MilitaryMercury Computer Awarded Predator Contract Mercury Computer Systems, based in Helmsford, Mass., was awarded a $2.7 million product order from General Atomics to provide its RACE++ Series rugged computing modules for the Predator unmanned aircraft system (UAS) Lynx Block…
Business & GARockwell Collins Tests WAAS LPV System Rockwell Collins said Monday it had successfully completed flight testing of a Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance (LPV) system for Hawker 800XP aircraft equipped with Rockwell Collins' Pro…
CommercialSensis Part of FAA Runway Safety Program FAA selected a Low Cost Ground Surveillance (LCGS) system from Sensis Corp., Syracuse, N.Y., as part of its LCGS Pilot Program, a FAA initiative to reduce runway incursions at small- and medium-size airports. FAA…
CommercialNew Members Added to Biofuels Group Alaska Airlines, British Airiways, Cathay Pacific, TUIfly and Virgin Blue have been added to the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group, an airline-led industry working group formed to accelerate the use of biofuels in…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Awarded F-16 Pact Lockheed Martin was awarded contracts worth a total of $33 million from the U.S. Air Force to provide Air Force and Air National Guard pilot training for the F-16. Under terms of…
MilitarySecond E-2D Enters Next Phase of Tests Northrop Grumman said its second E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, known as Delta Two, has moved on to the next stage of flight testing, transitioning to Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland in…
CommercialAlaska Airlines Tests RNP in Seattle Alaska Airlines and its sister carrier Horizon Airlines began testing required navigation performance (RNP) at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in June in a bid to reduce emissions and flight-path length. The project, dubbed "Greener…
Business & GABlue Mountain Avionics Ceases Operations Blue Mountain Avionics (BMA), a Copperhill, Tenn.-based manufacturer of electronics for the experimental and light sport aircraft market, has ceased production, citing the lagging economy, according to an announcement on the company's…