Military

Northrop Grumman Delivers Navigation System

Northrop Grumman said the first unit of its fiberoptic gyro inertial navigation system — the LN-260 —  has been delivered to the U.S. Navy for flight testing on the F-5 Tiger II…

Military

AeroVironment Wins UAV Pact

AeroVironment, Monrovia, Calif., won a $16.4 million contract from the U.S. Army for logistical support of RQ-11 Raven unmanned aircraft systems. Under terms of the contract, the logistics services are to include…

Commercial

Cathay Pacific Selects Panasonic IFE

Panasonic Avionics said Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific Airways will use its in-flight entertainment (IFE) system on the airline’s long-haul fleet of Boeing 747-400s, Boeing 777-300ERs and Airbus A330s and A340s. Panasonic,…

Commercial

Starling Tests Ku Band Antenna

Starling Advanced Communication, Yoqneam, Israel, a provider of broadband antenna systems for in-flight applications, said its MIJET Ku band fuselage-mounted antenna for airliners achieved record performance for high bandwidth Web accessibility, VoIP…

Commercial

Lufthansa Systems Launches Web Monitoring System

Lufthansa Group subsidiary Lufthansa Systems, Kelsterbach, Germany, launched a Web-based in-flight aircraft performance monitoring system to help operators determine flight control efficiency. The Lido electronic Aircraft Performance Monitoring (eAPM) system enables an…

Military

McDonnell Douglas Wins Navy Contracts

Boeing subsidiary McDonnell Douglas received a $122.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for eight EA-18G Low-Rate Initial Production I (LRIP I) Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) kits and associated non-recurring engineering.…

Military

Honeywell Secures Display Contract

Honeywell won a $7.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for full rate production of 75 Advance Multi-Purpose Color Display (AMPCD) units for F/A-18C/D and AV-8B aircraft, including spares for the…

Business & GA

Curtiss-Wright Buys Components Supplier

Curtiss-Wright Corp. will pay $37.5 million to acquire IMC Magnetics Corp., a Tempe, Ariz.-based maker of solenoids, fans, motors and specialized products for aerospace, commercial and industrial applications. Curtiss-Wright, Roseland, N.J., said…