MilitaryBoeing Submits AMF JTRS Bid A team led by Boeing submitted its bid last week to design and develop the Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS) for the U.S. Department of Defense. Boeing’s…
Business & GANorthrop Grumman Opens UAS Office Northrop Grumman opened a new office in Hollywood, Md., to provide programmatic, engineering and logistics support for its unmanned air systems (UAS) under contract with the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) at…
Business & GACAE Completes Engenuity Purchase Canadian simulator company CAE said Monday it completed its $19.6 million offer to acquire Engenuity Technologies. CAE, Montreal, said it will take control of about 85 percent of the issued and outstanding…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Antennas New antenna and broadband technologies are bringing new capabilities and new scope to in-flight communications and entertainment systems. Business travel used to mean putting some tasks on hold while in flight. Such…
Business & GANew Products Umbilical Contract W. L. Gore & Associates won a contract to provide its Umbilical Assemblies for the A-10 Precision Engagement Kit by Lockheed Martin. This is the second contract awarded to Gore…
Business & GAPerspectives: Security and the Separation Kernel Historically, avionics systems have largely been designed to fit a single application need, such as an attitude indicator or central warning system. The software-intense designs of today’s avionics systems are quite a…
Business & GAEditor’s Note: Avionics Acquisitions What’s happening in the avionics industry? Just two months into 2007 and already $5.5 billion in acquisitions had been closed or announced. Aircraft components supplier TransDigm Group purchased Aviation Technologies for $430…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Chew: ATO Hitting Targets Russell G. Chew came to FAA in 2003 to head the agency’s first "performance-based" Air Traffic Organization (ATO). His recent departure came in the midst of the critical…
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