Military

BAE Awarded Countermeasures Work

BAE Systems received its first Full Rate Production contract, worth $36.7 million, for its ALE-55 Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures subsystem from U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), the company announced Wednesday. "This…

Commercial

Army Places Raven UAS Order

AeroVironment, based in Monrovia, Calif., received a $6.9 million order from the U.S. Air Force under an existing contract with the U.S. Army for new digital Raven small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and…

ATM Modernization

Huerta: Globalization Key to NextGen, SESAR

Global industry partners must work together to achieve air traffic modernization and harmonization, according to FAA Deputy Administration Michael Huerta. Speaking Friday at the ICAO Global Air Navigation Industry Symposium (GANIS) in Montreal, Huerta said…

Business & GA

V-22 Software Upgrade Improves Performance

Photo courtesy Naval Air Systems Command A small software tweak is improving the operational performance of the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor, according to tests performed by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). NAVAIR said…

Commercial

Astronics Completes In-Seat Power Installation

Astronics Corp., based in East Aurora, N.Y., said it has successfully installed and certified its In-Seat Power System. The latest addition to the EmPower line of products, the 1191-3X, provides 110VAC at up to…

Commercial

Saab to Supply Avionics for Cassidian's UAS

Saab will supply the safety critical avionics equipment for Cassidian's Talarion unmanned aircraft system (UAS), the companies announced Thursday. The order includes design and development of the Aircraft Vehicle Management Computer (AVMC),…

Military

Cobham Awarded Navy Transmitter Contract

Cobham has been awarded a $16.9 million contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to manufacture the AN/ALQ-99 Low Band Transmitter-Antenna Group for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps EA-6B and…

Business & GA

Precision Aviation Group to Acquire ATI

Atlanta-based Precision Aviation Group (PAG) on Wednesday announced plans to acquire Aero Technology (ATI), of Long Beach, Calif., a MRO services provider of accessories, avionics and instruments. Financial terms of the acquisition were…