Commercial

EADS Socata Orders Shadin Encoders

Shadin Avionics, St. Louis Park, Minn., received a purchase order from EADS Socata for 800 of the 8800-T Altitude encoders. Financial and delivery terms of the contract were not disclosed. Shadin Avionics…

Commercial

Groups Form Anti-User-Fee Coalition

A group of businesses ranging from agriculture to small business to local governments is banding together against the FAA’s user-fee proposal. The Alliance for Aviation Across America, which includes the National Business…

Commercial

Lion Air to Use Honeywell Avionics

Indonesian airline Lion Air selected Honeywell to provide next-generation weather radar and other avionics systems for up to 60 new Boeing B737NG aircraft. Lion Air selected Honeywell’s RDR-4000 next-generation windshear/weather radar system…

Military

Northrop Grumman Wins C-5 Contract

The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $10 million contract to provide technical services for the C-5 Galaxy's Avionics Modernization Program. The five-year contract has a base year with four one-year…

Military

Navy Awards UAV Pact

The U.S. Navy awarded an $8.4 million contract to Pedigree Technologies, Fargo, N.D., for the research and development of Electro-Optical Radio Frequency and Acoustic Sensors for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle platforms. Work will…

Business & GA

L-3 to Supply Recorders for Phenoms

L-3 Communications Aviation Recorders, a Sarasota, Fla.-based division of L-3 Communications, said it was selected by Embraer to supply Combination Voice & Data Recorder (CVDR), Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data…

Military

HMDS Flies on JSF

A Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS) made by Rockwell Collins joint venture Vision Systems International (VSI) flew for the first time on an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. VSI, a joint venture…

ATM Modernization

Naverus Gets FAA OK for RNP Procedures

FAA said it authorized Naverus, Kent, Wash., to be a required navigation performance (RNP) procedure developer, providing airlines, other aircraft operators and airports with design of RNP procedures, integration, quality assurance, flight…