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ATM Modernization

FAA Releases NextGen Implementation Plan

FAA on Monday released its NextGen Implementation Plan (NGIP), laying out the agency's progress and goals for implementing new capabilities and new technologies in the mid-term to 2018.  The 2010 plan update supports many…

ATM Modernization

AIRE Program To Be Extended

American and European aviation officials pledged to extend the flight demonstrations conducted under the Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions (AIRE) into regular, daily operations. “We will perform new trials in 2010,…

ATM Modernization

FAA Sees Modest Growth in 2010

The sluggish economy will put the brakes on growth in the U.S. commercial air industry, according to a FAA forecast released Tuesday. FAA’s Annual Aerospace Forecast predicts domestic passenger enplanements will increase…

Military

EADS Awarded U.K. Test Set Contract

EADS Defence & Security's Test and Services division was awarded a contract from the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD) to upgrade five final pass-off testing systems of the Lynx Helicopter Automatic Flying…

Military

Sypris Electronics Awarded F-35 Contract

Sypris Electronics, based in Tampa, Fla., said Thursday it had been awarded follow-on orders from Northrop Grumman Information Systems to provide electronic assemblies for the communications, navigation and identification (CNI) avionics system on…

Commercial

Delta TechOps Expands Sun Country Agreement

Delta TechOps expanded its maintenance contract with Sun Country Airlines, based in St. Paul, Minn., with agreements to provide auxiliary power unit (APU) and component maintenance services.   As part of one…

Military

Curtiss-Wright Controls Signs BAMS Contract

Curtiss-Wright Controls, based in Charlotte, N.C., signed a $25 million contract with Northrop Grumman to provide the Advanced Mission Management System (AMMS) for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS…

Military

Lockheed Martin Awarded Radar Contract

Lockheed Martin received a low-rate initial production, $171.8 million  contract from Northrop Grumman for four AN/APY-9 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) radar systems and spare parts. The radar systems will be integrated into…