Business & GAGulfstream Demonstrates Fly-By-Light System Gulfstream Aerospace demonstrated aircraft control using fiber-optic “Fly-By-Light“ (FBL) technology, the first time, the company said, that FBL has been tested on a primary flight-control surface of a Gulfstream business aircraft. During…
MilitaryRadar to Be Part of Fire Scout UAV Platform Radar will be incorporated onto Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV), the company said. Northrop Grumman first demonstrated radar capability on the RQ-8A Fire…
MilitaryRaytheon Awarded Airborne Sonar Contract Raytheon received two U.S. Navy contracts worth $89 million to provide the AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar system, the primary undersea warfare sensor for the U.S. Navy's MH-60R multi-mission helicopter. The airborne…
Business & GAInsitu UAV Completes Flight Test Insitu, based in Bingen, Wash., said its Integrator unmanned aircraft (UA) completed a flight test using its new software and avionics architecture. Athena Technologies, in Warrenton, Va., provided a customized autopilot system…
MilitaryITT Avionics Wins Air Force Contract ITT Avionics, based in Chandler, Ariz., was awarded a $78.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide its ALQ-211(V)4 Advanced Integrated Defense Electronics Warfare system on F-16s for Pakistan. The…
MilitaryRaytheon Wins AESA Contract Raytheon was awarded a contract to provide active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar systems for F-15C Eagle squadrons for the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard. The contracts with Boeing, worth…
CommercialHoneywell Awarded A350XWB Deal Honeywell was awarded a $1.5 billion contract to provide the Flight Management System (FMS) and the Aircraft Environment Surveillance System (AESS) for Airbus's new long-range, wide-body A350XWB aircraft. Honeywell's AESS includes the…
MilitaryMcDonnell Douglas Awarded EA-18G Pact Boeing subsidiary McDonnell Douglas won a $28.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for time critical parts in support of the EA-18G Low Rate Initial Production II (LRIP II) Airborne Electronic…
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