MilitaryCurtiss-Wright Awarded Gripen Contract Curtiss-Wright was awarded a $15 million contract to supply rugged embedded digital signal processor modules for use on Saab's new Gripen Next Generation (NG) fighter. The contract, which runs from 2010 to…
MilitaryElbit Wins CV-22 Helmet Display Contract Elbit Systems U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, has been awarded a contract to supply Boeing with the CV-22 Color Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) for the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).…
Business & GAAspen Avionics SVS Wins Approval Aspen Avionics, based in Albuquerque, N.M., received FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval of Evolution Synthetic Vision (ESV) for Evolution Primary Flight Displays (PFD) and Multi-function Flight Displays (MFD). Evolution Synthetic Vision is…
Business & GAViaSat Completes South America Yonder Coverage ViaSat, of Carlsbad, Calf., completed the addition of Yonder high-speed Internet coverage for aviation over Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Columbia, Ecuador, and surrounding areas. ViaSat is adding this coverage in cooperation with…
MilitaryMercury to Supply AESA Processing Modules Mercury Computer Systems, of Chelmsford, Mass., received a multi-year contract from an undisclosed contractor to supply signal processing modules that will be used to field-upgrade active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar systems on…
Business & GAEditor’s note: FAA Shutdown Political wrangling shut down the FAA for 16 days this summer. Tens of thousands of FAA employees and construction workers responsible for maintaining and upgrading the U.S. airspace were told to stay…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan COMMERCIAL FAA Returns to Work Thousands of FAA employees and contractors returned to work Aug. 8 following a two-week partial agency shutdown after the expiration of the agency’s latest funding measure. Congress…
Business & GAAirlines Testing iPads as EFBs Airlines are taking their paperless cockpits a step further, deploying Apple iPads to operate as electronic flight bags (EFB) to display operating manuals, nav charts, flight checklists and more. A number of…