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U.S. Air Force Increasing Cyber Security

The U.S. Air Force has issued a new task order to General Dynamics Information Technology to provide modernized base-level network security boundary support at all active Air Force and Air National Guard…

ATM Modernization

Airbus Approves Communications Retrofit for A380s

Airbus has formed a new joint agreement with Panasonic Avionics and Lufthansa Technik to retrofit all in-service A380s with broadband connectivity and mobile phone services.    Under the agreement, the first of…

Business & GA

Lufthansa Technik Becomes ALTA Member

Lufthansa Technik has become the newest member of the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), the latest step for the Deutsche Lufthansa group subsidiary's goal of expanding its presence in…

Embedded Avionics

Boeing to Modify F/A-18E/F and EA-18G

Boeing has received an $8.3 million contract to provide the replacement or refurbishment of production life limit tooling for the U.S. Navy fleet of F/A-18E/F and EA-18G fighter jets.    The Navy…

Embedded Avionics

Lockheed Martin to Upgrade F-22 Training Systems

The U.S. Air Force issued a $19.7 million option exercise (P0050) to an exiting cost-plus-fixed fee contract to retrofit fielded mission training centers with out-the-window visual systems upgrades and night vision goggles…

Business & GA

UltraMain Systems Looks to Help Carriers Go Paperless

Albuquerque, N.M.-based aviation software provider Ultramain Systems (USI) has announced a new service, Ultramain efbSolutions, designed to assist airlines in transitioning from paper-based flight manuals to paperless cockpits featuring electronic flight bags…

Commercial

Lockheed Martin Reveals SR-72 Hypersonic Strike Aircraft

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works, the aerospace and defense manufacturer's advanced technology solutions division, revealed its latest hypersonic strike aircraft project this week, the SR-72.      [Computer rendering of SR-72. Photo, courtesy…