Business & GASikorsky Selects Universal's Data Recorder Sikorsky selected a Cockpit Voice/Flight Data Recorder (CVFDR) from Universal Avionics Systems as a forward-fit option for its S-76C++ and standard on S-76D commercial helicopters, the companies announced Thursday. Universal Avionics’ CVFDR-145R…
ConnectivityBoeing C-130 AMP Enters LRIP Boeing received the go-ahead to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP) of its C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP), the company said June 24. The company announced completion of a Defense Acquisition Board Milestone…
Embedded AvionicsBoeing 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…
ConnectivityNorthrop 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 AvionicsCurtiss-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 AvionicsBoeing 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 & GAHoneywell 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…
CommercialTiger 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…