MilitaryVMETRO Wins F-35 II Contract Lockheed Martin awarded VMETRO a $660,000 contract to supply Vortex Data Recording systems to support its F-35 Lightning II test laboratory. Delivery will occur in 2008. The systems are based on VMETRO’s…
CommercialPhilippine Airlines to Use Teledyne System Teledyne Controls, El Segundo, Calif., will supply Philippine Airlines with its AirFASE system, a flight data monitoring system jointly developed by Teledyne Controls and Airbus. Financial terms were not disclosed. AirFASE will…
MilitaryRaytheon to Test Radar Technology The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory authorized Raytheon to demonstrate target recognition technology designed to increase protection for ground forces, the company said this week. First in a laboratory and then in…
MilitaryCurtiss-Wright in Processor Pact Curtiss-Wright Corp. was awarded an $8 million contract award by General Dynamics C4 Systems and Rockwell Collins to provide its general processor modules (GPM) for the Integrated Computer System (ICS) of the…
CommercialFAA Names NextGen Chief FAA established a new position to oversee the implementation of NextGen and speed up the modernization of the nation’s air traffic control system. Vicki Cox was named senior vice president of NextGen…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman's In-Flight Data Transfer Northrop Grumman said it accomplished the first-ever real-time download and distribution of sensor information from an F-22 Raptor fighter to F-15 and F-16 via an airborne network and an F-22 datalink. This…
CommercialAir New Zealand Selects Panasonic IFE Panasonic Avionics, Lake Forest, Calif., will provide its X Series in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems for 13 A320s and five B767s for Air New Zealand. Financial terms were not disclosed. The systems will…