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Military

Northrop Grumman Tests B-2 Satcom System

Northrop Grumman has begun flight testing the computing hardware and communications infrastructure for the B-2 stealth bomber, the company announced Thursday. Since Sept. 1, the company has conducted a series of test…

Commercial

NORTH Flight Data Systems to Buy Product Line

NORTH Flight Data Systems, based in Arlington, Texas, announced plans Wednesday to acquire the Flight Data System product line from OuterLink of Lowell, Mass. NORTH Flight Data Systems was recently formed through a partnership between…

Business & GA

Elbit Awarded Head-Up Display Contract

Elbit Systems of America was awarded a 5-year, $68 million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the U.S. Army to supply the U.S.Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard with AN/AVS-7…

Military

Raytheon Awarded Airborne Sonar Contracts

Raytheon received two contracts totaling $115.7 million for the AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS), the primary undersea warfare sensor for the U.S. Navy's MH-60R multimission helicopter. The contracts were awarded by…

Military

BAE to Supply F-16 IFF Systems

-BAE Systems will provide identification-friend-or-foe (IFF) systems for U.S. Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcons under a four-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with the first delivery order valued at $17.2 million. The…

Military

Rockwell Collins Awarded Navy Contract

Rockwell Collins was awarded a $11.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide updates to the VH-60N cockpit. Under the contract, the company will update the helicopter's navigation software, its terrain…

ATM Modernization

Thales to Open ATM Research Center

Thales Australia has started construction on an air traffic management research and development center in Melbourne, Australia. Thales said the facility, called the Centre for Advanced Studies in ATM (CASIA), will be…

Business & GA

Aircell System Wins EASA STC

Aircell said Friday its AVIATOR 300-based SwiftBroadband system received a Supplemental Type Certification (STC) from EASA for Bombardier Challenger business aircraft. Completed by Avionicare Ltd., of Essex, U.K., the STC covers Aircell’s…