Business & GA

WSI, Avidyne Team Up

WSI Corp., Andover, Mass., is teaming up with Avidyne, Lincoln, Mass., to put a datalink weather receiver in the cockpit that is capable of receiving Sirius Satellite Radio programming. Avidyne is developing…

Military

L-3 Titan Wins EA6B Prowler Pact

L-3 Titan Corp., Marlton, N.J., won a $10.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy for engineering, technical and programmatic services for the Airborne Electronic Attack/EA6B Prowler Integrated Product Team. Work will be…

Business & GA

ARINC 429 Celebrates 30 Years

ARINC 429, the databus backbone for commercial aircraft, is celebrated its 30th anniversary Saturday. And despite drastic changes in the avionics industry in those three decades, this standard is still "alive and…

Commercial

Sandia Studies Sensors

Researchers at the Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M., say networks of sensors mounted on commercial aircraft might one day continually check for the formation of structural defects, and could reduce or…

ATM Modernization

Thales Announces ADS-B Milestones

Thales, one of the companies involved in bidding for FAA’s pending Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) contract, said it achieved several milestones for its ADS-B services. Industry teams led by ITT, Raytheon and…

Military

AESA Radar in Full Rate Production

Raytheon said its F/A-18 Super Hornet Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar is moving into full rate production following U.S. Navy approval. The company said the production of the AESA APG-79 line…

Military

Marines Transition to Shadow UAVs

United Industrial Corp. said its AAI Corp. subsidiary will help the U.S. Marine Corps transition to the Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft systems (TUAS). The Marine Corps, which is retiring its Pioneer UAV…

Military

GAO Backs C-130 AMP Reimbursements

Lockheed Martin, L-3 Communications and BAE Systems are entitled to reimbursement from the U.S. Air Force for proposal preparation costs associated with the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP), according to a Government…