Latest Articles by Tish Drake

Business & GA

EMS Technologies Forms Aviation Division

EMS Technologies has formed a new division, called EMS Aviation, which will allow it to combine its efforts to address connectivity needs for virtually any aircraft, the company said Wednesday. EMS Aviation will include…

Business & GA

InterSense Awarded NASA Contract

InterSense, of Billerica, Mass., received additional funding from NASA for the continued development and testing of an inertial-optical head tracking system for commercial pilots. InterSense is developing a miniaturized inertial-optical tracker prototype…

Military

Elbit Wins Data Link Contract for AH-1W

Elbit Systems of America was awarded a $15.6 million contract from Naval Air Systems Command for its Tactical Video Data Link (TVDL) for the USMC AH-1W Attack Helicopter. The contract effort covers…

Commercial

Airbus Places RFID Order for A350XWB

An American firm and French company announced a “pioneering” contract from Airbus to supply radio frequency identification tags (RFID) for application across the A350XWB fleet. Chip developer Tego, Inc., of Waltham, Mass.,…

Business & GA

SRA Completes LCGS Acceptance Tests 

SRA International, based in Fairfax, Va., completed all factory acceptance tests (FAT) for FAA’s low cost ground surveillance (LCGS) program. The company said the FATs demonstrated the operational capabilities of its Terma…

Commercial

EMS Sky Connect Signs Contract

Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) selected the FLEET Satcom system from EMS Sky Connect, of Takoma Park, Md., to provide voice and tracking for each of its aircraft ambulances. The MedCenter Air program, based in…

ATM Modernization

ADS-B In Use in Gulf of Mexico

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) has been successfully rolled out in the Gulf of Mexico, FAA announced Tuesday. “Safety is our highest priority at the U.S. Department of Transportation, and this new satellite-based technology…

Military

ViaSat Awarded Contract for F-16 Data Terminals

ViaSat, based in Carlsbad, Calif., was awarded a $4.8 million contract for Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) terminals for the F-16s. This award resulted from a competitive procurement for 30 LVT(6) configuration terminals…