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Northrop Grumman Awarded Air Force Contract

Northrop Grumman Space and Missions Systems, based in San Jose, Calif., was awarded a contract modification by the U.S. Air Force to provide a prototype sensor for the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper…

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Lockheed Martin to Provide Sensors to Army

The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $65 million contract for the continued modernization of the Apache helicopter's Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system. The total contract value…

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Editor's Note: Funding, Continued

Listening to satellite radio the other day while approaching Washington’s Capital Beltway, sometimes referred to as “the world’s largest parking lot,” I was reminded of President Obama’s proposal to invest $50 billion…

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Industry Scan

Avionics Webinar Panelists: Demand Grows For Cabin, Cockpit Connectivity The market for in-flight connectivity systems in business aircraft is “exploding,” with multiple providers offering new capabilities for the cabin and cockpit, panelists…

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People

EMS Aviation Appointments EMS Aviation named Clifford Topham vice president of sales and marketing. Topham most recently served in leadership positions in sales and business development for Rolls-Royce. Topham previously served as…

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Calendar

November 11-12 Joint AEEC EFB Users Forum and International Air Transport Association (IATA) EFB Task Force Meeting. Eurocontrol headquarters, Brussels, Belgium. For information, visit www.aviation-ia.com/events or call 410-266-4113. December 8 Issues in…

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Common Countermeasures

Rushed to combat theaters last year, laser-pointing Directed Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) protect U.S. helicopters from shoulder-launched missiles. The Army acknowledges the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures (ATIRCM) system on a Chinook defeated a…

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Closing NextGen’s ‘Business Case’

An investment group led by ITT Corp. has developed a novel funding mechanism aimed at supporting airlines in buying and installing NextGen avionics beginning in 2012. The funding mechanism, involving a mix…