Latest Articles by Tish Drake

Business & GA

Rockwell Collins Acquires CTA

Rockwell Collins on Monday said it is acquiring Computing Technologies for Aviation, Inc. (CTA), of Charlottesville, Va., a provider of flight operations management systems for corporate flight departments and other aviation customers.…

Commercial

Global Observer UAS Flies With Hydrogen System

AeroVironment, Inc., of Monrovia, Calif., said Tuesday its Global Observer unmanned aircraft system completed its first flight powered by the aircraft’s hydrogen-fueled propulsion system at Edwards Air Force Base in California. This…

Business & GA

Rockwell Collins Awarded C919 Simulator Work

Rockwell Collins has been awarded a program to develop components for the COMAC C919 aircraft simulator program by Xian Aviation Science and Technology Company (XASC), an AVIC subsidiary. The simulator will be…

Military

Curtiss-Wright Acquires Predator Systems Inc.

Curtiss-Wright on Friday announced it will pay $13.25 million to acquire Predator Systems Inc. (PSI), of Boca Raton, Fla., a manufacturer of motion control components and subsystems for ground defense, ordnance guidance…

Commercial

Vietnam Airlines Selects Rockwell Collins

Vietnam Airlines selected a suite of Rockwell Collins avionics, including its MultiScan Threat Detection System and Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR) Global Landing System, for 36 new Airbus 321-200s. Deliveries will begin in 2011…

Military

Crane Awarded Jamming System Contract

Crane Aerospace division Crane Electronics Power Solutions was awarded a $14.2 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense for its Keltec Band 9/10 Transmitter High-Voltage Power Modules for the AN/ALQ-99 Tactical…

Commercial

Iberia Airlines Selects Astronics In-Seat Power

Astronics Corp., of East Aurora, N.Y., was selected by Iberia Airlines to supply its EMPOWER in-seat power systems for the airline's economy cabins. Iberia already uses EMPOWER products in its business class…

Business & GA

LaBarge Awarded Seahawk Wiring Contract

LaBarge, based in St. Louis, Mo., was awarded a $1.6 million contract from Kaman Aerospace Corp. to provide cockpit wiring harnesses for the MH-60S Seahawk. Kaman is a subcontractor on the Seahawk program to…