MilitaryBoeing Receives B-52 Contract Boeing received a $750 million, 10-year contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide engineering support for the B-52 bomber. Under the Engineering Sustainment Program (ESP) contract, Boeing will perform engineering assignments…
MilitaryRaytheon Awarded Navy Contract Raytheon was awarded a $22.6 million contract for 151 electro-optical sensor unit weapon replaceable assemblies (WRA) from ATFLIR pods or spare deliveries; 154 laser WRAs from ATFLIR pods or spare deliveries; 154…
MilitaryData Link Solutions Wins Navy Contract Data Link Solutions (DLS), a joint venture of Rockwell Collins and BAE Systems, was awarded a $28.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide its Multi-functional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminals…
CommercialEditor’s Note It’s auspicious for NextGen that new FAA Administrator J. Randolph "Randy" Babbitt chose to make his first public speech outside of Congress at the RTCA Symposium in June. Babbitt is not a…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Pilot Report: Bendix/King AV80R Portable Multifunction Display The day finally arrived and here it was — a new Bendix/King AV80R portable MFD. The unit came with a 4GB SD card, which contained…
CommercialNovAtel Signs WAAS Receiver Pact With FAA NovAtel Inc., based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, signed a $9.7 million contract with FAA to develop the next generation Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) reference receiver, the GIII receiver. The receiver program, which is…
Business & GAGoodrich Selected for Learjet 85 Goodrich was selected to provide its SmartProbe air data system for Bombardier's Learjet 85 midsize business jet. Goodrich said its SmartProbe system provides air data parameters to the aircraft’s flight control, pilot display…
ATM ModernizationAvionics Magazine To Host RNP Webinar Avionics Magazine will host an on-line panel discussion on Required Navigation Performance (RNP) on Tuesday, June 30, at noon ET. The hour-long Webinar, “Required Navigation Performance: Operations and Equipment,” will be interactive,…