Business & GA Gulfstream Gets EASA OK for RNP-SAAAR Gulfstream Aerospace received approval from European regulators to retrofit any of its four in-production large-cabin Gulfstream aircraft models with Synthetic Vision-Primary Flight Display (SV-PFD). EASA also approved Gulfstream’s PlaneView-equipped business jets –…
Commercial Jeppesen to Provide RNP Consultant Services FAA granted approval to Jeppesen, Englewood, Colo., to provide qualified Required Navigation Performance (RNP) consultant services to the aviation industry. The approval, Jeppesen said, allows it to guide airlines and other aircraft…
Business & GA GA’s ‘Banner’ Year Despite overall economic uncertainty and continued financial woes for the airlines, the general aviation sector is poised for another banner year in 2008, according to the Aviation Electronics Association (AEA) president. Kicking…
Military Northrop Grumman to Develop UAV Radar Northrop Grumman was selected by the U.S. Army to produce a multi-function radar for the Extended Range/Multi-Purpose Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Radar program. Under the terms of the initial $42 million contract…
Military Harris Wins Airborne Radio Contract Harris Corp., Melbourne, Fla., is providing its new RF-7800W high-capacity line-of-sight radios to a U.S. government’s Real Time Airborne Management System (RAMS) for emergency scenarios. Financial terms were not disclosed. The radios…
Military Rockwell Collins Awarded E-6B Pact Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, won a $22.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the engineering, installation and test of the internet protocol and bandwidth expansion on one E-6B aircraft. Work…
Commercial Panasonic Avionics Wins 747-8 Pact Panasonic Avionics Corp., Lake Forecast, Calif., will supply its Cabin Services System (CSS) on every Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental airplane. Financial terms were not disclosed. In addition to this new contract, Panasonic also…
Military SELEX Selected for AESA Radar Pact SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems, Arlington, Va., was selected to provide its Galileo Seaspray 7500E active electronically scanned array (AESA) surveillance radar system for the U.S. Coast Guard’s HC-130H upgrade program. The…