Business & GAAmetek Acquires Two Aerospace Companies Ametek Aerospace & Defense said it is buying two privately held aerospace businesses that serve the business jet, regional jet and helicopter markets. Financial terms of the two deals were not disclosed.…
CommercialContinental to Use TDG’s Fault Interrupter TDG Aerospace, Escondido, Calif., said Continental Airlines is set to install its Universal Fault Interrupter (UFI) on airline’s fleet of Boeing 757-200 and -300 aircraft. The UFI is designed to protect the…
MilitaryBAE, U.S. Navy Recognized by DoD The U.S. Navy and BAE Systems received a Department of Defense Value Engineering Achievement Award for improving the performance of a radar and communications jammer, the company said. The award recognizes a…
CommercialLuxell CEO Resigns Luxell Technologies, a Canadian provider of ruggedized flat panel display systems, said CEO Alec Couckuyt resigned. No further details of the resignation were available. The company appointed David Pasieka as interim CEO.…
MilitaryData Link Tests MIDS-JTRS Data Link Solutions and the MIDS JTRS Industry and Military Team conducted a live demonstration of the Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS-JTRS). Data Link Solutions, which was established…
MilitaryRaytheon Wins $16.6 Million Radar Logistics Contract Raytheon received a $16.6 million order for performance based logistics (PBL) support of its ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receiver system, which protects crews of U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F carrier-based tactical aircraft. The contract encompasses…
CommercialThe Dreamliner, in Control Using synergy developed with the avionics side of its parent company, Rockwell Collins’ Electromechanical Systems Division (EMS) is expecting to nearly double its business in the next five years, thanks in part…
Business & GAQ&A: NLR: The Leading Edge of European Research Jacco M. Hoekstra is head of the air transport division of the Nationaal Lucht-en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium (NLR), the National Aerospace Laboratory of the Netherlands. In this capacity, he oversees 140 researchers engaged in…