Military

McDonnell Douglas Awarded Navy Work

McDonnell Douglas Corp. was awarded a $206.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for the procurement of 18 EA-18G low-rate initial production II Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) Kits, 3 EA-18G FY…

Business & GA

Universal Avionics Settles Patent Suit

Universal Avionics Systems, Tucson, Ariz., this week reached a settlement in its synthetic vision technology patent dispute with Optima Technology Group, Inc., San Jose, Calif., in U.S. District Court in Arizona. Universal…

Military

Northrop Grumman Receives Litening Order

Northrop Grumman received a $120 million contract order for delivery of Litening Gen 4 targeting and sensor systems and related equipment to support the Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve Command and…

Commercial

Sensis to Deploy Monitoring System at JFK

Sensis Corp., Syracuse, N.Y., was awarded a contract by the Department of Transportation to provide its Web-based Aerobahn surfacing monitoring service to FAA at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). FAA will…

Military

Northrop Grumman Demonstrates UAV Radar

Northrop Grumman demonstrated radar capability on its MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Air System (VUAS), designated P6. The flight, which took place Sept. 19 at the Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., test center,…

Military

Raytheon Awarded Navy Contract

Raytheon was awarded a $7.9 million definite quantity delivery order contract from the U.S. Navy for spare items in support of the F/A-18 advanced targeting forward infrared (ATFLIR) system. Work will be…

Business & GA

Eclipse to Build Russian Factory

Eclipse Aviation, Albuquerque, N.M., on Tuesday said it secured financing and regulatory approvals to begin construction of a factory in Ulyanovsk, Russia, to assemble its Eclipse 500 very light jet (VLJ). The…

Business & GA

DayJet Discontinues Operations

Air taxi operator DayJet abruptly ceased operations Sept. 19, citing both an inability to obtain financing and supplier Eclipse Aviation’s failure to install missing equipment and make needed repairs. The Part 135…