Business & GA

Pro Line Fusion Selected for Learjet 85

Rockwell Collins will supply its Pro Line Fusion avionics suite for Bombardier's Learjet 85, the companies announced Monday. The announcement came from the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland.…

Military

VMETRO 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…

Commercial

Philippine 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…

Military

Raytheon 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…

Military

Curtiss-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…

Commercial

FAA 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…

Military

Northrop 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…