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Commercial

Formation Earns AS 9100B Certification

Formation, Inc., of Moorestown, N.J., earned AS 9100B certification, a quality system standard for suppliers to the aerospace industry. Formation designs and manufactures hardware and software products for the aerospace industry, including…

ATM Modernization

Lockheed Martin Extends U.K. ATC Contract

Lockheed Martin U.K. signed a five-year, $160 million contract extension with U.K.’s air traffic control authority, NATS, to manage air traffic over England and Wales. Under terms of the contract, Lockheed Martin…

Commercial

Thales Wins Multilateration Contract

Thales was awarded a contract from FINAVIA, the Finnish Air Traffic Service provider, for the delivery and installation of its MAGS1 transponder multilateration system at Helsinki Vantaa Airport. Financial terms of the…

Military

RQ-4 UAV Sets Endurance Mark

Northrop Grumman’s RQ-4 Global Hawk set an endurance record for a full-scale, operational unmanned aircraft March 22, completing a 33.1-hour flight at altitudes up to 60,000 feet over Edwards Air Force Base,…

Commercial

Universal WAAS-FMS Makes LPV Approach

Canadian airline First Air completed LPV approach operations in Canada using Universal Avionics Systems Corp.’s Wide Area Augmentation System – Flight Management System (WAAS-FMS). The Localizer Performance with Vertical (LPV) guidance approach…

Military

Rockwell Collins Signs Navy UAV Deal

Rockwell Collins was awarded a $6.4 million contract modification with the U.S. Navy to exercise an option for the production of 137 RT-1556B AN/ARC-210 Receiver-Transmitter Radios and 81 C-11898A Radio Control Sets…

Commercial

Qantas to Use Boeing Health Management System

Boeing signed an agreement with Australia’s Qantas Airways to use Boeing’s Airplane Health Management (AHM) on its fleet of 747-400s. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Also, Qantas said it…

Commercial

Jeppesen Software Approved for EFB Application

Jeppesen, based in Englewood, Colo., was granted FAA TSO approval for its Airport Moving Map application for Class 2 Electronic Flight Bags (EFB). The application, the company said, uses a database to…