Military ITT Demonstrates Surveillance System ITT Corp., White Plains, N.Y., demonstrated a low-cost, broad area persistent surveillance system featuring commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components. Alexandria, Va.-based CenTauri Solutions chose ITT as its end-to-end payload and ground system provider…
Business & GA Phoenix Acquires Superior Avionics Phoenix Associates Land Syndicate will acquire Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Superior Avionics for $1.5 million in an all-cash transaction. Madisonville, La.-based Phoenix Associates is a public holding company, focused principally on the acquisition…
Business & GA EFW Wins ARH Contract EFW Inc., an Elbit Systems of America company, has been chosen by Bell Helicopter to supply the Data Transfer System (DTS) for the U.S. Army’s new Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH). Financial terms…
Military ITT Tests DIRCM System ITT, White Plains, N.Y., conducted an airborne demonstration of an integrated Pointer/Tracker, one of the key components for a Directed Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) system. The Pointer/Tracker, the basis of an integrated IR…
Business & GA Pascall Receives $1 Million in IFE Orders Emrise Corp., a manufacturer of defense and aerospace electronic devices and communications equipment, said its Pascall Electronics subsidiary received additional follow-on orders worth more than $1 million for its inflight entertainment and…
Commercial Boeing Rolls Out Dreamliner Boeing on Sunday rolled out a fully assembled 787 Dreamliner at a ceremony attended by 15,000 people at its Everett, Wash., assembly plant. Following the premiere, the first 787 Dreamliner will be…
Business & GA Gulfstream Display Retrofit STC Universal Avionics, Tucson, Ariz., received the first FAA supplemental type certificate for its EFI-890R Display retrofit into a Gulfstream G-III by IFR Avionics, in Van Nuys, Calif. The STC encompasses Gulfstream G-II,…
Military Boeing Unit Secures AESA Work Boeing subsidiary McDonnell Douglas was awarded a $90.2 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy for procurement of a newly developed, additional capability for the AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar.…