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Military

F-35 CatBIRD Shows Avionics Capability

Lockheed Martin said the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Cooperative Avionics Test Bed (CATBird) aircraft completed a series of avionics systems testing at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The two-week deployment at the base…

Military

Northrop Grumman Wins MQ-8B Pact

The U.S. Navy awarded Northrop Grumman a contract for its MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) program. The award is valued at $5 million the first…

Commercial

Goodrich Selected for A350 Video System

Goodrich Corp. will supply its external video system for the Airbus A350 XWB, a contract estimated to generate more than $1 billion in original equipment and aftermarket revenue over the life of the…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Antennas

New in-flight data and communications services on commercial airlines in the United States, Asia and Europe are driving development of smaller antennas with greater functionality for both data and voice. At the…

ATM Modernization

New Products

CompactPCI CPU Board Kontron, of Eching, Germany, introduced the Rugged Conduction-Cooled (RC) Kontron CP3210 CompactPCI CPU board. The board is described as ideal for applications requiring high processing power, including defense, aerospace,…

Commercial

Editor’s Note: ARINC IA Meetings

The AMC maintenance forum and the AEEC engineers consummated a merger of sorts with the first collocation of their annual meetings in recent times, an event held March 30 through April 2…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Airlines Air Laundry, Resolve Problems At Collocated AMC, AEEC Meetings The insider’s perspective on some of the latest developments in the airline industry was on display during the AMC and AEEC annual…

ATM Modernization

People

Sensis Corp. Appointments Sensis Corp., of Syracuse, N.Y., named Marc Viggiano chief operating officer. Viggiano was most recently senior vice president and chief strategy officer. In his new role, Viggiano is responsible…