CommercialBlakey Sets ADS-B Contract Date FAA will award the contract for the ground infrastructure of Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) contract by Aug. 30, Administrator Marion Blakey said last week at the Experimental Aviation Association show in Oskosh,…
MilitaryITT Wins Air Force Contract ITT Corp.’s Advanced Engineering and Sciences Division won a $19.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide sensor research under the Electro-Optical Sensor Technology and Evaluation Research (ESTER) program. According…
CommercialSensis Deploys ASDE-X System in Louisville Sensis Corp., East Syracuse, N.Y., said its Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X system (ASDE-X) at Louisville (Ky.) International Airport is operational. The ASDE-X system uses a combination of surface movement radar,…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Tests Networking System Northrop Grumman said it successfully integrated and tested its Joint Capability for Airborne Networking (JCAN) system for aeronautical and land vehicle applications. JCAN middleware provides a mobile, Internet Protocol-based airborne network infrastructure…
MilitaryBoeing Inks Air Force Contract Boeing Service Co., based in Richardson, Texas, signed a $31 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to provide broadband data service to Department of Defense and Department of State operated aircraft…
Business & GAEclipse Develops Weather Radar Eclipse Aviation, Albuquerque, N.M., said it completed development of the its Weather Radar System. The system, which was designed by Eclipse and manufactured by Japan Radio Co., Ltd. (JRC), is comprised of…
CommercialLas Vegas Selects Era’s MSS Las Vegas McCarran International Airport has selected MSS multilateration system by Era, Alexandria, Va., to provide real-time flight arrival and tracking information for the airport’s Flight Information Display System. Era said its…
Business & GAS-TEC, Avidyne Eye Flight Deck STC Avidyne and S-TEC said they are working on an FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) to retrofit the Alliant Integrated Flight Deck into Cessna Conquest II twin-engine turboprop aircraft. Avidyne said this STC…