Business & GAEADS to Supply Avionics for Army UH-72As The U.S. Army has awarded EADS North America a $67 million contract for the supply of Mission Equipment Packages (MEP) on UH-72A Lakota Light Utility helicopters to be operated by Army National…
Business & GAGarmin Unveils King Air Retrofit Program Garmin announced a G1000 avionics suite retrofit program for the King Air 300 and King Air 350. The airframes are expected to receive Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for a G1000 retrofit installation…
CommercialBAE Awarded Silver Fox UAS Contract BAE Systems has received a $3.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide engineering, training and other services for the continued use of its Silver Fox unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).…
CommercialSingapore Airlines Selects OnAir Singapore Airlines selected the in-flight connectivity system from OnAir, a joint venture between Airbus and SITA, for its fleet. The airline will roll out services as early as 2011. These will be introduced progressively…
ATM ModernizationNorthrop Grumman Wins U.K. MoD ATC Contract Northrop Grumman's Europe-based air traffic management systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, has been awarded a contract by the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD) to provide a ground-to-air voice radio system…
CommercialCAE Awarded Simulator Contracts CAEannounced the sale of four CAE 7000 Series full-flight simulators and related CAE Simfinity training devices valued at $63.7 million: an Airbus A380 FFS and a Boeing 777-300ER (extended range) FFS to…
CommercialProduct Focus: Displays It’s getting increasingly rare for aerospace technology to drive other markets. It’s usually the other way around — a technology developed and proven in the commercial, retail market, for example, eventually works…
ATM ModernizationPerspectives: Flow Management Some readers may not be clear about the significant role Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) will play in virtually all aspects of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). However, as I…