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ATM Modernization

Northrop Grumman Wins Nigeria ATC Contract

Northrop Grumman's Europe-based air traffic management subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, has been awarded a $1.6 million contract to supply and install the air traffic control radio communications system for the…

Commercial

Delta Launch Customer for Panasonic Monitor

Panasonic Avionics, of Lake Forest, Calif., announced Delta Air Lines as the launch customer for its Eco 9i integrated smart monitor. As part of a retrofit of its fleet of 747-400s, Delta will…

Military

Raytheon Delivers F-15E AESA to Air Force

Raytheon said Tuesday it delivered the first APG-82(V)1 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar for the U.S. Air Force's F-15E radar modernization program. The delivery of the new radar systems is part of…

Business & GA

ICG, Rockwell Collins Demo Systems

International Communications Group (ICG), of Newport News, Va., and Rockwell Collins have successfully demonstrated the compatibility of ICG’s NxtLink ICS-220A communication systems with Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics that are the basis…

Commercial

China Eastern Selects dPAVES IFE System

China Eastern has selected the Rockwell Collins dPAVES 737 Boeing Sky Interiorin-flight entertainment (IFE) system for 30 Boeing 737NGs, becoming the first customer to install this system, the companies said. Deliveries are…

Commercial

Boeing, DARPA in SolarEagle UAV Demo Contract

Boeing on Sept. 14 signed a $89 million agreement with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and fly the SolarEagle unmanned aircraft for the Vulture II demonstration program.…

Military

Raytheon to Retrofit Pods on F/A-18C-Fs

Raytheon was awarded a $9 million contract option award from the U.S. Navy to retrofit new infrared technology on Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared pod systems for use on F/A-18C-F aircraft. ATFLIR…

Commercial

AP Avionx Awarded Row 44 Contract

AP Avionx, of San Diego, was awarded purchase orders by Row 44, Inc. for production quantities of the Server Management Unit (SMU) and the Modem Data Unit (MDU) for Row 44's in-flight…