Military

Elbit Systems Awarded HUD Contract

Elbit Systems Ltd., Haifa, Israel, was awarded a contract to supply ANVIS/Head-Up Display (HUD) systems for the Israeli Air Force Blackhawk and CH 53 helicopters. The project is scheduled to be completed within 2009,…

Commercial

China Cargo Airlines Selects Rockwell Collins

China Cargo Airlines selected Rockwell Collins to provide a package of communication, navigation and surveillance avionics for 10 Boeing 777 aircraft. Deliveries of these aircraft are scheduled to begin in December 2009…

Commercial

Esterline Sells Muirhead Subsidiary

Esterline Corp., of Bellevue, Wash., announced Monday it is selling its U.K.-based Muirhead Aerospace subsidiary to AMETEK, Paoli, Pa. Esterline said it anticipates an after-tax gain on the sale of about $16…

ATM Modernization

Sensis to Deploy Multilateration in Montreal

Nav Canada announced plans to deploy a multilateration system for surface surveillance from Sensis, Syracuse, N.Y., Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. The contract also calls for the airport to use Sensis…

Military

AeroVironment Awarded Army UAV Contract

AeroVironment, Monrovia, Calif., was awarded $5.8 million contract from the U.S. Army to procure research, development, test & evaluation digital data link effort for the Raven RQ-11B unmanned aircraft System. Work will be…

Commercial

FAA Signs Contract with Honeywell, ACSS

FAA signed a $9 million agreement with Honeywell and Aviation Communications & Surveillance Systems (ACSS) to accelerate testing and installation of Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) technology. Acting FAA Administrator said the contracts…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Primus Epic Suite Lets Helicopter Pilots Be Flight Managers Honeywell wants to promote pilots of advanced helicopters to the same status long enjoyed by their fixed-wing brethren: flight manager as opposed to…

ATM Modernization

People

Michael Toscano The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), in Arlington, Va., named Michael Toscano executive director. Toscano most recently was chairman of the Physical Security Equipment Action Group (PSEAG) and…