Military

Rockwell Collins Wins Air Force Contract

Rockwell Collins was awarded a $208.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide for the Senior Leadership Command Control, and Communications System - Airborne Communications program. Under terms of the contract, Rockwell…

Commercial

Septentrio, FreeFlight Form Strategic Partnership

FreeFlight Systems, of Waco, Texas, announced a strategic partnership with Septentrio Satellite Navigation, of Leuven, Belgium, to develop new GPS/SBAS receivers for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), required navigation performance (RNP) and LPV applications.…

Commercial

Aeroflex Gears Up for IPO

Aeroflex Holding Corp., the parent company of test equipment manufacturer Aeroflex Inc., said last week it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed…

Military

B-2 Radar Modernization Completes Phase

Northrop Grumman said Tuesday it successfully completed the system development and demonstration (SDD) phase of the B-2 Radar Modernization Program (RMP) for the U.S. Air Force. SDD includes the design, development, test…

ATM Modernization

FAA Expands Air Traffic Education Program

FAA said Monday added five colleges and universities to its Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI), bringing the total number of participating schools to 36 to help help recruit candidates for terminal…

ATM Modernization

Thales Awarded Watchkeeper Contract

The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded Thales U.K. the initial three-year support contract for the Watchkeeper Unmanned Air System (UAS) program. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed. Thales…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

April 6-7 RTCA Spring Symposium, “Bringing NextGen Into Focus,” Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C. For information, visit www.aviationtoday.com/symposium. 7-10 Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) International Convention and Trade Show, Gaylord Palms Resort &…

ATM Modernization

FAA Responds To Task Force

FAA on Jan. 31 published its response to recommendations of the RTCA NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force (Task Force 5). The Task Force report, published in September 2009, represents an industry consensus…