MilitaryITT To Acquire EDO Fresh from winning FAA’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) contract, ITT Corp. said it will pay $1.7 billion to buy New York City-based EDO Corp. EDO designs and develops advanced systems for…
CommercialRow 44 to Use AeroSat Components Row 44, Westlake Village, Calif., will use satellite antenna and additional RF components from AeroSat Corp., Temple, N.H., for its aviation broadband system. Under the agreement, AeroSat will provide two-way KU-band antennas…
CommercialAirCell, Virgin America Partner for In-Flight Web AirCell said it is partnering with Virgin America to offer broadband Internet services in 2008 for passengers traveling in the continental United States. AirCell, Louisville, Colo., said the new service will allow…
MilitaryRaytheon Wins UAV Pact Raytheon won an $86 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide targeting systems and spares for the Predator/Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle program. The contract provides for 27 Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems…
MilitaryEurocopter Selects L-3 IR Sensor L-3 Communications’ WESCAM subsidiary has been selected by Eurocopter Deutschland (ECD) to provide 12 MX-15i electro-optic/infrared imaging sensors to the French Gendarmerie military police force. System deliveries are scheduled to begin in…
Business & GAWAEA Names New Director The World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) named Richard Owen its new executive director. Owen, a trade association executive with more than 15 years of related experience, takes over at the McLean, Va.-based…
MilitaryBAE Tests Airborne Health Management System BAE Systems said it completed a flight test of its automated damage detection system, which the company said is an important step toward creating a self-inspecting aircraft. The Advanced Structural Health Monitoring…
ATM ModernizationNorthrop Grumman Wins ATC Contract Northrop Grumman said its subsidiary, Park Air Systems, will provide an air traffic control (ATC) system to Hawler International Airport, in Erbil, Iraq, under Turkish prime contractor Mak-Yol, Inc. Under the $3.2…