Embedded Avionics

Boeing to Upgrade KC-10 Cockpits

Boeing received a $216 million, five-year contract from the U.S. Air Force to upgrade its 59-jet KC-10 tanker fleet with a new communication, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management (CNS/ATM) system, the…

Connectivity

Northrop Grumman Tests F-35 AESA Radar

Northrop Grumman said Tuesday its APG-81 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar met and exceeded its performance objectives successfully tracking long-range targets as part of the first mission systems test flights of…

Embedded Avionics

Curtiss-Wright Acquires U.K. Company

Curtiss-Wright Corp., of Charlotte, N.C., will spend $22 million to acquire Specialist Electronics Services, Ltd., of Camberley, U.K., the company announced Tuesday. With estimated 2010 sales of about $9 million, SES designs and…

Embedded Avionics

Boeing B-1 Begins Flight Tests

Boeing said Monday it has begun flight tests for a B-1 Lancer bomber upgraded with new digital avionics for the aft cockpit, including a line-of-sight Link 16 data link. The B-1 Fully…

Business & GA

Honeywell Selected for Citation X Avionics

Honeywell's Primus Elite avionics platform as well as an upgraded cabin management system were selected for Cessna's new Citation X business jet, beginning in 2011. Cessna said the Primus Elite will also…

Commercial

Tiger Airways Selects Honeywell Avionics

Honeywell will provide its full suite of safety avionics, including its IntuVue 3-D weather radar, for Tiger Airways new A320s in a multi-million dollar contract. The agreement covers up to 50 new…

Commercial

Panasonic, Virgin Atlantic Expand IFE 

Panasonic Avionics announced an expanded agreement with Virgin Atlantic Airways on Wednesday to supply its eX2 in-flight entertainment system and eXPhone communications system on the airline's fleet of A330s. Under terms of the…

Military

Mercury Computer to Supply BAMS Processor

Mercury Computer Systems, based in Chemsford, Mass., was awarded a contract from Northrop Grumman to supply its multicomputer products and services for the U.S. Navy Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) Program. According to Thursday's…