Avionics Top Stories

Honeywell Wins Navy Contract

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Honeywell was awarded a $26.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to exercise an option for the full-rate production of 498 Advanced Multi-Purpose Displays (AMPD) for Lot 33 F/A-18F and EA/-18G...

Spectralux ACARS Wins EASA OK

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Spectralux Corp., based in Redmond, Wash., said its Dlink+ aircraft communications addressing and reporting...

Boeing Receives B-52 Contract

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Boeing received a $750 million, 10-year contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide engineering support for the B-52 bomber. Under the Engineering Sustainment Program (ESP) contract...

Raytheon Awarded Navy Contract

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Raytheon was awarded a $22.6 million contract for 151 electro-optical sensor unit weapon replaceable assemblies (WRA) from ATFLIR pods or spare deliveries; 154 laser WRAs from...

Data Link Solutions Wins Navy Contract

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Data Link Solutions (DLS), a joint venture of Rockwell Collins and BAE Systems, was awarded a $28.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide its Multi-functional Information Distribution System-Low...

NovAtel Signs WAAS Receiver Pact With FAA

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT

NovAtel Inc., based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, signed a $9.7 million contract with FAA to develop the next generation Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) reference receiver, the GIII receiver. The receiver program, which is scheduled to complete over the...

Goodrich Selected for Learjet 85

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Goodrich was selected to provide its SmartProbe air data system for Bombardier's Learjet 85 midsize business jet. Goodrich said...

Avionics Magazine To Host RNP Webinar

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Avionics Magazine will host an on-line panel discussion on Required Navigation Performance (RNP) on Tuesday, June 30, at noon ET. The hour-long Webinar, “Required Navigation...

Raytheon Wins NextGen Simulation Contract

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Raytheon announced its selection by NASA to develop enhancements to the system-wide modeling and simulation capability in the Airspace Concepts Evaluation System, or ACES. The contract is valued at $29 million. ACES is NASA’s real-time computer simulation tool that analyzes local, regional...

Northrop Grumman Unveils Block 40 Global Hawk

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Northrop Grumman unveiled its next-generation of unmanned aircraft – the RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk. The aircraft iincludes a multi-platform radar technology insertion program sensor, marking the first time the active electronic scanned array (AESA) technology has been used on a high-altitude unmanned...