Commercial

Thales Signs Reseller Agreement with Teledyne

Thales Avionics has signed a reseller agreement with Teledyne Controls, of El Segundo, Calif., whereby Thales will provide Teledyne’s Wireless GroundLink Quick Access Recorder (WQAR) to existing EQAR (Extended storage Quick Access Recorder)…

Military

Lockheed Martin Tests JAGM on Super Hornet

Lockheed Martin said Monday it has completed a series of tests to demonstrate the flight characteristics of the U.S. Navy's F/A-18E/F while carrying the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM). The flying qualities test…

ATM Modernization

Airbus Launches ATM Subsidiary

Airbus on Tuesday announced plans to launch a new air traffic management subsidiary, called Airbus ProSky, calling it a "channel through which Airbus will interact and develop ATM programs such as Single…

Business & GA

Lee County EMS Selects Becker Audio System

Lee County, Fla., has selected the DVCS6100 Digital Audio System from Becker Avionics, of Sarasota, Fla., for integration into its recently acquired Bell 430 twin-engine helicopter for its MEDSTAR emergency medial services…

Commercial

Esterline to Acquire Eclipse Electronic Systems

Esterline Corp., based in Bellevue, Wash., on Monday announced a $120 million acquisition of Eclipse Electronic Systems, Richardson, Texas, a supplier of signals intelligence and communications intelligence receiver hardware to the airborne…

Military

Raytheon Awarded F/A-18 AESA Radar Contract

Naval Air Systems Command has awarded a $52 million contract to Raytheon to produce APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars for F/A-18 Super Hornet. "Raytheon's high-performance AESA radar systems offer greater…

ATM Modernization

Editor's Note: Outcome Metrics

The NextGen horizon is one where the line between sky and ground fades to indistinguishable; pilot and air-traffic controller are privy to the same information, in real-time, and aircraft operations through shared…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

New Republican Leadership Faults NextGen Effort The new chairman of House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee promised “rigorous oversight” of the NextGen air-traffic modernization effort, following a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that…