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Business & GA

Goodrich to Acquire DeCrane Cabin Assets

Goodrich will pay $280 million to acquire the cabin management assets of DeCrane Holdings Co., of Wichita, Kan., the companies announced Tuesday. DeCrane provides seating, furniture, veneers, interior composites and cabin management…

Commercial

CSSI Meets CMMI Level 2 Requirements

CSSI, Inc.. based in Washington, D.C., has met the requirements of the Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 2, the company announced this month. The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is…

Military

Boeing Completes Argon ST Acquisition

Boeing on Thursday said it completed its $775 million acquisition of Argon ST, of Fairfax, Va. Argon develops C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) and combat systems. Boeing announced its…

Military

Harris Awarded F-35 Avionics Contract

Harris Corp. was awarded a three-year, $55 million follow-on production contract from Northrop Grumman to supply avionics systems for the F-35 Lightning II. This Low Rate Initial Production contract brings the total…

Military

Boeing Receives AESA Test Set for F-15E

Boeing said Tuesday it has received the first APG-82(V)1 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar test set for the U.S. Air Force F-15E Radar Modernization Program (RMP) from Raytheon June 10. The…

Commercial

Curtiss-Wright to Supply Solenoids for 787

Curtiss-Wright Corp., of Parsnippany, N.J., received a contract with a total potential value of $20 million from Moog Aircraft Group, based in East Aurora, N.Y., to provide solenoids for use on the flight…

Embedded Avionics

Boeing Relocates C-130 AMP, B-1 Programs

Boeing announced plans Monday to relocate its C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) and B-1 program from Long Beach, Calif., to Oklahoma City to provide Boeing with "a more competitive cost structure for customers."…

Military

L-3 Link to Build F-22 Full Mission Trainers

 L-3 Link Simulation & Training was awarded $39.2 million in production contracts from Boeing to build 12 F-22 Full Mission Trainers (FMT). Boeing developed and implemented the overall F-22 Training System, which…