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…

Commercial

Jeppesen, Tyrolean Airways in Chart Contract

Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen has signed a five-year charting navigation service renewal agreement with Tyrolean Airways, a subsidiary of Austrian Airlines, to provide tailored paper charting service and digital Web access to Jeppesen…

Military

ThalesRaytheonSystems in Army Sensor Contract

ThalesRaytheonSystems has been awarded a $21.8 million contract by the U.S. Army to upgrade multiple AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel air defense radar systems, the Fullerton, Calif.-based company said Monday. The contract will upgrade the U.S.…