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…

Military

Elbit Wins EO Contract

Israel-based Elbit Systems said its subsidiary Elbit Systems Electro-Optics (Elop) won a $37 million contract from an unnamed foreign customer to supply electro-optical (EO) payloads for attack and utility helicopters. The company…

Business & GA

SYSGO, OIS Forge Partnership

Objective Interface Systems (OIS) and German-based SYSGO formed a technology alliance to integrate OIS' communications technologies with SYSGO's portfolio of operating systems. OIS, based in Herndon, Va., and SYSGO said the product…

Military

EMS Wins Antennas Work

EMS Technologies, Atlanta, said its Defense & Space Systems (D&SS) Division, received a $12 million contract from Lockheed Martin for antennas for the F-22 Raptor aircraft. Hardware deliveries to run through May…

Military

Northrop, Lockheed Win Apache Contract

The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) awarded a Lockheed Martin-Northrop Grumman joint venture a $43.4 million contract for Life Cycle Contractor Support for the AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter Fire Control…