Business & GAWest Star Completes Lear 60 Avionics Install West Star Aviation, of Grand Junction, Colo., completed the installation of various avionics systems on a Lear 60. The installation included the Dual Universal UNS-1Ew Flight Management Systems with WAAS (West Star…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Awarded F/A-18E/F Contract Lockheed Martin was awarded a $4 million contract by Boeing for the technology development phase of the F/A-18E/F Infrared Search and Track (IRST) program. The technology development contract follows a two-year pre-system…
Business & GAJet Public Selects Aircell System Jet Public, a European business jet operator based in Lisbon, Portugal, selected Aircell’s SwiftBroadband system for its fleet. Covering 110 systems, the order represents the largest SwiftBroadband system order ever placed, according to…
Business & GAEMS Satcom Delivers eNfusion System EMS Satcom delivered the first of its new single SwiftBroadband channel eNfusion HSD-Xi High-speed Data Terminal, installed on a U.S.-based Bombardier CL-605. The terminal adds one SwiftBroadband and one Swift 64 channel…
MilitaryCurtiss-Wright Controls Wins CH-53K Contract Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. was awarded a $22 million contract by Sikorsky Aircraft to supply the data concentrator units (DCU) for the CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter under development for use by the U.S. Marine…
MilitaryHEICO Acquires VPT Inc. HEICO Corp., based in Hollywood, Fla., announced plans Monday to acquire 82.5 percent of VPT, Inc., a Blacksburg, Va.-based provider of power conversion products for the military, space and commercial avionics end-market. Financial terms…
MilitaryL-3 to Develop UAS for U.S. Air Force L-3 Geneva Aerospace announced plans to develop an unmanned aerial system for the U.S. Air Force. The L-3 subsidiary was one of the companies awarded a Small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS) Research…
Business & GARaytheon Wins NextGen Study Contract A team led by Raytheon was awarded a $2.3 million contract to study the NextGen Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (ICNS) architecture and determine the National Airspace System's needs for 2018 to 2025. Raytheon…