CommercialInmarsat-4 Launch Date Set The long-awaited third Inmarsat-4 satellite will be launched Aug. 14, Inmarsat announced Tuesday. The launch will take place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and if successful will complete the global constellation…
CommercialXiamen Airlines Selects Rockwell Collins Rockwell Collins will provide a suite of avionics for 12 Boeing 737NGs for Xiamen Airlines. The deal also includes an option for an additional 25 aircraft. Delivery begins in 2009 and continues…
MilitaryBoeing Wins Air Force Contract Boeing was awarded a $14.9 million contract by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to develop technologies to enable airborne electronic attack from long distances. The contract includes systems engineering studies focusing…
CommercialSpirit Airlines Renews ARINC Datalink Pact Spirit Airlines, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., renewed its contract with ARINC, Annapolis, Md., for its GLOBALinkSM data link communications contract for an additional 5 years. Financial terms were not disclosed. Spirit Airlines, an…
MilitaryElbit to Supply Components for T-45 Trainer Boeing selected Elbit Systems as chief supplier of the Virtual Mission Training System (VMTS), which will integrate radar training into the U.S. Navy's T-45 Training System, the airframer said. VMTS simulates via…
CommercialITT Awarded Swedish ATC Contract ITT Corp., White Plains, N.Y., signed a $44.9 million contract with the Swedish Defence Material Administration for an upgrade of its PS-870 coastal/gapfiller radar systems, which automatically detects and tracks both surface…
CommercialEmrise Corp. Receives IFE Orders Emrise Corp., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., received $2.2 million in orders for in-flight entertainment equipment from an undisclosed U.S. customer. These orders were received by the company’s Pascall Electronics Ltd. subsidiary, which provides…
MilitaryRockwell Collins Wins U.K. Trainer Pact Rockwell Collins was awarded a $5.5 million contract for the sixth phase of the Mission Command Trainer (MCT) upgrade of the U.K. Army's Aviation Command and Tactics Trainer (ACTT). This phase of…
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