Military

Lockheed Martin Wins Air Force Pact

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $7.3 million modified contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide software and hardware updates as required for the F-16 avionics test station located at the 46th…

Military

Northrop Grumman Scores Navy Work

Northrop Grumman is being awarded a $98.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy for Expeditionary Litening Pods (LPOD) precision targeting and sensor system, upgrades to existing pods, and integration of LPODs. The contract…

Military

Editor’s Note: UAVs Unabated

What a mood swing. Nigh on three months ago, we soldiered through the Paris Air Show, calling out the few bright spots at an otherwise glum centennial event. Last month’s Unmanned Systems…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Alaska Airlines Pursues ‘Greener Skies’ Project At Seattle-Tacoma Airport Carrier Alaska Airlines and partners have launched a "greener skies" initiative at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, incorporating Required Navigation Performance (RNP) approaches and…

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SWIM: NextGen’s IT Infrastructure

System Wide Information Management (SWIM), the IT component of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), is laying the technological infrastructure for the future airspace. Using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) systems, SWIM aims to…

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People

Rod Bissell QinetiQ North America, based in Huntsville, Ala., appointed Rod Bissell senior vice president of business development at its Systems Engineering Group, responsible for managing the group’s Aerospace & Missile Technology…

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Calendar

September 2-3 Search & Rescue Summit, featuring the Helicopter Heroism Award, sponsored by Rotor & Wing Magazine. Hyatt Regency Reston, Reston, Va. Visit www.aviationtoday.com/sar. 2-3 FAA/Air Transport Association International Symposium on Human…

Commercial

Q&A: Forging Consensus On Future Airspace

Margaret T. Jenny last month completed her first year as president of RTCA, Inc., a private, not-for-profit corporation that develops consensus-based recommendations for aviation communications, navigation, surveillance and air-traffic management. She succeeded…