Business & GA

Inflight Entertainment

Most business sectors within avionics typically see one or two major technology and/or customer demand trends in any given year. But with as many as three or four distinct trends and developments…

Military

VSI Wins Boeing Contract

Vision Systems International, San Jose, Calif., was awarded a $17 million initial contract from Boeing for the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) in 145 F-15E Strike Eagles. The contract includes dual-seat…

Business & GA

Garmin Equips Helicopters with ADS-B

Garmin, Olathe, Kan., equipped six Kansas City, Mo.-area law enforcement and news helicopters with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) avionics. The Kansas City Police Department equipped three OH-6s (military surplus Hughes 500), and…

Military

Portugal to Deploy Northrop Grumman Pod

The Portuguese air force selected Northrop Grumman's Litening Advanced Targeting (AT) system for its F-16 Advanced Targeting Pod upgrade program. Under the terms of the contract, Northrop Grumman will deliver 12 targeting…

Military

Curtiss-Wright in FCS Development Phase

Curtiss-Wright Corp., Roseland, N.J., will participate in the development and demonstration phase of the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems' (FCS) Integrated Computer System (ICS) program. Under terms of the $4.25 million contract…

Commercial

EMS Technologies Acquires Sky Connect

EMS Technologies will pay $15.5 million to acquire Sky Connect, Takoma Park, Md., a move EMS said will enable it to build an Iridium services-based business for the commercial and military aviation…

Commercial

Airbus Selects Rockwell Collins for A350 XWB

Rockwell Collins will supply information management and navigation capabilities for the Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, the companies announced Wednesday. Rockwell Collins will provide its Information Management Onboard solution, which is a hosting…

Business & GA

Eclipse Aviation CEO Steps Down

Vern Raburn, founder and CEO of very light jet manufacturer Eclipse Aviation, Albuquerque, N.M., stepped down, under terms of a new round of financing for the company. Eclipse Roel Pieper will become…