MilitarySmall Business Nabs E-2C Hawkeye Pact Real-Time Innovations (RTI) said it won a $600,000 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by the Naval Air Systems (NAVAIR) Command to research upgrades to the Navy’s E-2C Hawkeye. RTI,…
MilitaryHoneywell Wins Air Force Contracts Honeywell’s Defense and Space Electronic Systems won a $7.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for 74 embedded Global Positioning/Inertial Production Units on CH-47F, MH-47, H-1W and HH-60J helicopters and F/A-18,…
CommercialRNP Approach in Tibet A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-700 completed a flight into Linzhi airport in the mountainous region of Tibet using a Required Navigation Performance (RNP) approach, Boeing said this week. This flight demonstrates…
ATM ModernizationGeneral Dynamics to Provide Radios to FAA The FAA ordered $10 million of additional CM-300 Ultra-high Frequency (UHF) radios and equipment from General Dynamics C4 Systems to upgrade communication capabilities between air traffic controllers and military aircraft. The FAA…
CommercialCAE Sells Five Full-Flight Simulators Canadian flight simulator company CAE said it signed contracts for the sale of five full-flight simulators (FFS), valued at nearly $65 million. The contracts bring the total FFS sales CAE has announced…
ATM ModernizationRaytheon Completes UAE ATC Milestone Raytheon said it completed the critical design review milestone on the General Civil Aviation Authority of United Arab Emirates AutoTrac III contract, which aims to replace UAE’s aging enroute system with a…
CommercialOrders Placed For Rockwell Collins HGS Lynx Aviation and Nav Canada announced fleet installations of the Rockwell Collins Head-Up Guidance System (HGS) in separate deals announced this week. Lynx Aviation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Frontier Holdings, will…
MilitaryMQ-8B Undergoes Flight Tests Northrop Grumman performed an engine run of the first U.S. Army MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle at the company's Unmanned Systems Center in Moss Point, Miss. The engine run marks completion…