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Business & GA

TerraMetrics to Develop Landing System

TerraMetrics, Inc., of Littleton, Colo., was awarded a two-year, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory to research and develop a system that will help make…

Business & GA

FreeFlight Upgrades Navigation Database

FreeFlight Systems, of Waco, Texas, released a 4 MB navigation database memory upgrade for its Approach Plus GPS Navigation Management Systems (including the I/O models) and equivalent legacy equipment with the Trimble…

Military

BAE Selected for EW Suite on F-15

BAE Systems was selected by Boeing to provide the Digital Electronic Warfare Suite (DEWS) for future international versions of the F-15. Boeing said it will offer the BAE Systems DEWS as an option for any…

Military

Rockwell Collins Awarded Air Force ATC Pact

Rockwell Collins was awarded a subcontract by the U.S. Air Force potentially worth up to $85 million to provide the SMART Blade Radio to upgrade the U.S. Air Force worldwide air traffic…

Military

Lockheed Martin Upgrades Romanian System

Lockheed Martin completed installation of an air defense and communications network modernization project for the Romanian Air Force, the company said Wednesday. Lockheed Martin said the project enhances the air defense and…

Commercial

Emrise Corp. Receives Power Supply Contract

Emrise Corp., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., received a $850,000 order from an unnamed "international integrator of electronics systems for commercial and military aviation markets" for power supplies for commercial aircraft. Shipments are scheduled…

Military

Hawk Mk51 Trainer Flies with CMC Avionics

CMC Electronics, of Montreal, announced last week that Patria Group of Finland flew a Hawk Mk51 trainer aircraft outfitted with its Cockpit 4000 integrated avionics suite. During the 100-minute flight from Halli…

Commercial

AEEC OKs 'MAGIC' Interface Development

Airlines, airframers and equipment manufacturers will look into developing a standard, IP-based communication management function that would accommodate dissimilar air-ground datalinks. Representatives to the AEEC General Session, meeting last week in Tulsa,…