Commercial

DO-178 Industry Group Formed

Presagis, Montreal, and HighRely, Phoenix, formed a DO-178 Industry Group with the goal of providing tools and guidance in support of projects requiring RTCA DO-178B certification. The group said it looks to…

Military

Elbit Systems Awarded UAV Contract

Elbit Systems Ltd., based in Haifa, Israel, was awarded a $25 million contract from a “country in the Americas” to supply its Hermes 450 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems. The contract also…

Military

Lockheed Martin Acquires Aculight

Lockheed Martin completed its acquisition of Aculight Corp., Bothell, Wash., a manufacturer of laser-based systems for defense and aerospace customers. Financial terms of the transaction, which was announced in late July, were…

Commercial

Product Focus: Test Equipment

In one of the largest aircraft test equipment procurement contracts in recent memory, the U.S. Navy was in the process of writing a request for proposals (RFP) to replace the roughly 600…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

  With EDO Purchase ITT Is Poised For Bigger Piece Of EW Market ITT Corp. foresees double-digit annual growth of its Electronic Systems group, helped by the recent addition of the former…

Military

AESA’s Advantages

The operational launch of the F-22 Raptor clearly signaled a changing of the guard for the United States fighter force. Bristling with advanced sensors and weapons systems, the fifth-generation Raptor, along with…

ATM Modernization

New Products

Data Converter Certification AgiLynx, of Billerica, Mass., completed software verification and environmental and Electromagnetic Compatibility testing of its Lynx Series Protocol Converters, which are designed for airborne applications. The converter transfers data…

Business & GA

Satcom Solutions

The aeronautical satellite communications field, long dominated by Inmarsat, has seen Iridium grow at a rapid rate to become the most widely used network. But the race to restore the Ku-band connectivity…