Business & GAQ&A: Honeywell Defense and Space After a decade of fighting overseas wars, the U.S. defense industry is undergoing some downsizing. Pentagon officials have declared the need for belt-tightening as it draws down troops from Afghanistan and Iraq.…
CommercialSensor Payloads There is no shortage of diversity in the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) market. There are UASs the size of Boeing 737s and handheld systems that weigh less than a pound. Most of…
Editor's NotePeople Mike Opheim Satcom Direct, of Satellite Beach, Fla., named Mike Opheim vice president of business aviation sales. Opheim brings with him nearly 30 years of experience in business aviation, with most of…
Embedded AvionicsBAE to Provide Flight Controls for KC-390 Embraer and the Brazilian air force selected BAE Systems to provide flight control electronics for the KC-390. Under the contract, BAE Systems will supply flight control computers and actuator control electronics. “This…
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…
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