Business & GARockwell Collins Develops Brownout Landing System Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Optical Air Data Systems (OADS), Manassas, Va., introduced a system designed to help helicopters land in brownout conditions. The system, called LandSafe, uses fiber optic lasers…
MilitaryRockwell Collins Closes Athena Purchase Rockwell Collins completed its acquisition of Athena Technologies, Warrenton, Va., a manufacturer of flight control and navigation systems primarily for UAVs. Athena Technologies will now operate under the Rockwell Collins name, with…
MilitaryCPI Aerostructures Wins ALMDS Contract CPI Aerostructures, Edgewood, N.Y., was awarded an $800,000 contract by Northrop Grumman to produce three pod structural housings for the U.S. Navy’s Airborne Laser Mine-Detection System (ALMDS). On March 12, Northrop Grumman…
Business & GATensolite Parent Buys Carlyle Carlisle Companies Inc., the parent company of wire and cable manufacturer Tensolite, will pay $200 million to acquire Carlyle Inc., Tukwila, Wash., the companies said Thursday. Carlyle, with annual sales of about…
Business & GAARINC to Study Air Surveillance Technologies ARINC Engineering Services, Annapolis, Md., was awarded a one-year, $4.8 million contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego to provide integration, design and analysis services for emerging technologies…
MilitaryRockwell Collins Wins Contract Extension Rockwell Collins was awarded a $64.6 million contract modification to provide Global Air Traffic Management (GATM) systems for the U.S. Air Force’s C/KC-135 tanker program. The GATM equipment ensures the aircraft meets…
MilitaryGoodrich to Supply F-35 Air Data Systems Goodrich Corp., Charlotte, N.C., will supply the air data system (ADS) for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II program. The contract has the potential of generating $300 million in revenue over the life…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Awarded JTRS AMF Contract Lockheed Martin announced March 29 its selection for the system development and demonstration (SDD) phase of the Joint Tactical Radio System Airborne Maritime Fixed Station (JTRS AMF) program, a contract valued at…