ATM Modernization

Sensis Awarded Airspace Research Contract

Sensis Corp., of Syracuse, N.Y., was selected by NASA for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) Super Density Operations Airspace Design (SDOAD) project. Sensis will develop airspace definitions, including procedures and routes,…

Business & GA

AgustaWestland Selects Meggitt Display

AgustaWestland selected a secondary flight display (SFD) from U.K.-based Meggitt Avionics for its AW101 medium lift, AW139 medium-sized, multi-role twin-engined and AB212 utility helicopters. Meggitt's iSFD is its third generation solid-state secondary flight…

Commercial

Unmanned UCAS-D Makes First Flight

The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command and Northrop Grumman announced the first flight Feb. 4 of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) aircraft, three and a half years after contract…

Commercial

Panasonic Signs LOI with COMAC

Panasonic Avionics Corp., of Lake Forest, Calif., signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) to provide communications systems for COMAC’s C919 aircraft, the companies said Friday.…

ATM Modernization

FAA Funds ADS-B For JetBlue A320s 

JetBlue Airways will equip up to 35 Airbus A320s with ADS-B capability, including the ACSS SafeRoute suite of ADS-B applications, in a demonstration funded with $4.2 million from FAA. The so-called partnership…

Business & GA

Eurocopter Opens North Sea Facility

Eurocopter on Tuesday officially inaugurated its new North Sea Service Center in Aberdeen, Scotland. The facility will be provide training, technical support and logistics facility in close proximity to helicopter operators who…

Embedded Avionics

Raytheon Awarded P-8A Radar Contract

Boeing has awarded Raytheon a low rate initial production contract to develop six long-range, multimission maritime and overland surveillance radars plus spares for its P-8A Poseidon. Financial terms of the contract were…

Business & GA

ITT to Begin Production of AN/ALQ-211

ITT Corp. was awarded a follow-on $37 million contract for full-rate production of the AN/ALQ-211 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite (AIDEWS), an integrated situational awareness and self-protection system to be installed…