CommercialBoeing to Close Wichita Facility By End of 2013 Boeing said Wednesday it will close its Defense, Space & Security (BDS) facility in Wichita, Kan., by the end of 2013. The Wichita facility currently employs more than 2,160 employees. "The decision…
MilitaryMercury Computer Systems Acquires KOR Electronics Mercury Computer Systems on Tuesday completed its acquisition of KOR Electronics, of Cypress, Calif., a supplier of digital RF memory technology used in a broad range of military aircraft. The acquisition also includes KOR's wholly…
CommercialElbit Systems Awarded Hermes 900 UAS Contract Israel-based Elbit Systems was awarded a $50 million contract to supply its Hermes 900 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to a governmental office of an undisclosed country in the Americas. The UAS will…
Editor's NoteNextGen Troubled? FAA’s multibillion-dollar Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) has had its share of setbacks in the last few months. From the departure of the FAA’s top official to numerous government reports questioning…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan AIA: Sluggish Economy, Defense Cuts to Hit Aerospace Industry Despite a sluggish overall economy and major cuts looming in the defense sector, the U.S. aerospace industry saw its eighth straight year of…
Business & GASlow Ascent The business aviation industry is bracing for what is forecast to be another slower-than-expected year in 2012, as the national economy struggles to come out of a recession. For the most part,…
Embedded AvionicsThrough Sand and Fog Avionics manufacturers are responding to the U.S. military’s need for technologies and systems to protect pilots indegraded visual environments (DVE), such as brownouts and whiteouts. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is…
Business & GACockpit Switches The growing influence of digital electronics on the flight deck is driving switch developers back to the drawing board. Already ceding territory to liquid crystal displays (LCD), traditional rotary and push button…
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