MilitaryAeroVironment Wins DARPA Contract AeroVironment, Monrovia, Calif., was awarded a $4.6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) capable of performing “hover/perch and stare” missions.…
CommercialCroatia Airlines Selects Rockwell Collins HGS Croatia Airlines selected Rockwell Collins’ HGS Head-up Guidance System for installation on its fleet of four Bombardier Q400s plus two aircraft options. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed. Rockwell Collins…
Business & GAThird I-4 Satellite Launched After a series of delays, Inmarsat launched its third I-4 satellite Monday, an event that completes the company’s global satellite network and will expand broadband satellite coverage over the Pacific Ocean. Broadband…
MilitaryC-5 Re-Engining Program Completes Test Lockheed Martin said its C-5 Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP) flight test team completed developmental testing of all three C-5 RERP test aircraft. The testing included verification of performance and reliability…
MilitaryAeroVironment Wins Army Raven Contract AeroVironment, Monrovia, Calif., was awarded a $17.8 million contract from the U.S. Army for additional initial spares packages of its Raven unmanned aerial system. Work will be performed in Simi Valley, Calif.,…
CommercialPark Air Systems Wins Serbia Contract Northrop Grumman’s Europe-based subsidiary, Park Air Systems, won a multi-million dollar contract by the Serbia and Montenegro Air Traffic Services Agency (SMATSA) for an air-ground radio system to provide VHF and UHF…
CommercialSensis ASDE-X System Operational in Detroit Sensis Corp., Syracuse, N.Y., deployed its Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X) at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport becoming the 13th U.S. airport to use the system. The system combines surface…
MilitaryRockwell Collins Wins Navy Radio Contract Rockwell Collins was awarded a $5.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for the production of AN/ARC-210(V) Electronic Protection Radio System for F-16s. This modification includes 74 RT-1851A(C) ARC-210 receiver-transmitter radios;…