Military

Rockwell Collins’ CAAS Ready for Deployment

Rockwell Collins said its Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) in the Boeing CH-47F cockpit was declared operationally ready for deployment by the U.S. Army. The first CAAS-equipped platform, the MH-47G, completed final…

Military

Textron to Buy UIC

Textron, Providence, R.I., said it will spend $1.1 billion to acquire unmanned aircraft vehicle manufacturer United Industrial Corp. (UIC), based in Hunt Valley, Md. The board of directors of both companies approved…

Military

Skyquest Aviation Wins Selex Contract

Skyquest Aviation, a U.K.-based manufacturer of video equipment for airborne surveillance aircraft, said it won a contract to design and build a Smart PC display system for SELEX Sensors & Airborne Systems…

Business & GA

BizAv Expected to Soar

The boom is business aviation is expecting to continue through 2008 as a flood of new jets hit the market and robust international demand lifts the market, according to Honeywell’s annual business…

Military

ViaSat Wins Air Force Contract

ViaSat, Carlsbad, Calif., received an $18.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the continued development of the Joint Communication Simulator (JCS). This award extends the JCS capabilities at three locations…

Military

Sikorsky to Use Honeywell HUMS on S-76C

Honeywell said its EVXP Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) has been certified by the FAA and selected by Sikorsky Aircraft as a standard option for the S-76C helicopter. Honeywell said the…

ATM Modernization

ASDE-X Operational in Charlotte

Sensis Corp., Syracuse, N.Y., said its Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X system (ASDE-X) at Charlotte, N.C., Douglas International Airport is operational. ASDE-X uses a combination of surface movement radar, transponder multilateration…

Business & GA

TerraMetrics Wins SVS Contract

Littleton, Colorado-based TerraMetrics won an Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to investigate and develop a synthetic vision system (SVS) for helicopter pilots. Financial terms of the contract…