Military

BAE IR Technology on Cueing System

BAE Systems was named sensor subcontractor for Raytheon Technical Services’ Shared Reconnaissance Pod (SHARP) Target Cueing System demonstration. Under a $2.3 million contract with Raytheon, BAE Systems will use its Spectral Infrared…

Commercial

U.S., Mexico, Canada Ink NextGen Agreement

The United States signed a trilateral agreement with Canada and Mexico to implement the Next Generation Air Transportation System, the FAA said. In a meeting in Quebec last week, the three nations…

Business & GA

Mustang Wins EASA Certification

Cessna Aircraft said its Citation Mustang business jet received certification from European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Cessna made the announcement at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland.…

ATM Modernization

Spanish ANSP Selects Era

AENA (Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea), Spain’s air navigation service provider, selected Alexandria, Va.-based Era to provide a multilateration and automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) surface surveillance system for Santiago de Compostela Airport.…

Business & GA

Broadband System on Dassult Falcon 2000

ARINC said Pentastar Aviation of Waterford, Mich., contracted to install the SKYLinkSM broadband communications system on a customer’s Dassault Falcon 2000 business aircraft. It will be the first SKYLink installation on a…

ATM Modernization

Southwest, Naverus Ink RNP Pact

Southwest Airlines, Dallas, and Naverus, Kent, Wash., signed an agreement to partner on development of the airline¹s Required Navigation Performance (RNP) program. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Following FAA…

Military

Northrop Grumman Completes ASIP Testing

Northrop Grumman¹s Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP), a next generation signals intelligence sensor for the U.S. Air Force, completed the engineering checkout and calibration testing phase of the ASIP U-2 flight test…

Commercial

Air China to Use Rockwell Collins Avionics

Air China will use Rockwell Collins’ avionics on 25 Boeing 737NG and 24 Airbus A320/A321 aircraft, the companies said Wednesday. Financial terms were not disclosed. Rockwell Collins will provide its MultiScan Hazard…