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Commercial

Tiger Airways Selects Honeywell Avionics

Honeywell will provide its full suite of safety avionics, including its IntuVue 3-D weather radar, for Tiger Airways new A320s in a multi-million dollar contract. The agreement covers up to 50 new…

Commercial

Jeppesen, Tyrolean Airways in Chart Contract

Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen has signed a five-year charting navigation service renewal agreement with Tyrolean Airways, a subsidiary of Austrian Airlines, to provide tailored paper charting service and digital Web access to Jeppesen…

Commercial

Panasonic, Virgin Atlantic Expand IFE 

Panasonic Avionics announced an expanded agreement with Virgin Atlantic Airways on Wednesday to supply its eX2 in-flight entertainment system and eXPhone communications system on the airline's fleet of A330s. Under terms of the…

Military

Mercury Computer to Supply BAMS Processor

Mercury Computer Systems, based in Chemsford, Mass., was awarded a contract from Northrop Grumman to supply its multicomputer products and services for the U.S. Navy Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) Program. According to Thursday's…

Military

ThalesRaytheonSystems in Army Sensor Contract

ThalesRaytheonSystems has been awarded a $21.8 million contract by the U.S. Army to upgrade multiple AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel air defense radar systems, the Fullerton, Calif.-based company said Monday. The contract will upgrade the U.S.…

Commercial

Universal Awarded Dash-8 Cockpit Contract

The EFI-890R Flat Panel Display Systems from Universal Avionics, of Tucson, Ariz., was selected by Field Aviation of Canada for its Dash 8 (Q-Series) Modernization Program. The program will include a five-panel EFI-890R…

ATM Modernization

Metron, Airservices Australia in ATM Contract

Metron Aviation, of Dulles, Va., will provide air traffic management systems to Airservices Australia, under a 15-year contract announced Monday. Airservices will initially deploy Metron Traffic Flow, a component of the Metron Harmony integrated…

Commercial

Turkish Airlines Selects Rockwell Collins

Turkish Airlines has selected Rockwell Collins to provide a suite of avionics for its fleet. The avionics selected includes Rockwell Collins MultiScan Hazard Detection system, Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), data link system…