Commercial

Embedded Overall

Despite driving key technologies in systems ranging from pacemakers to fighter aircraft, embedded software has not received nearly the recognition of high-profile enterprise applications. The embedded market “is not as big as…

Business & GA

Editor’s Note: Light Jets Burdened

One of the interesting subplots of this year’s National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention in Orlando was the state of the light-to-Very Light Jet (VLJ) sectors. A year ago, we were quoting…

Military

L-3 Communications Wins Navy Contract

L-3 Communications was awarded a $9.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to exercise an option for training support and up to 2,000 flight instructor hours on a Boeing 737 next-generation aircraft…

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…