Business & GAUniversal Avionics Falcon 900B Flight Deck Ready for Service Entry [Avionics Today January 24, 2014] The Universal Avionics Dassault Falcon 900B flight deck upgrade is ready to enter service after the Arizona-based company's partner Duncan Aviation completed and delivered two aircraft equipped with…
Embedded AvionicsExelis to Supply Coast Guard Airborne Surveillance [Avionics Today January 24, 2014] Exelis has a new five-year $32 million contract to supply airborne surveillance radars for the U.S. Coast Guard fleet of HC-130J Super Hercules long-range surveillance aircraft. …
CommercialAndrich Takes Over Lufthansa Technik Philippines Burkhard Andrich has been appointed president and CEO of Manila-based Lufthansa Technik Phillippines. Currently serving as senior vice president of aircraft component services at Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg, Andrich will succeed…
CommercialPredator: More Unmanned Electronic Attack Capabilities General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA ASI) and Northrop Grumman demonstrated the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aircraft System's (UAS) electronic attack capability during a U.S. Marine Corps' Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course. …
CommercialAstronics to Acquire EADS T&S Astronics Corp., looking to boost its test systems business and expand into the commercial aerospace market, has agreed to acquire EADS North America's Test and Services (EADS T&S) unit for $53 million. …
CommercialRockwell Collins Increases 2014 Outlook Rockwell Collins has increased its projected sales for 2014 to be in the range of $4.95-5.05 billion after recording total sales of $1.07 billion during the first quarter of 2014. The company's first…
CommercialWhy is US Behind in Commercial ‘Drone Boom?’ While the FAA made a significant advancement in the integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS) for commercial with the announcement of six testing sites, manufacturers and…
CommercialHolt Introduces New ARINC 429 Line Receiver Holt Integrated Circuits has introduced a new ARINC 429 line receiver family with integrated lightning protection circuitry. According to the Mission Viejo, Calif.-based supplier of integrated circuits for avionics, the new…