service on Hawker Fleet

Travel Management Company, of Elkhart, Ind., has equipped its fleet of 22 Hawker 800/850XPs with Gogo Biz in-flight Internet, the companies announced Friday. “At TMC, we understand the importance of having Wi-Fi on…

ATM Modernization

SRA-Led Team Awarded FAA ETASS Contract

SRA International, of Fairfax, Va., was awarded a three-year, $338 million contract from FAA under the EnRoute Technical Assistance Support Services (ETASS) program. The ETASS contract provides for engineering, program management and technical…

Business & GA

Jet Aviation Basel Selects Venue CMS for BBJ2

Jet Aviation Basel has selected the Venue HD cabin management system from Rockwell Collins for a narrow-body Boeing Business Jet (BBJ2). The announcement was made today at the First Annual Business Jet Interiors World…

Military

Boeing On Time, On Budget for Super Hornets, Growlers

Boeing on Wednesday provided a delivery update for its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters and EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft, saying the 257 aircraft have been delivered to the Navy on time…

ATM Modernization

LAN Flies GE-Designed PBN Flight Path in Peru

South American airline LAN Airlines flew Latin America's first continuously guided flight from takeoff to landing using Performance-based Navigation (PBN) technology, the airline said Thursday. The PBN flight plan between Cusco and Lima,…