Business & GA IS&S CEO Fired Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S), Exton, Pa., replaced its CEO Raymond J. Wilson with the company founder and chairman Geoffrey S.M. Hedrick. In a Sept. 9 filing with the Securities and Exchange…
Military Northrop Grumman Wins Navy Contract Northrop Grumman won a $7.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to definitize the previously awarded letter contract for engineering for the design and development of the Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures System…
Military Boeing Awarded AWACS Radar Pact Boeing was awarded a contract not to exceed $42 million for the initial phase of upgrading the radar on Saudi Arabia's fleet of five E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft.…
Commercial FAA OKs Jeppesen's RAIM Prediction Report Jeppesen, Englewood, Colo., received operational approved from FAA for its Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) prediction report, a technology developed to assess the integrity of GPS signals and the accuracy of airborne…
Commercial In-Flight Web Startup Secures Funds Wi-SKY LLC, Richmond, Va., said last week it secured an infusion of private equity funding, a move the company said will support final development and the 2009 rollout of its in-flight broadband…
Military Rockwell Collins in E-2D Trainer Pact Rockwell Collins was selected by the U.S. Navy to provide the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Integrated Training System for Aircrew (HITS-A). The initial contract award is $68 million, with a total target price…
Commercial Air France-KLM Chose Panasonic IFE Panasonic Avionics, Lake Forest, Calif., signed an agreement with Air France-KLM to provide its eX2 in-flight entertainment (IFE) system for 10 new B777-300ERs. The first aircraft is scheduled to enter service March…
Military Northrop Grumman Awarded Navy Contract Northrop Grumman was awarded a $32.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the procurement of three low rate initial production Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle air vehicle units. Work…