Commercial Lion Air to Use Honeywell Avionics Indonesian airline Lion Air selected Honeywell to provide next-generation weather radar and other avionics systems for up to 60 new Boeing B737NG aircraft. Lion Air selected Honeywell’s RDR-4000 next-generation windshear/weather radar system…
Military Northrop Grumman Wins C-5 Contract The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $10 million contract to provide technical services for the C-5 Galaxy's Avionics Modernization Program. The five-year contract has a base year with four one-year…
Military HMDS Flies on JSF A Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS) made by Rockwell Collins joint venture Vision Systems International (VSI) flew for the first time on an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. VSI, a joint venture…
Military Navy Awards UAV Pact The U.S. Navy awarded an $8.4 million contract to Pedigree Technologies, Fargo, N.D., for the research and development of Electro-Optical Radio Frequency and Acoustic Sensors for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle platforms. Work will…
Business & GA L-3 to Supply Recorders for Phenoms L-3 Communications Aviation Recorders, a Sarasota, Fla.-based division of L-3 Communications, said it was selected by Embraer to supply Combination Voice & Data Recorder (CVDR), Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data…
Military Global Hawk Completes Strength Tests Northrop Grumman said it completed three significant fuselage and empennage strength tests of the RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance system. The tests were conducted at subcontractor Innovative Engineering Solutions'…
Military API Nanotronics Division Nets $1.2 Million in New Orders API Nanotronics Corp., a Hauppauge, N.Y.-based supplier of electronic components to the defense and communications sectors, said its Filtran Ltd. division received more than $1.2 million in new orders in March. The…
Business & GA Lital S.p.A Changes Name Northrop Grumman said its Italy-based navigation systems subsidiary, Lital S.p.A, changed its name to Northrop Grumman Italia S.p.A. The name change, the company said, was done to “optimize its branding and strengthen…