Military BAE Systems Awarded Air Force Contract BAE Systems has been awarded a $28.1 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide radar warning receiver systems for new C-130J transport aircraft. BAE Systems said its AN/ALR-56M radar warning receiver detects…
Commercial Chew Named to Era Board Era Corp., Reston, Va., named Russell Chew, former FAA chief operating officer (COO), to its board of directors. Chew is the current president and COO of JetBlue Airways, where he leads the…
Business & GA King Air C90GTi Certified by FAA Hawker Beechcraft Corp. obtained FAA certification for its King Air C90GTi, twin-turbine Beechcraft King Air 90 series aircraft. Introduced in May 2007, the King Air C90GTi upgrades includes the addition of the…
Military Raytheon Wins Radar Repair Work Raytheon was awarded a $34 million contract from the U.S. Navy for repair of components of the APG-65 and 73 radar system, which is used to support the F/A-18 aircraft. Work will…
Business & GA Alaska Considers Loans for Avionics Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin unveiled a plan last week to give low-interest loans to pilots to install advanced satellite-based avionics in their aircraft. The plan would act as part of a larger…
Commercial Thales to Supply A350 Avionics Thales will provide avionics and cockpit systems for Airbus’s new long-range, wide-body A350, a contract expected to generate up to $2.9 billion over the 20-year life of the contract. The package includes…
Military BAE Delivers UAV Sensors BAE Systems delivered five target detection systems to the U.S. Army for use on Shadow unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The company said the AURORA Generation IV remote sensing system, a lightweight, wide-area…
Commercial CAE Inks $44 Million in Contracts CAE signed contracts to manufacture full-flight simulators (FFS), and a suite of its Simfinity training devices, for Qantas, Hainan Airlines, Airbus, Atlas Air, Singapore Airlines and Virgin Blue. The contracts are valued…