Boeing won a $6.8 million contract modification with the U.S. Navy to provide persistent intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance unmanned aircraft system services in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Global War on…
Rockwell Collins will pay an undisclosed sum to acquire Athena Technologies, Inc., a privately held company that develops and provides flight control and navigation solutions primarily to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)…
Boeing won a $24 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS) Full Rate Production four (FRP 4) for F-15E, JHMCS pilot equipment.
Consumer electronic influences and technological advances associated with the latest aircraft model types are spurring new display technologies in the cockpit. However, these advances, including 15-inch-displays and touch-screen technology, come with their…
The ARINC 818 "Avionics Digital Video Bus" standard was released in January 2007. Even before its official release, major programs by both Airbus (A400M military transport) and Boeing (787 Dreamliner) adopted the…
Building airborne electronic attack (AEA) capability into the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter/attack aircraft posed packaging and integration challenges for prime contractor Boeing and AEA subsystem integrator Northrop Grumman. Compared to…
A Scandinavian Airline System (SAS) Boeing 737 descends noiselessly to the threshold of Arlanda Airport at Stockholm, Sweden, having just completed a descent with engines at idle or nearly so. This is…
Universal Appointments Universal Avionics, Tucson, Ariz., made several management moves, including the appointment of a chief operating officer (COO). Paul DeHerrera (right), who most recently was vice president of marketing and product…