CommercialPanasonic Avionics Wins 747-8 Pact Panasonic Avionics Corp., Lake Forecast, Calif., will supply its Cabin Services System (CSS) on every Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental airplane. Financial terms were not disclosed. In addition to this new contract, Panasonic also…
MilitarySELEX Selected for AESA Radar Pact SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems, Arlington, Va., was selected to provide its Galileo Seaspray 7500E active electronically scanned array (AESA) surveillance radar system for the U.S. Coast Guard’s HC-130H upgrade program. The…
CommercialVirgin Blue Selects Rockwell Collins Australian low-fare airline Virgin Blue selected Rockwell Collins to provide its EP-1000CT image generator and Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) projector-based visual system for its Boeing 777 simulator. Financial terms of the…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Wins UAV ISR Contract Northrop Grumman was awarded a $1.16 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to develop the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS), using the company’s RQ-4N platform. The contract is…
CommercialA380 Simulator Acheives Level D Certification An A380 Full Flight Simulator (FFS), manufactured by CAE, Montreal, achieved Level D certification, the highest qualification for flight simulators, by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and FAA. Airbus is using…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman in UAV Sensor Contract Northrop Grumman received a $79.4 million contract for Global Hawk Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensors to be carried on the RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial…
CommercialCompanies to Develop Fire Suppression System Life Mist Technologies, Paoli, Pa., entered into a product development and license agreement with Pacific Scientific HTL/Kin-Tech Division, Duarte, Calif., to develop a fire suppression system for use in aircraft. Under the…
Business & GAUniveral MFD Wins STC Universal Avionics Systems Corp., Tucson, Ariz., was issued a Part 25 Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for its MFD-640 Multi-Function Display. Chicago Jet Group, along with Delta Engineering of New Castle, Del., was…