CommercialAeroflex Inks Deal in China Aeroflex, Wichita, Kan., is partnering with Ameco Beijing (Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corp.) to provide a local service center for Chinese customers, an attempt to capitalize on the rapidly growing avionics market…
CommercialAir China Approved for RNP on A319 Fleet Air China received approval to conduct required navigation performance (RNP) operations with its Airbus A319 fleet. Naverus, which manufactured the system, said last week an Air China A319 departed Lhasa, China, using…
MilitaryBoeing Wins Antenna Contract Boeing received a $20 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide antennas for the E-3 military airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft. The antennas, which are located in the…
CommercialJeppesen Participates in RNP Pilot Program Jeppesen, Englewood, Colo., has been invited by the FAA to participate in a pilot program that will allow third-party vendors to develop, quality assure, flight test and maintain Required Navigation Performance (RNP)…
MilitaryBAE Wins Amplifier Development Deal BAE Systems received an $8 million contract to develop high-power amplifier technology capable of guarding U.S. forces against radar-guided missile threats. Under a contract with the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, with funding…
MilitaryMetronor to Develop HMD for Gripen Norway-based Metronor AS and Saab signed an agreement to develop and adapt an electro-optical system for boresight/harmonization of the helmet tracker system for the Saab Gripen fighter’s Helmet Mounted Display and Sight…
MilitaryBAE Wins EA-6B Contract BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration won a $52.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy for support of the EA-6B aircraft. The company said it will supply 36 Low Band Transmitters,…
Business & GAAerosonic Buys Op Technologies Aerosonic Corp., of Clearwater, Fla., said it will acquire Op Technologies, an Oregon-based developer and manufacturer of glass cockpit displays. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Aerosonic, which supplies precision…