Business & GAGoodrich Signs HUMS MOU With Sikorsky Helicopter Support Inc., the support and distribution company of Sikorsky, on Tuesday with Goodrich Corp., of Charlotte, N.C., to jointly promote a health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) for the global rotorcraft market. The…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Awarded ATP Contract Lockheed Martin has signed a $118 million foreign military sales contract to deliver Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP) and LANTIRN Enhanced Resolution (ER) navigation pods to the Turkish Air Force's F-16 Block…
ATM ModernizationEra System Selected for Frankfurt Airport Era a.s., based in Fairfax, Va., said its Squid vehicle tracking units have been selected for Germany's Frankfurt Airport. The company said 228 Squid units will support the airport’s advanced surface movement…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman, Army Hit RC-12X Milestone Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Army said it completed successful electromagnetic interference/electromagnetic compatibility (EMI/EMC) testing on the first RC-12X Guardrail, bringing the signals intelligence (SIGINT) system one step closer to providing mission-critical…
Business & GARockwell Collins Acquires AR Group Rockwell Collins said Monday it completed its acquisition of AR Group, Inc., and AR Group's affiliated companies, including Air Routing International, a provider of trip support services for business aircraft flight operations.…
ATM ModernizationNew Products ‘NAVPad’ Electronic Flight Bag AirGator, of Mount Kisco, N.Y., expanded its NAVPad family of electronic flight bags (EFB) with the addition of NAVPad 8X and 10X. The systems use the Intel ATOM…
ATM ModernizationProduct Focus: Connectors The design philosophy of ARINC’s connector working groups until recently has trended toward new generation connectors designed specifically for high-throughput in-flight entertainment (IFE) applications. The economic realities of commercial aviation, however, drive…
Business & GABusiness Climb-Out Last year was one of the worst years in recent memory for business aviation, leaving suppliers and manufacturers hopeful the bottom has been reached. However, even the most optimistic of forecasts predicts…