CommercialTAP Portugal to Use Rockwell Collins Avionics TAP Portugal will use Rockwell Collins avionics on five Airbus A330s with an option for one additional aircraft. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Lisbon-based TAP Portugual said the key…
MilitaryBoeing UAV Achieves NATO Compliance Boeing and its team gained compliance with NATO’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) interoperability standard. The standard, also known as Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 4586, establishes specifications for a common ground station system for…
Editor's NoteRannoch Becomes Era Rannoch Corp., Alexandria, Va., officially changed its named to Era Corp., reflecting a series of acquisitions made by the company in recent months. In October, the company bought Czech company ERA a.s.,…
MilitaryBelgium Orders Lockheed’s ATP Lockheed Martin received a firm fixed-price foreign military sales contract from the Belgium Defense for eight Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP). Terms of the contract were not released. The contract also includes…
Editor's NoteGallium Opens New Office Gallium Visual Systems opened a new sales and engineering office in Huntsville, Ala., a move the company says will be it closer to a key customer base. Gallium, which has offices in…
CommercialRunway Awareness STC L2 Consulting Services won a FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for installation of the Honeywell Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS) on B757 series aircraft. L2 Consulting, Dripping Springs, Texas, said the…
MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Wins VTUAV Deal Northrop Grumman won a $16 million deal to provide two additional MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical takeoff and landing Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicles (VTUAV) for the U.S. Navy. Including this award, the Navy…
ATM ModernizationFAA’s Chew Resigns Russell G. Chew, chief operating officer of the FAA, resigned Monday, leaving the agency without its top air traffic control official. FAA spokesperson Tammy Jones confirmed Chew is leaving at the end…