Military

Raytheon Names Kennedy New CEO

Raytheon has named Thomas Kennedy as its new CEO, to succeed William Swanson who will step down from the post March 31, 2014.      Thomas Kennedy will take over as CEO…

Embedded Avionics

Elbit to Provide IAF Hercules Avionics Upgrades

Elbit Systems has been awarded a $15 million contract from Israel's Ministry of Defense to provide avionics upgrades for the Israeli Air Force's (IAF) fleet of C-130 military transport aircraft.    Under…

Embedded Avionics

Northrop Continues MAGIC Nav Systems Development

Northrop Grumman announced an award for a phase three navigation system related contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to continue improving geo-registration accuracy for positioning and pointing applications for the…

Commercial

Sagem to Develop Sperwer Drones for French Army

Sagem has been awarded a contract to develop five additional Sperwer tactical drones to be deployed by the French army.      Sperwer tactical drone system. Photo, courtesy of Sagem.   The…

Embedded Avionics

S-61 Completes First Flight With Cobham Upgrades

Sikorsky has completed the maiden test flight of the modernized version of its S-61T helicopter with upgraded avionics from Cobham.    The upgrades were provided by the U.K. manufacturer's Texas-based subsidiary Cobham…

ATM Modernization

Paris Deploys Point Merge Approach

Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport has deployed a new high altitude arrival procedure, Point Merge, to integrate inbound flights and increase the number of flights that air traffic controllers can manage simultaneously.   …

Commercial

US Air Force Seeks T-1A Avionics Upgrades

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) is seeking to upgrade the onboard avionics systems for their T-1A trainer jets to modernize and maintain current capabilities within the National Airspace System, according to a…