Editor's Note

Composite Webinar Adds Weber to Panel

Hans Weber, president of TECOP International, joined the panel for Aviation Today’s upcoming webinar, "Aircraft Composites: The Next Frontier How New Materials are Forever Changing Aviation," scheduled for Nov. 15 at 11…

Military

RADA Wins UAV Avionics Deal

Israel-based RADA Electronic Industries said it received a $720,000 purchase order to deliver various avionics units for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) application to an unnamed customer. Additional production orders expected to be…

Military

McDonnell Douglas Nabs AESA Contract

Boeing subsidiary McDonnell Douglas won an $11.2 million order from the U.S. Navy to upgrade 210 AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array radar to the B configuration (includes 114 retrofit and 96 production…

Business & GA

Enea in Merlin Pact

Stockholm-based Enea said Lockheed Martin U.K. selected its Polyhedra database management system for use in the Merlin Capability Sustainment Program (MCSP). Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Lockheed Martin UK…

Commercial

787 Management Shakeup

Less than a week after announcing delays in the 787 Dreamliner program, Boeing is shaking up the leadership of the program. Mike Bair, who has lead the program for the past three…

Commercial

TEAC Wins United Airlines Deal

TEAC Aerospace, Monterey Park, Calif., said it won a contract from United Airlines to provide its hard disk digital video reproducer on the airline’s fleet of Airbus 319/320 and Boeing 757, 767…

Commercial

Mexicana Airlines Picks Panasonic

Panasonic Avionics, Lake Forest, Calif., said Mexicana Airlines selected its overhead entertainment system for installation on nearly all of its narrow body aircraft. Financial terms were not disclosed. Mexicana Airlines is furnishing…

Military

Northrop Grumman Pursues E-8C Radar

Northrop Grumman said it is actively pursuing options to include Wide Area Surveillance (WAS) Multi-platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) radar on the U.S. Air Force's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar…