Military

Honeywell Wins Air Force Pact

Honeywell won a $16.2 million contract modification with the U.S. Air Force to supply 199 embedded GPS/INS (EGI) units for the A-10, F-16, UH-60 and CH-47F platforms, and 9 EGI mounts for…

Military

Boeing Wins B-1B Contract

Boeing won a $45 million U.S. Air Force contract to upgrade the B-1B bomber's avionics software. Boeing said its engineers in Long Beach, Calif., and Oklahoma City produce upgraded B-1B avionics software…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

December 6-7 Airborne Early Warning and Battle Management Conference, One Whitehall Place, London. Visit www.iqpc.co.uk. 2008 February 19-24 Singapore Air Show, Changi Exhibition Center, Singapore. Contact (65) 6542 8660 or enquiries@singaporeairshow.com.sg. 24-26…

Business & GA

Engineering Pipeline Under Pressure

Avionics companies are preparing for what could be an engineering talent crunch in the coming years, as baby boomers retire and demand for qualified personnel jumps. Continuing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan,…

ATM Modernization

Commercial: Technology Lightens Aviation’s ‘Footprint’

Record temperatures, melting glaciers and a score of increasingly dire scientific reports are sparking worldwide concern about climate change. And governments and industries are feeling the heat. The growing importance of the…

Business & GA

The Art of Imitating Flight

Possibly more than in any other industry, simulation technology has found wide application in aviation, playing a role in avionics development and testing, airframe and engine analysis and every aspect of personnel…

Military

Product Focus: Mil-Std-1553

It’s been about 18 months since the introduction of a new standard for high-bandwidth data bus networking based on Mil-Std-1553 technology. How it’s gone since then for what’s become known as "Extended"…

ATM Modernization

New Products

Airborne Telecom TrueNorth Avionics, Ottawa, Canada, said its "Simphone Chorus" airborne telecommunications system won FAA supplemental type certification (STC) for initial installation on a Global Express business jet. TrueNorth said the system…