CommercialCurtiss-Wright Acquires Acra Control Curtiss-Wright will pay $61 million to acquire ACRA Control, Ltd., of Dublin, Ireland, a supplier of data acquisition systems and networks, data recorders and telemetry ground stations for both defense and commercial…
Business & GATTTech Selected for BAE Flight Computer TTTech, of Austria, said Tuesday it was selected by BAE Systems to provide commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products, based on the Time-Triggered Protocol (TTP), for flight computers in Embraer's fly-by-wire system, designed for…
CommercialNNSA Selects IS&S for Cockpit Upgrade The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) placed a $5 million order with Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S), of Exton, Pa., for the complete systems integration and cockpit avionics upgrade of its B737-400 Classics.…
ATM ModernizationFAA Shutdown Drags Into Sixth Day FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt Construction and technology contractors for airport infrastructure modernization projects have been told to stay home this week as the partial FAA shutdown enters its sixth day. The agency furloughed more…
Business & GAAnderson Air Selects EMS Aspire System Photo courtesy EMS Aviation Vancouver, British Columbia-based Anderson Air has selected the Aspire 200 LG airborne communications system from EMS Aviation for its Cessna Sovereign aircraft. Anderson Air operates the aircraft for a Canadian company.…
CommercialSensor-Equipped Global Hawk Completes Flight Photo courtesy Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman's RQ-4B Block 40 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) completed its first full system flight with the AN/ZPY-2 Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor. The flight…
ATM ModernizationAirbus to Acquire Metron Airbus will pay an undisclosed sum to acquire Metron Aviation, of Dulles, Va., a provider of air traffic management products and services. The acqusition is expected to be completed later this year.…
CommercialRockwell Collins Awarded KC-10 Contract The U.S. Air Force awarded Rockwell Collins a $160 million contract to provide systems integration and avionics for the KC-10 Communication, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) Cockpit Modernization Program. Under terms of…